In 2003, after spending the first three at our 'new' home working in the yard, we got curious and started tearing into the living room. We pulled up the carpet, removed the trim, then ended up gutting the whole room.
before:
after:
The dining room adjacent to the living room- before:
after:
A month before Finley was due, I decided I couldn't bear the thought of my baby crawling around the nasty 40+ year old linoleum in our kitchen. You can't see it very well, but the sink was one of those vintage metal contraptions, and there was also a 48" stove (which I was rather fond of), and those old, sticky, red couter tops from the 1940's:
I wish I could find the picture of the mouse nest we found under the cabinets.
Here is an example of the 'fine' (read lousy) craftsmanship in the house before we got to it. In the kitchen, there was paint on top of wall paper on top on the duct-taped seams of fiber board, not to mention the falling tile ceiling:
After washing dishes in the bathtub while 8 months pregnant, I was thrilled with the outcome:
In addition to the obvious work you have just seen, all the electrical in the house is new. (A reel of copper has jumped from $80 in 2003 to close to $200 today.) Chris also replaced all of the plumbing in the house (greatly inproving the water pressure) and replaced the entire HVAC system. The heating and air was done only a month after he had started working at Lee Company installing duct work. The furnace went out, so we replaced it with an outdoor combined unit. Chris had gained enough knowledge to install the new ductwork in a way that freed up a ton of space in the basement. The basement is unrecognizable from when we moved in... I'm sorry I don't have any good pictures of that.
after:
The dining room adjacent to the living room- before:
after:
A month before Finley was due, I decided I couldn't bear the thought of my baby crawling around the nasty 40+ year old linoleum in our kitchen. You can't see it very well, but the sink was one of those vintage metal contraptions, and there was also a 48" stove (which I was rather fond of), and those old, sticky, red couter tops from the 1940's:
I wish I could find the picture of the mouse nest we found under the cabinets.Here is an example of the 'fine' (read lousy) craftsmanship in the house before we got to it. In the kitchen, there was paint on top of wall paper on top on the duct-taped seams of fiber board, not to mention the falling tile ceiling:
After washing dishes in the bathtub while 8 months pregnant, I was thrilled with the outcome:
In addition to the obvious work you have just seen, all the electrical in the house is new. (A reel of copper has jumped from $80 in 2003 to close to $200 today.) Chris also replaced all of the plumbing in the house (greatly inproving the water pressure) and replaced the entire HVAC system. The heating and air was done only a month after he had started working at Lee Company installing duct work. The furnace went out, so we replaced it with an outdoor combined unit. Chris had gained enough knowledge to install the new ductwork in a way that freed up a ton of space in the basement. The basement is unrecognizable from when we moved in... I'm sorry I don't have any good pictures of that. The attic is in the process.
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You amaze me.
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