Welcome back…
We are 6 weeks into our MAJOR fixer-upper. You can read about how we found our dream home, a contemporary foreclosure that stole our hearts and see the BEFORE pics.
Well, the crew has knocked down walls, ripped up checkered tile, brought cabinets crashing down, and scraped messy popcorn ceilings smooth. This is definitely the dusty phase. Everyone time we visit the construction zone we leave with chalky sheet-rock smears. But, that’s to be expected.
A few highlights since my last post:
- We have been to Home Depot more times than we can count
- We ordered our pantry doors. They took 3 weeks to come in. We ordered the wrong size! Thank you LOWE’s in Madison for giving us a full refund and exchanging them for the right size.
- As of this morning, we discovered the water heater has to be replaced. Sigh.
- We also discovered this morning that the garage doors are buckling and need to be replaced. Sigh
- Basically if something is on its last leg, it has definitely decided to die on our watch.
- Hubs and I have pretty much agreed on all the renovation designs–pretty impressive I must say.
- Still undecided is the wood floor stain color, but we are leaning towards Minwax® “Classic Gray”
- Also, still undecided is the kitchen backsplash. We’ve seen a thousand options, and like a wedding dress, I believe when we find it, we’ll just know 🙂
Well, without further ado, here are the pics of demolition and early progress:
RANDALL HOME DESIGNS 