Wood look tile

I am so excited to see the floors being started!  This is a wood look tile called American Heritage (color Spice) by Marazzi Tile.  These are 6x36" porcelain plank tiles.  They are being placed at random with a 1/16" grout line.  I am getting very excited to see how it will look in the end when they are all down, grouted and clean!

Lights, mud, and stilts

A few changes have been going on.

Some of the lighting was being moved and we will be changing many of the can lights from the incandescent (on the left) to the new LED lights (on the right).  It looks a bit more streamline, emits a brighter light, and the bulbs last about 50,000 hours while incandescent last about 1,200.  In addition, it is a "greener" option as it uses less energy.

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The drywall and mud are the latest jobs going on right now.

It's almost a ceiling again!

Bye bye tube tv built-in, hello flat screen ready wall.  Additional support and electric were added.

Another built-in gone and ready for a flat screen.  (Side note:  I MUST get myself a pair of those stilts!)

There was a low hanging soffit blocking the window and incoming light.  We took out a piece of the soffit here for a brighter look in the master bath.

There was a drop down from the ceiling that we removed only to find that it was there to hide something structural.  We had to rebuilt a new drop down, but this new one does not hang as low as the previous one.

Sorry folks.  A few of you haver asked for more updates, but not much has been going on during the past week.  A bit of electrical work, but not much to photograph.  I will update again soon hopefully.  

Small Changes, Big Garbage Can

Not many big changes to report on, but a couple of smaller sneak peaks for you...

The electrician has been switching all of the outlets and switches from the cream you see on 

the right, to the new white on the left.  

 

These hollow core doors are being removed to be replaced with...

                       something similar to this.  The new doors will be solid core to reduce noise.  

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And here is Little Two with his favorite part of the new house....the big garbage can!  This is dumpster #3 and each has been just as exciting as the one before!

Beam Me Up!

I was delighted to see the start of our new ceiling beam detail today.  It got me really excited to see how this whole project will turn out.  

It should look something like this in the end:

Transitional Dining Room by Minneapolis Interior Designers & Decorators Martha O'Hara Interiors

Demolition Derby

Over the past week, the house has been going through demolition.  A huge dumpster was delivered and it ended up being filled the first day.  A second, larger dumpster was then delivered.  That is now full, and we will be needing a third.  I had no idea there would be so much waste.  We donated everything that we could to the Habitat for Humanity Restore, which I highly recommend if you ever have a large donation.  They came with a box truck and two men and picked it all up and left me with a donation receipt.  

Here are some photos of the progress.

Here are two views of the living room where the tile floors were jackhammered up and the ceiling was removed to prep for a new beam detail that will be added.  It should make for a dramatic entrance. 

In the dining room, the floors were taken up and the only other change was the removal of the circular pillars, which will be replaced with squared.

At one time, this was a master bathroom.  All of the tiles were taken up, the steps up to the tub were removed and the pillars on either side of the tub were removed. 

The master bath cabinetry was also removed.  This was the "hers" cabinet location.

"His" cabinets.

One day this will be a kitchen again.  The heavily detailed darker cabinets and busy looking counters will be replaced with crisp, white cabinets.  I am really excited to see the dream kitchen come to fruition.

This is another view of where the kitchen was.  A ceiling drop down that left the kitchen feeling closed in was removed and will be flattened to match the rest of the ceiling.

In the family room, a built-in for a tube tv was removed and the wall was flattened.

Sagging shelving was removed from the "sewing" room.  We still don't know what we are going to do in this space.  It will probably be a mud room with storage space for the boys as well as a small office and filing area.  

There was a built in desk here that matched the kitchen.  Since the kitchen is in view of this area, we wanted the area to flow.  This will be a desk of the same cabinetry as the kitchen.  New carpet will be on the stairs as well.

In the upstairs bonus room a large tube tv built-in was removed.  Since this room was carpeted, there was a hole where the built-in was removed.  New carpet will go in this space and flow into the guest bedroom.

I can not imagine trying to live in a house going through a remodel like this.  Dust!  Dust!  Dust!  It is fun to see some progress being made though.

Coming Soon!

Demolition photos on the way!