Another Remodel!

We must be "gluttons for punishment!" Here we are again, in the middle of a major remodel. The house is covered with fine dust, we are living out of boxes and stacked-up drawers, we are sleeping downstairs on a bed that we didn't know made you roll to the middle (two thoughts- 1) we apologize to our kids and their spouses for the bed they've been sleeping on when they visit and 2) it brings back memories of the first bed we shared after getting married), but we are excited about the remodel and know that these things will pass. We have been thinking for some time about combining our room with Brian's old bedroom to make a "master suite." We talked to our contractor guy from the kitchen remodel and he had "a two month window" where he could do the job and we had a "two month window" before the holidays when some of the family will be coming. It also comes at a good time because I am working full-time and that means extra money. . . . So, we decided to "go for it!" We started with a few different sketches and then came up with a plan.

The demolition begins.

This trailer held a ton of debris from our former bathroom, closet, and Brian's room.
David had to put insulation in the attic (where there never was any, we found out. No wonder the closet was always freezing!) He'll still have to blow insulation in the attic to replace all that fell out with the demolition.

First up was the electrical and then the plumbing. This will be our new vanity area.
Then sheetrocking- this will be our new shower.
The sheetrocked vanity area and linen closet.

Our new air jet tub. (Not a jacuzzi.)

This is the extra space added to our room when we took out the toilet and the shower. The doorway leads into the walk-in closet.

The sheetrock gets a first coat of mud.

It has to be mudded and sanded 3 times, hence all the dust. I don't know what we were thinking- we covered all the furniture with the kitchen remodel but didn't this time around. I guess we thought that the dust would be contained behind the canvas that is hanging in the hall to block off the work zone. Wrong! I hit the ottoman in the living room the other day and a cloud of dust arose. We literally will have to clean every nook and cranny of this house when we're all done.

Next up will be painting, after the sheetrocking, and then the tile will be installed. We've bought the paint and will be ordering carpet soon. I really wanted a fireplace in our bedroom and we were thrilled to find a guy who runs a fireplace business out of his garage. We were able to put a fireplace in the bedroom and a gas log insert in our family room for the same price as one fireplace at the retail fireplace stores in the area. This is the insert in the family room . . .
And, (ta da!! ) this is a picture of the awesome fireplace that is in our bedroom!

More to come as the work progresses. . . .