Doors to front bedroom and back hallway.
Front bedroom.
Original front door.
Looking out of living room.
Front door and window.
Ripped out walls and 8' drop ceiling.
Started building the coffered ceiling.
MDF forms the individual beams.
Ugly, but not for long.
First coat of red paint.
Finished structure with sheetrock panels.
Box for hanging light.
Darren stringing the ropelight.
Gotta remember how it went in!
Testing the ropelight.
Looks like xmas.
Moulding installed and burgandy paint going up.
Nearly finished.
Hard to capture the glow of the panels.
Removed the half-wall between kitchen and entry.
Tearing up the plank subfloor.
My neighbors think I'm crazy.
Subfloor removed revealing joists.
Took out the old 60s windows.
Framed and sheathed for the new windows.
Opening enlarged for the new french doors.
New windows replaced the old crappy ones.
New french doors installed.
Building the ledge for the spaced out basement wall.
Ledge pretty much done.
Sheetrock ready for paint.
Masked for spraying texture and paint.
Sprayed and unmasked.
Trim painted white.
Pretty much done.
Cut and removed the joists.
Watch that first step!
You can look right down into the basement.
Installing the railings.
Old doorway blocked by washer/dryer closet.
Wall removed for dining area.
Railings up for safety!
Look at those beautiful railings!
Day One: Marathon renovation time., AJ starts demo.
Day One: Demo complete, insulation goes in.
Day One: Framing in the hutch.
Day One: Putting up some drywall
Day Two: more sheetrock goes up and the hutch area is complete.
Day Three: First mud and tape is done.
Day Four: woke up early and threw up the second coat of mud
Day Five: A quick sanding and the third and final layer of mud goes on. I also bought the materials for the coffered ceiling.
Day Six: This is how I start framing in the coffered ceiling
Day Six: AJ is filling nail holes so we can get a coat of paint on
Day Six: Most of the framework is done and the edges are painted
Day Six: windows are framed
Day Seven: Ceiling is fully boxed in and windows are trimmed out and painted
Day Seven: AJ is putting new sheetrock up and I have the windows masked for texturing.
Day Seven: The texture is drying and tomorrow the prime will go on
Day Eight: I primed this morning, so things are looking a little more complete
Day Eight: Troy cuts in the beige paint and I just painted the red in the ceiling panels
Day Eight: Troy still working while I goof off
Day Nine: Troy and I install crown moulding into each coffer
Day Nine: Troy just nailed in the last piece of crown
Day Nine: the first coat of paint makes the ceiling pop!
Day Ten: We nail up 2x4s to drop the center part of the ceiling down lower
Day Ten: Three pieces of sheetrock are attached to the 2x4s
Day Ten: The first and second coats of mud go on and will dry overnight
Day Eleven: The third and final coat of mud is drying
Day Eleven: After a light sand, the ceiling is primed to seal the sheetrock
Day Eleven: Our first snow of the season just hit!
Day Eleven: The first coat of cream just went on
Day Twelve: Troy rolls on the color amd Markus works on the outlet cover
Day Twelve: Troy puts the last coat of color on the walls
Day Twelve: Markus attaches the cover to the only outlet in the room
Day Twelve: The new light goes up onto the freshly painted ceiling
Day Twelve: Except for the light fixture, this room is finished!
Day Twelve: I even stocked the liquor cabinet to make things feel more lived in
The stairway with the new carpet runners and completed trim.
The back door landing with new wood floor, door and baseboards.
Cool, the window has built-in blinds.
The dining room is a pool room for now.
Mom got me the map for Christmas.
The recessed liquor cabinet.
The stairway completed with new carpet.
The railing after painting.
Sheetrock mud to smooth it down.
OSB for the canvas
Craig and I start to lay down the new hardwood flooring
After three hours we have half of the room finished.
Another three hours and the entire dining room is finished.
Some furniture still needs to get moved around a little, but almost done.
The painting has been mounted to the wall.
Masking the background and building the frame.
Some gold and bronze spray paint to the frame.
The frame is done and a new rug goes down on the floor.
..and his nose.
Tommy painting the railing...
Post-sale: new owners are converting the basement to a duplex, so the hole has been filled in.
