French Doors

Two entry/exit doors for the house were in the den that we converted to our master suite; therefore, we needed to have another door aside from the front door.

Rob cuts the hole for the door. 

Bubba Ash helps Rob 

The French Doors are installed!

Progress- Kitchen Area

We've made a lot of progress since the last time I've posted. In fact, we've been so busy that I haven't even had time to sit down and write. Where do I start? We have new floors, cabinets, renovated bathrooms - it almost looks like a house instead of a construction zone! We can start with the kitchen area.

The kitchen/living room area:
BEFORE:

The living room area before our renovations. We took up the carpet, knocked down the wall, refinished the floors and made the living room/kitchen area open. 

The diving wall between the living room and kitchen comes down. 

 Rob gets a hold of the floors.

 After we finished the floors. It was time for cabinets!

 This table was given to us by Rob's grandfather and we wanted to use it as part of our island. It is a 12 foot table. We will paint the legs the color of the cabinets. 

Working on the Weekend

This past weekend Rob and I tried to get the house ready to be painted and have the cabinets installed. The floors in the dining room and kitchen were originally hard wood floors, but had been tiled. We wanted to keep the hardwood floors, so we tried to strip the adhesive off the floor and get them ready to polyurethane.

Rob rented a floor sander from Lowe's and tried to sand down the floors to help get rid of the black adhesive. It worked in some spots, but not others. Rob noticed where he spilled water one day, the black adhesive was gone, so we used that as our Plan B. We wet the floors with a water/cleaner solution and let it sit. Fifteen minutes later, we scrubbed the floor and used a vacuum to dry the wood.

While it is hard to tell, most of the adhesive came off and we look forward to staining them!

Frame! Frame! Frame!

When we bought the house it had three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room and a den. The bathroom attached to the original master bedroom was extremely tiny, we decided to take the den area and make it the master suite. We left the two back bedrooms and bathrooms, but we turned the third bedroom into a laundry/office area. 

To start on the creation of the master suite we had to pull down the existing laundry room that was in the den, break up the concrete, plumb the bathroom and pour the concrete. then we had to frame out the areas of the room. 

Round One!

Our first plan of action was to take down the wall lining one side of the kitchen. That wall made the kitchen a galley kitchen and we wanted to open it up to be able to see into the living room. This seemed to be a great idea as Rob worked fast to tear down the wall and all the cabinets. Until we found out it was a support wall for the house. For now, we have a couple of 2x4 boards holding the weight, but are still deciding on how to fix it in the final decor of the house. Because as you know, its beauty over function. Right? Wrong! Our ceiling can't fall in yet, we have too much other work to do!!

Our First Home!

On March 31, 2011, Rob and I purchased our first home in Troy, Alabama. We looked at a few houses and decided on an older home with character that needed a lot of work over a new home that was move-in ready...imagine that. Moving into a house that didn't need any work with brand new everything was just too easy for Rob. He loves projects and I knew the remodel would be right up his alley.

The house was built in the 1950s and was lived in by one family up until this year. All of the paint, appliances and electrical work seem to be the same as the day they moved in. Needless to say, we have a long way to go!