Saturday, December 31, 2011

Out go the old Cabnits!!!


It now looks like this... without the cabnits....


Use to look like this.....

Today we said good bye to our old kitchen cabnits. We sold them on KSL.com for $450.00. I had mixed feelings about selling them, because I spent hours painting and antiquing them when we first moved into our house. So maybe we are about to make a full circle in our renovation. It was one of my first projects when we moved in and now it's one of our last projects. Outside of the Kitchen demo, the remaining projects are finishing work. Which the two of us have agreed we need to finish the remaining projects one room at a time. It's like eating an elephant. 1 bite at a time.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

STADIUM SEATING FOR THE HOME THEATER


The stadium seating is complete with under stair lighting. We still have plenty of finishing work to be done. But I must say it's starting to look awesome! Our home theater won't have a screen and projector, but will have decent size flat screen TV. This room is perfect room for the Sports fans! I hope to have it more complete to watch the Utes in the Sun Bowl. GO UTES!!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

WIND STORM DAMAGE















Luckily our house is still standing. Northern Utah experience some very powerful winds described as hurricane winds. The Damage to our house speaks for its self. We lost raingutters, sofets, shutters, shingles, fences, trees.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Pillars Under Construction




We spent most of the day working on our two pillars which will stand at the entry of our side walk. They will be capped off and have lights on top. When the motar dries the pillars will be washed and cleaned of residue. The cap that is on top is only temporary until we get a larger cap. We just put this one to keep stuff out of the middle of the pillar. The Brick that lines the sidewalk and that we are constructing the pillars out of is all recycled from our old sidewalk.

Saturday, October 15, 2011

4 YEARS IN THE MAKING

It is the weekend of our 4 year Anniversary living in our house. I can't believe it's been 4 years already! Even though our house is still very much a work in progress, the changes have only made this house better.Today's post is before and after pictures of what we have accomplished over the 4 years. How quickly I forgot how UGLY the interior of my house once was. Looking back at the pictures now, I am beginning to think I was nuts taking on this project house. I now realize that the definitions of home remodeling between men and women are vastly different. Most women think home renovation means "New flooring, New Counters, New Cabnits and Paint." Most of what women think of home renovation is usually hired out. Men who are handymen think home renovation means "Knock holes in walls, move walls, new plumbing, new electrical... etc." Let's just say living in this house.... their has never been a dull moment in the 4 years we have been here. We are always working on a project. We are hoping the housing market will pick up so we can possibly sell our house next summer and move back to the slc area.

Note: Not all pictures of Updates are at their current stage. I posted the pictures from previous posts I had on my laptop.

NEW Wood Floors. "Lion" green paint.

Old Blue Carpet and White walls.

Old Wood Burning Stove.
NEW Stadium Seating for the "Home Theater" The wood floor has now been installed on top of the platform for the stadium seating since this picture was taken.

Old awkward Family Room Space

NEW!! Basement Office (Picture taken Prior to the Completed Painting)


Old Yucky Basement Bathroom
NEW! Totally Gutted the old Bathroom and Upgraded to a Full Bathroom.
This Bathroom isn't completed yet. However it is now painted and is ready to be tiled.

Old UGLY Orange Carpet and Old Laminate Floors
NEW False treads and new tan carpet. NEW Travertine Floors.

OLD Laundry Room! Ugly Yellow Laminate Counters and Laminate Brick floors.

NEW Craftroom/Laundry Room.

OLD- Mauve Pink Carpet and Green Bead Board fit for a girl.

NEW! Blue Bedroom with a Fire Fighter Theme fit for a boy.

OLD Austrian Pines once Stood in our Backyard

Old Railroad Ties, Old Wood Fence and a Basketball Standard.

NEW Cement Patio and NEW Tan Vinyl Fence
OLD Overgrown Bush


Overgrown bush is gone!

OLD Master Bathroom and Closet. Featured. A shower. 1 Sink and a Toilet.

NEW Double Sink Vanity with Granite Counter Top
NEW Large Shower
NEW! Master Bath Features Double Vanity.
HEATED Travertine Floors and Tub Surround
Jetted Bath Tub
Large Shower

NEW Master Closet!

NEW!! Guest Bathroom with new Tile, Granite Counter tops and Upgraded Vanities. This picture only shows one vanity, but we now have 2.



OLD- Tile fire place. BLAH!!

NEW! Travertine Fire Place and Mantel and New Engineered Wood Flooring!

Old Master Bedroom- Ugly Orange Carpet.

NEW! Master Bathroom Features Engineered Wood Floors.


OLD Kitchen

Newer Version.... but still more work to be done in the Kitchen.
New Floors and Counters are in desperate need.

Old Ugly Powder room .... NOW a walk in pantry.
NEW!! Walk in Pantry

Old Pantry..... Now 3/4 Bathroom

New 3/4 Bathroom

NEW! Dinning Room Engineered Hardwood Flooring.

OLD Dinning Room Orange Carpet

OLD Small Bedroom

NEW!! Patriotic Temporary Office

Old Grandma Blue Door and White Posts
NEW Black Paint on the front door.
Built into the garage. We added a mud room.


New Cement Concrete Sidewalk lined with Recycled Brick pavers from the original sidewalk. The sidewalk is now lined with Pavers on both sides since this picture was taken and is complete.