Slowly but surely

I apologize for the delay in this post! To be honest, I kept wanting to wait until I had something dramatic to show. The last photos, aka our first weekend, were so... productive! Not to say week 2 wasn't... it just didn't have the visual kabam of tearing down ceilings and ripping away walls.

So I figured I'd post some plain old house shots- rooms NOT under demo (currently).

Here are rooms upstairs. The three windowed room is the master bedroom. Though night in the photo it looks out over the park and the view is all trees. lovely.




















The whole upstairs will be carpeted and repainted. The floor is currently painted pine (yuck) and all walls this easter egg blue (double yuck). This is the second bedroom, also nice and big (hello guest room!). Also of course Lola, who likes to stay far away from the ruckus going on downstairs.




















This is the sunroom, in the back off the kitchen, which we plan to totally transform. It will be insulated and finished, with a half bath and laundry area off to the side.



















This is the kitchen!~ which will also be TOTALLY redone. At this point we're thinking concrete counter tops, all new appliances, big island, bar stools and my personal favorite- cork flooring. This kitchen will look superb.



















Here are the living room/dining room oak floors. One of the few things that (i think) will be left in tact. The darker inlay runs all along the room! We'll certainly be cleaning them up, but the problem is that the floors are a veneer. Which means it's THIN- and we can't do the classic refinish because we run the risk of sanding a hole right through it. So apart from re-sanding parts, TSP... scrub scrub....anyone have other ideas?















This is one of my favorite house features, also will be left in tact. An old bathroom skylight- with venting flap- right above the toilet.