Decorated!

This was a few days ago, but, we've just been enjoying it too much to share. It's starting to look all put together with art and everything!

Some very big DONE stamps

We got the attic access trimmed out courtesy of Oxti's HTH

And Buck Built Big Bar!

(sorry, I was the stain and poly person, so I'm a little silly)

YaaaY! Beautiful Built In!

Wow, lots to update

So, finishing touches.

We thought about staining the concrete floors, we sanded them, but it didn't really come out like we wanted in the test patches, so we'll seal them and keep them brown for now.

The guys hung light fixtures and cabinets

And cleaned!

And we put in counter tops.

We ended up doing mahogany plywood and put the butcher block conditioner on it.

It's an experiment, we'll let ya'll know how long they last.



Very cool light fixtures

We probably won't ever use the pot rack as a pot rack, but it looks cool

This very cool fan had a very bad light in it, so it had to be modified


And it's fully functional!

More work!

So, after the drywall guys made everything nice and smooth, we came back with mud and knives to build up texture on the walls and ceiling to match the rest of the house.

We suspect that somewhere, they felt it, and winced in pain at all the hours they spent making it smooth in vain.

This is a closeup of the texture.

And then, painting began

After we sand the floors we'll go back and finish the cut-in, but we'll probably have to do bunches of touch up.

For anyone who is sanding concrete floors that had an old epoxy coating, we've found that 36 grit works best.

Drywall in, and 1st skim!

The drywall guys finished hanging the boards, and got a first skim on.

As you can probably tell, they skimmed out the bottom of the walls so that the texture will match when it's all done.

I love the little shelves Buck built for me beside the fridge. I think they'll be perfect for cookbooks.

Review

So, it's been brought to my attention that a bit of comparison should be made, so, here are a few before and after, in easy graphics:


View of Kitchen from Side door

Ok, we had already taken out the light box and some cabinets, but, this gives you an idea of the before

And, yes, we don't have this all drywalled and the cabinets etc. back in or the bar in, but, you can still tell the difference

View of the living room from the front door

Of course, this is after paint, but otherwise we didn't really do much in the living room at first

Now, well, there's a bit of a difference

2, 2, 2 days in one....post

Funny thing, it costs more to buy insulation and then install it yourself than to hire a company that brings the insulation and does it.

I think it took about 20 or so less hours

All the insulation was done yesterday...morning...in about 1 1/2 hours.

So, today, the drywall guys showed up, worked all day, and got really far.

Look how tall the hall is now!

This is the view from the entrance

View back towards the front door from the dining area of the kitchen.

They have a bunch of crazy cuts etc. to do and then tape and mud, but, we're getting really close.

Monday will be the 3 week mark of this project phase.

And we were only without ceilings for less than a week and a half!