Front room, looking at staircase and kitchen with laundry.
Laundry room in the kitchen, looking at back extension.
The wall torn down between my extension and the so-called "kitchen". I didn't recognize the place!
The kitchen, looking back towards the extension. Note the flooring level difference... previously there had been a step DOWN to the extension. That's how many layers of flooring had been in the kitchen.
Staircase with carpet ripped up and wall torn down.
Kitchen floor, looking down into the basement. Literally.
Climbing in my front door. No front step at all. Yikes.
Kitchen North Side - Same for all versions
Kitchen 3 - with a broom closet and pull-out pantry
Kitchen #2 With pull-out pantry and side butcher block island counter option
Kitchen #1 - More overhead cupboard storage and counter space
Kitchen 1A - the most cupboard space incl broom closet
Kitchen #4
My new stove! "GE Profile" Gas Convection Oven
Kitchen - try to imagine what it WILL be...
Picture THIS, here: Sink.
My new front step: look Ma, no rot!
My "gorgeous" new sweeping staircase?
We always tend to congregate in the kitchen.
Staircase with new supporting pole.
Front room with partially dropped ceiling.
New linear hanging alcove. AKA: front hall closet.
Staircase with new sexy support beam.
Kitchen, looking toward back extension.
Cooking, finally, on my sexy new stove! Mac n cheese for all!
My dining room (with cheesy kitchen table/chairs temporarily) and front sitting room and my newly weather-stripped front door!
The south side of my kitchen -- a couple of doors still missing from my cupboards.
Looking west into my kitchen - walls are almost all primed.
Looking east from inside my kitchen. Still waiting for the door to my basement, the staining of the threshold piece of flooring and electrical plates and a few cupboard doors.
March 8 - All my kitchen cupboard doors are on!
I have a living room!
Built-in open shelves!
The settee in the living room.
Front hall closet!
My front hall closet - I can hang coats!
Basement door and open shelf in the kitchen.
My stairs and my banister- the bane of my existence
My stairs, Day 2 of project.
Chiselling off the old paint.
Old stairs, much grossness
BEFORE picture of my backyard. After the renos.
The south wasteland of my backyard, before the clean-up.
This is the half-promising north side of my backyard with bits of concrete in the flowers - but I've already started cleaning here.
After the clean-up
After the clean up. Note the garden even has a border!
Tile cutting. First rule: don't look at what you're cutting...?
I'm a professional!
Claude working on the tiles
Claude and Rebecca placing tiles.
Action shot of tiling
Backsplash, ready for grouting
Backsplash!
Will and Gordon, bright and early, beginning work on the crawl space (May 09)
Steve builds the concrete wall on the outside of the crawl space.
The Awesome Foundation Brick Pile (with vapour barrier and rigid insulation in place).
Dad and Matt cut the insulation
First, though, I had cleaned out the crawl space of all the GARBAGE. No pics of that tho :(
Look at this sexy insulation!
Roofing underway - my chimney is looking crumbly
Roofing - Turns out there's something dodgy about the skylight. Of course.
digging for lead
I think there's a leak in my sidewalk
My sexy new water pipes.
Working on the spray foam insulation project in my extension crawl space
Don't mess with the girl with a gun
Front room, painted!
New front door, painted/installed.
Dining room, painted
My dad works on the patio stones
My stained glass window transom.
putting in the new fence
New fence - just finished!
Me and "The Couch" at GH Johnson
Dinner party with friends
My sexy new couch
Chrysanthemums from my garden!
My cheap art project
working on the front hall closet shoe solution
The beginning of the banister stripping project
Banister stripping - newell post
Banister spindles: "before"
Banister spindles: "before" with no flooring between
Our living room, torn up
Pulling up the vinyl floor in the Man Cave
Half hardwood, half vinyl floor, no door casings in the hallway
Master bedroom, with new floor, paint and dressers moved back in.
LIving room: before
Living room: before
Living room: After (mostly)
We're back! Painted and art on the wall
Completed foyer with painted door
Our house exterior after fixing the bricks
