New Exterior Lights

Cabinets!!!

Finally the cabinets are being installed!

Sanding Stairs

New Concrete

New Floors Galore!

New walnut floors in the kitchen, pantry and powder room.



Another view of the walnut floors. We looked everywhere for our wood floors and landed on Carpet King. I would highly recommend them. We had used them at our previous home and they did a great job. I am again very happy with their work and we are also using them for our wool carpet.



Still really loving this grey porcelain tile that we installed in our bathrooms and now is the base for our living room!

Open Sesame!

After 11 months of a fussy garage door opener we now have a functional garage door opener and a glass garage door. I have to say that it is quite amazing how much light this door lets into the space. I think the pictures say it all!

New Garage Door!


Old Garage Door!





Inside the garage.

Hollow Concrete

Now that things are getting a bit more under control on the inside and the finishing details are happening we decided it was time to start demo on the outside before the snow flies. So today Bryce started demo on the back concrete stairs. Here you can see that the stairs going up the back of the house are hollow. I hope we find a buried treasure in this hollow space! We finished taking out the old concrete and no buried treasure, but we are thankful to Neil, Chuey & Memo for helping Bryce demo these stairs.


The Dirt Slide!

11 Months With No Toilet

After 11 months with no toilet. Today is a big day with the first of three new toilets getting installed. As you can see from the photos not only are the new toilets making there way in, but the tub and tile are too. I am very happy with how the small marble mosaic tile turned out in the shower floors and how it pairs back to the larger porcelain grey tiles. This will be the same tile that is in our entry, mudroom and main living space with our fireplace. The count down is on for our move in date. We were hoping to move in mid-September, but it looks like October is more realistic. I am going to put it in writing that the date is October 15th one day prior to our one year anniversary of purchasing the house. Well see how close we get to it.
A before shot of the only upstairs bathroom. Now we have not only have an improved bathroom, but we now have 2 upstairs!


Master Bathroom Toilet


Master Bathroom Tub and Shower Floor


Master Bathroom Shower


Second bathroom upstairs with Bryce's teak bench that he just loves!

Tile in the Master & Guest Bath

One of the first things that we picked out for our house was the tile. We wanted to get a durable grey porcelain tile similar to what they use at R&B and that is exactly what we found. These 16X16 tiles from Tile X Design are the perfect tone of grey. After looking at every tile place we kept coming back to these ones and they were the first ones we picked. The smaller tumbled marble mosaic tiles in the showers work back to the porcelain tile and again they were the first one that really spoke to us at Katelo.

Painting is Complete

After about 1 week or so of painting, everything in the house has Edgecomb Grey on it. From the garage to the lofted studio/office space, it is all one color.

Edgecomb Grey

The Quinn's are painting their house! OMG it is finally happening. I go over to the house each day to see the progress that is made and today I had to just stop and realize how far we really are in the process. This week we are talking about paint colors in this case Edgecomb Grey! My favorite light, neutral paint color, so I painted the entire house in this color. When you find something that works...you stick with it. Here are few shots of the painted walls and one blast from the past photo of our kitchen. Also the cabinets have been officially ordered and being made in Shell Lake Wisconsin. I am so excited for those gorgeous pieces of walnut!

Sunroom

Sunroom, a view of the gorgeous wood beams.



Kitchen - Before


Kitchen - After, with a fresh coat of paint.


Living room looking at the staircase.

Mudding & Taping

Not much to write today, but boy is this house finally coming together. Enjoy the photos of the mudding and taping stage!

Our main living space looking out at Kenwood Parkway.

Our open staircase that looks quite modern now. Will eventually have big sheets of glass in between the 2 pillars.

Our front door looking into an expanded foyer.

The garage all sheet rocked and our toilets and sinks sitting in the center of the garage.

Living room with a view of the kitchen.

Sheetrock is Rocking!

Our living room!
The front of our house and our living room where our 3 juliet balconies are.
Another view of the living room.

Well after only 1 day of sheetrocking I have to say they have covered a lot of ground or should I say covered a lot of walls and ceilings. It is amazing all the layers that go into a house and all the little details that are under these heavy white sheets. Now that the sheetrocking is up you start to really see all the thoughtful details that Bryce was so particular about along the way. You notice those can lights, the outlets and even the light switches that were so consciously placed. Underneath all this sheetrock was an a lot of orchestrating, and Bryce was definitely the conductor. So as the last layer goes up on the walls it makes you think about all the people that have helped us to get to this point. Kudos to all the hands that have helped build this house....it is definitely a labor of love and layers!

Looking Back...

I think the one thing that has been really fun about doing this blog is that you are able to really see the progress of this project. You can reflect back on how far we have come! Here are a few pictures that capture our journey.


Dirty covered windows and mildew crumbling walls once filled the corner of our living room!


Now it is filled with gorgeous light!


The kitchen after we removed the fridge, but before we started on demo. I never imagined a home could be this grimey & dirty.


After tuck pointing the brick walls....filling in the holes in the wall....framing it out...new windows...new electrical/plumbing and now insulation, Ta Da you have this!