This is... well nothing, really. It is probably only meaningful to the select few who had to tromp around in my parent's attic over the last 50 years. This is the attic floor, probably seeing the light of day for the first time since they moved in in 1959. Welcome back to the world, attic floor!
And now for the good stuff: dry wall! This shot shows the new upstairs hallway, looking from Mom & Dad's old room to the new master bedroom. The alcove on the left is my laundry closet.
And here's the kitchen! This looks from the new dining room doorway all the way back to the no-garage door. The steps on the right go down to the family room; the windows on the left are where we'll have our kitchen table. My desk will be in that corner next to the steps, & on the other side of that wall (there's a wall now!!) is the mud room. The two doors in the far back/left are the pantry & 1/2 bath. And that big shovel there? Right -- it's a big shovel.
The family room! This was taken the next day, after the drywallers taped. I couldn't believe how fast they got all this done -- two days to put up all the drywall & do the first go round with tape/mud. Those undocumented workers are crazy fast!
Obviously, there's our new gas fireplace at the end; built-ins will go on either side. The stairs there under the French doors go into the existing living room.
More of the family room. Just cause I can.
Moving out-of-doors... here is the final trim on the new windows. I like! Can't wait to see how good they look when all the nail heads are filled in & the house is painted.
And finally, here's the addition before the bricklayers came...
And here it is after! The bricks aren't a perfect match, not that we expected them to be, but they are pretty close -- and look even better in person than they do in this picture. The plan was (is?) to white wash them to match the original even more. I am in favor of this, I'm not sure Rob is. We will see how it pans out.
So, there you go! We have settled on/ordered our kitchen cabinets (knotty alder in "Cinnamon"), backsplash (slate - love!) and countertops (my beloved soapstone), and have decided on our appliances though they aren't ordered yet. Master & hall bath tile have also been selected, and I think we picked out carpet a long time ago. Stone for the fireplace, done. Faucets, also done. We still have some flooring decisions to make (with an eye toward economy, though not at the expense of the project) and I need to figure out which version of white -- there are 100 of them you know -- we are using for the exterior paint. I will need to have several drinks in me before I begin to contemplate lighting. I am still thinking that candlelight may be the way to go... after all, they're green and economical!
Hope this was worth the wait. I am getting so excited about turning our project into our home!
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