This week wasn't nearly as productive as I had hoped. I was finally allowed to go back to work on the house on Thursday, but my stamina wasn't all the way back to normal yet, so I didn't get nearly as much done as I had hoped. With having to take a week off of my real job while still contagious, I had high hopes of getting all kinds of stuff done, but not so much. Hopefully this week will go a little better. On the bright side, Matt has been kicking butt out there. He even went back over to the farmhouse after we got the kids in bed on Tuesday. I think he was hoping that if he got extra work done there, it wouldn't be so hard for me to stay home and get better. I have to admit, it did help.
So, on the agenda for this week... I am prepping everything for paint. I have to seal all the window seals, repair holes in walls and texture everything. Matt being 6'4" helps with painting the ceilings, so I will be putting him to work on that and I will be washing down walls and taping everything to prep for wall color. I can't wait to see how it all looks as we get things put back together. In the mean time, here are a few pics to give you an idea of where we are right now...
This is the new pine beam in place of the wall we took down between the living area and the "middle room".
This is the view of the new living area from the front door. It looks great, and much bigger!
This is just a reminder of a before pic in the "middle room" from the door into the living area.
This is a before pic of the wall we took down, and the gas heater we took out. Now the house will just be heated by the gas stove that was in the "middle room" and is now in the larger living area.
Another before pic of the wall and heater we took out.
This is the kids room now that the carpet, curtains and wall paper are gone. You may remember it as the pink room...
The "pink room" before renovations began.
The view of the kitchen from the living area. To the right is the dining area where I removed 4 layers of wall paper... Thank goodness for the steamer!
Dining area and kitchen in renovation process.
This is a little hard to see (it's an iPhone pic), but this is the beam Matt and Dad installed between the kitchen and living area. It's hard to describe, but the ceiling had a bunch of different header heights. We took them out and replaced them with pine beams that "flow" much nicer.
More kitchen pine beams.
This is a before shot of the headers in the kitchen. We took out the cabinets in the center and moved the fridge there from the location on the right. This really opened up the kitchen and makes it seem a lot bigger. (And the wall paper is gone, another improvement!)
I will post more pictures as we get the painting and floors done! I can't wait to see it all come together after all this tearing apart.
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