There is slow but steady progress being made on the house. We're hoping for completion before Christmas. Fingers crossed.
Here is a pictogram of some of our progress to date.
The Kitchen.
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DURING
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GETTING THERE !
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All the lower base cabinets will be the same arctic white as the base cabinet by the refrigerator. The door with glass inserts to the left of the counter by the frig is where our new pantry will be. It used to be the door leading to the garage.
The Fireplace.
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DURING
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DONE!
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We removed the poorly done river rock facing and too small mantle. We've replaced the the rock with stacked stone and the mantle with a large slab of three inch pine. During this process the gas fireplace insert had to be removed entirely while the interior of the "fireplace" was rebuilt correctly. We were told it posed a fire hazard the way it had originally been constructed. We were fortunate that we felt large drafts from the fireplace last winter and had it inspected. Just one of many items done improperly, poorly, horribly wrong in this house.
The Wet Bar.
The wood paneling on the bar front is the wood flooring from the dining room. We are trying to repurpose as much as we can from the materials that we have removed throughout the house. The back counter top will be cutdown from the old kitchen solid surface counter.
I have no before pictures of Jeff's wet bar in the lower level because all that existed there before was a wall and a door into our furnace/mechanical room. If you recognize the cabinets, kudos. They are the upper cabinets from the kitchen.
There are other projects still underway, including the mudroom, installation of the new bamboo hardwood flooring in the dining room, living room, and foyer, and completion of the front porch and installation of the new "cedar" shake siding surrounding the front door. More pictures to come.
Hope everyone had a outstanding Thanksgiving!
