Here are a few shots from our current projects: the living room, the kitchen, and the cantilever (built to expand the dining area).


The living room after removing the old sheetrock, which someone had hung in double layers with few screws. And why the spotty insulation??


The kitchen after demolition.


An electrical junction box found in the kitchen. Someone filled it with drywall mud instead of putting on a metal cover. Wtf?


Brian and Jake pushed over the old dining area wall (literally) to make way for the addition.

Pictures of our (more) finished projects to come.


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This first picture is of the laundry room right after we started its addition. As you can see, it was half the size or less, which made it just big enough for a stacked washer and dryer and a freezer, or a side by side washer and dryer, had cracked and uneven concrete floors, a dangerous electrical panel and overall electrical situation, and a large single-paned funky window along the back wall (which isn’t visible in this picture, as the addition took over). Charmless. No. UGLY. And borderline useless.



Here’s what we did with it:


As you can see, we evened out the floor, put a new subfloor down, redid the entire electrical panel, as well as the wiring throughout the house, new windows, sheetrock, insulation, well, you get the idea…


This is our new slate tile floor. One thing you should know about slate–it’s not for perfectionists. It’s natural, which means the thickness of each tile differs (you can even it out to an extent with mortar, but still…), and you will have flaking. But it’s gorgeous, and you often find fossils in it!


Brian putting on trim.


New sink and cabinet. Brian built the cabinet. Oh, and the stainless countertop, too.


See this little door in the side? The cat’s litter box is in here. She rarely uses it (she’s an outdoor kind of girl) but in case of emergency…


Brian made this upper cabinet, too.


A nice big folding table on top of the washer and dryer.


New lighting.


As it looks now. We plan to buy a bench to put across from the door, which you can’t really see in this picture. (It’s on the right, right where the picture cuts off.) That way, we can come inside and sit while we take off our shoes.







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Master Bath in all its (almost) final glory

My Office

Floors

Origins

Building a Concrete Countertop

More Finishing Touches

Bust Out the Apron!