The kitchen counters are “Ocean Shell” recycled glass by Geos. The kitchen paint was chosen to match in a color called “Slinky” The remaining public space is painted in different saturations of “Paper Clip” There are some close ups of some fun wall intersections where a wall that faces one way abuts a wall of […]

Such a difference, the rooms take shape for real, and the whole project takes on the feel of a house undergoing work, instead of a construction zone. Drywall installation companies work in specialized crews…one to deliver the drywall and load it into the house, one to hang it on the walls with drywall screws, and […]

While most of the information in this blog is visual, our adventures in insulation cannot be expressed without words. Here is our story: We started with the usual asking for referrals and lining up bidding estimates. In the end we had 4 companies come out, with one, let’s call them Co.#1, in the strong running […]

We will replace these with taller and wider arches that take advantage of the extra width in the walls to accommodate built in cabinets and bookshelves. Note that the arches we removed were not original, and that we found the rails for pocket doors that had been cut and removed during a previous remodel. Man […]

    The old kitchen made way for a new main floor bathroom, walk-in pantry and coat closet, while the new kitchen addition provided space next to it for a den/guest room that awaits your visit.  

Taking down the walls between the existing house and the new extension in 4 rooms: Master bedroom Kitchen   Upstairs bathroom Dining Room

The back soffit was so beautiful when it was finished, we decided to redo the front to match. This meant pulling down the old wood and replacing it – messy work!

We shared scraping and prepping duties with the hired paint crew. We’ll paint the accents and trims later.

We put up just enough drywall to create a separation of the bedroom and bathroom spaces, add bathroom and kitchen fixtures and move in to the basement. Moving downstairs allows work to progress upstairs unimpeded by our stuff. After several versions of vanity stands, we built our own in the Home Depot isle from galvanized […]

We put new water lines, new electric wires and new windows and doors in the basement apartment. The windows and doors required cutting through the concrete foundation.