Day 6 | Demo Day

October 5, 2013January 24, 2015Leave a comment

Day 6

Our first Saturday as home owners proved to be a VERY busy work day. We had many friends and family members join us for the festivities. The boys ripped out the subfloor in the dining room, they continued removing the plaster on the kitchen walls to get to the frame, they removed the master bathroom door and frame, they started framing a pocket door in between the master bathroom and our bedroom, they patched holes in the master closet, hung a new light fixture. The girls cleaned the garage and continued stripping the paint off door #1. Whitney and I also picked out the paint for the master bedroom, bathroom, closet, and trim… Benjamin Moore, the Bentley of paint 🙂

I am on the quest for the perfect gray paint. So far, my favorite has been Coventry Gray by Benjamin Moore. Not too blue, not too green… just right, ahhhh! This color actually belongs to their historic color collection, which includes 174 time-honored hues of their most popular palette.

Goodbye floor!

Goodbye kitchen cabinets!

Does this stress you out like it did me?

Goodbye kitchen walls!

Thanks Dan and Jason!

No more kitchen or mudroom

Soon to be a pocket door in between the master bedroom and bathroom.

No more walls! Looking from the dining room into master bedroom.

Nice open concept eh?

In just one day, Kevin and the guys ripped out the wall and put in the pocket door frame!

Removed the plywood shelving in the master closet and installed this beautiful light!

HELPERS: Jason, Dan, Matt Baker, Steve DuBransky, Monica, Whitney, Mom U., Dad R., Caleb, and Jake

VISITORS: Heidi, Grandpa & Loretta, Dad U., Dayna Rychen, Chris Ostos, and Josh & Kelsey

Day 5 | Goodbye Kitchen Walls

October 4, 2013February 24, 2017Leave a comment

Day 5

Say goodbye to the rest of the kitchen cabinets and the walls between the kitchen and dining room and mudroom. We are going for an open concept. The boys found an old water softener hidden behind the walls!

Get rid of those checkered counter tops!

Thanks Rob for the help!

No more cabinets!

The full view!

Getting rid of the wall that separates the kitchen and mudroom.

An old water softener hidden behind the walls.

HELPER: Rob Macleod

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Day 4 | Kitchen Prep

October 3, 2013January 19, 2015Leave a comment

Day 4

Today Kevin and our good friend Jake Balog ripped out the rest of the wood floor in the kitchen and removed the cabinets and appliances in preparation for this weekend’s demolition crew.

HELPERS: Jake Balog

VISITORS: Stephen & Kelly Chakerian, Katie Skutvik

Day 3 | Stripping Paint

October 2, 2013February 24, 2017Leave a comment

Day 3

Today Mom U. began stripping the layers upon layers (I’m talking at least 10 layers!) of paint off bedroom door #1. This house was built in 1912, and although I want to make massive upgrades, I want to keep as much of the original features as possible, the doors being one of these things. I love these 5 panel craftsman doors!

We had home group tonight and a brought a bunch of our friends over to scope out the place late into the evening.

VISITORS: Ali Wigington, Whitney Rodriguez, Jacob Balog, Steven Albano

DAY 2 | No Time Wasted

October 1, 2013November 12, 2016Leave a comment

DAY 2

We didn’t waste any time. Right after work we headed over to the house to begin planning for this massive renovation project that we just took on. The first thing Kevin did was pull out his knife and begin ripping out the old green carpet in the living room and the uneven, sloping wood floors in the dining room. Our mom’s began cleaning the dirty shutters… but how cool that the house came with new windows and plantation shutters? Can’t complain about that!

We didn’t even have the electricity turned on yet, so our neighbor kindly ran an extension cord from his house to ours so that we could at least power some overhead lights.

Jason removing the subfloor in the living room.

Caleb removing the carpet from the master bedroom.

Our makeshift lighting, thanks to our neighbors for the power.

Kevin removing the wood floor.

Cleaning Shutters

HELPERS: Jason, Caleb, the Moms

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We got the keys!

September 30, 2013March 12, 2017Leave a comment

Day 1

After a 45 day escrow, we finally got the keys! Thanks to our realtor and friend, Elissa Gannon for all of her hard work to get this thing to close.

We endured a lot of back-and-forth with the bank but we were ultimately able to get a special construction loan (FHA 203K) that allowed us to pick and choose projects around the house that we wanted to accomplish within a set amount of time. This 100 year old craftsman is going to get a face lift. But the clock is ticking and we need to get started right away!

Join us on our journey of home renovation. Check out all of these BEFORE photos… we hope to have good AFTER photos for you eventually.