Transformation in Progress

For the last several weeks, we have been finishing drywall, painting, tiling, cleaning, installing lights and alarms, scraping, oiling, and the list goes on.  We have been working right along one room at a time.  It seemed not so long ago that weeks of work produced little in visible results; now that is not so.  When the rooms first started to come together with drywall, it looked like it would be livable.  When we applied paint, it started to feel more like home.  Now, with the lighting in and trim back up, I'm amazed.  It's beautiful.  Aside from more cleaning, flooring, and oiling woodwork,  we are finished upstairs.  Finished.  It's a glorious feeling.

At the end of last week, we moved all of our supplies downstairs to start renovations.  Jack had a picture in mind when it came to our kitchen design and I can't wait to see what the end result will look like.   I have had plenty of input when it comes to where I want cabinets and appliances, but I trust his ability to make it elegant and functional.  We are re-purposing old cabinets, and it will be my job to sand and refinish them. I will get to that as soon as the Potter County Fair showing is done. I love working on the house, but I do have my priorities. :)

I'm having trouble deciding what to do with the old yellow pine flooring that is throughout the upstairs, and I could use your suggestions.  Should we carpet the bedrooms and paint the hall floor  to add more comfort, or should we paint all of the pine floors (which, btw, are already painted a mustard color and they are quite uneven, making them hard to sand) and have area rugs in bedrooms to keep the old house charm?  Either way, we plan on adding a carpet runner up the stairs and down the hall.

Landing

Library

Bathroom

New hallway.   

Laundry room

Cleaned woodwork with new walls