Refinishing upstairs floors

Stu and Tyler worked on ripping up the carpet in the upstairs hallway and guest bedroom. They rented a sander and started taking off some of the paint layers. Progress is slow and there is more sanding to be done with a rental sander then all the finishing by hand.

 

Happy Thanksgiving!

Last year at this time we had no stove hooked up and no kitchen cabinets. The year before, we had no kitchen - just framed walls and lots of electrical wires hanging around. It was nice to actually be able to cook a nice dinner this year and share it with Tyler's parents.

 The turkey was fabulous!

Mom's help with the bath closet

 Here's my Mom, Marianne, doing finishing touches on the bathroom closet.

 

Kristen painting baseboards.

Stair Stripping Continued

Here is my Dad, Stuart, stripping the landing on our stairway.  Happy Thanksgiving! The first picture shows the stairs before the stripping process.

Bathroom Closet Shelves

We got the shelves and shelf brackets all cut for the new closet in the bathroom. The brackets are similar to the ones that we have used in the pantry project. You can see it here holding up one of the shelves.

The shelves are out of plywood with a poplar face with two bead details.

Next up, just a couple of coats of paint on the shelves and one more on the inside of the cabinet plus all of the trim around the closet....

Bedroom Wall Behind Closet

Here is the wall framed up. There was also another board added on the middle vertically to add some support to the closet backing. The Sheetrock was added and the plaster put on. It still needs sanding and more joint compound before texturing and painting.

Bathroom Crown Molding Up

 The crown molding is up in the bathroom. It still needs to be patched, sanded, and painted. Here you can see the backer boards in place. You can also see the inside of the closet has a few coats of paint on it.

 Here is the same spot with the molding in place. It has a few base coats of our trim paint on it. However, it will need to be painted a white white for the bathroom. We are not going with the ivory trim in the bathrooms like the rest of the house because it looks off next to the bright white toilet, tub, etc.

 This shower area will be ripped apart and we will have a new tub and tiling eventually. We are planning on doing it plain white so it will not become dated or be hard to match like this tan/blue combo.

Finishing up the walls and putting in lights

 Now that the walls are up all the joints need to be fared in with joint compound. We have also had a chance to get all of the lights and new fans rewired. You can see the new switch and outlet on the wall in the picture below.

The bead board backing is now put in the closet. The animals didn't like it when I did that because they were using that as a doggy door.

Lastly the new lights in the bathroom and hallway have been installed. The lights in the bathroom look like standard can lights but they are actually fans and lights.