Construction Phase I

 Taking out the sink and old dishwasher, painting all the cabinets and drawers, new plumbing and wiring for all the house, new countertops and appliances; and we thought we could get it all done in just 4 weeks.

 

 Once we got the flooring up and the boards we found hardwoods underneath. We routed out the floor for the warmwire and then did self-leveler before putting in the tile.

 The bathroom once all the walls and floor tiles were torn out and the heated floors and leveler were put in. The kids thought we should put in new walls because it made the bathroom seem so much bigger.

 

 Some of the garbage that had to go to the dump from the kitchen.

 

 We ended up tearing out the whole wall in the dinning room while we were doing the plumbing and new electrical for the bathroom upstairs.

 

All the stuff from the cabinets in the kitchen were boxed up or out on the dinning room table while we repainted to cabinets. We were going to take everything out of the kitchen and put in new cabinets, but all the old once are solid wood, custom built so we didn't want to replace them with inferior products. Now we are trying to find hinges and knobs that will fit the old cabinets because I threw some of the old ones out and nothing seems to be working.

 

 

I didn't post much about the house remodel because it was so crazy during the first stage of demolition and rebuilding trying to get thing ready for the Christmas party at our house in December. Needless to say we are still getting things put back together and sleeping and showering down in the cabin. We worked hard on the bathroom upstairs and almost have it done. We had a trip to Home Depot for FHE to get all the additional odds and ends to wrap it up this week so we can be back in the house and out of the cabin. The kids are ready to be back in their own rooms and beds. It is amazing how long it takes to get things done when you only have a couple hours a week. Phil had been traveling a lot for work and then Saturdays tend to be busy with church meetings and things. We still have the sunroom floor to put back together and trim work and painting in other rooms, but hopefully by the end of the summer we should be wrapping it up. I will take some pictures once we are all done to post. So grateful to have a cabin to live in while all this work is going on.