Let's Talk Remodeling

[BillSears]

I signed my first, probably of many to come, contract. They'll be be doing all of the above and replacing a door for $16,000. I explained about the floor seeming to be high so he said since I was having other stuff done he'd knock a thousand off of the flooring install. I figured it would be best to have the floors and walls done at the same time so I just took a deep breath and wrote a check for my downpayment.

 

[Boston Tea Party]

This thread is my own personal horror movie.

There's so much I want to do...

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Okay, it seems I've abandoned my own thread!

Updates, everyone????

 

[SplshMtn99]

Subscribing because I think I need to read some of this thread & probably post. But not tonight.

 

[mickeysgal]

This thread is my own personal horror movie.

Okay, it seems I've abandoned my own thread!

Updates, everyone????

Here's an update on our basement. Not sure if I've posted this already, but what the heck. The storage room is complete. We decided to continue the cherry flooring into the room instead of changing to another type of flooring even though its just a storage room. It may be a storage room to us, but it can easily be a bedroom, office, exercise room, etc. to the next owner. We're not selling, but hey, you never know! Our junk has been moved into this now expensive storage room.

I'm oh so very close on the doorknob decision. (I know - it so exciting.) Changing every knob in the house is so incredibly expensive. I decided on a lever style by Schlage - Champaign style - antique pewter color. My husband has decided at this point he likes anything I pick.

Upstairs we started on another project. We had arches in three doorways that just didn't fit the style of the house. Some arches are pretty in houses, these weren't. Our carpenter tore them out and the doorways are now framed for glass transoms. This happened this past weekend. The transoms are on order but the casing is in and surprisingly, the doorways seem so much larger now. I'll post pictures soon.

I have a landscaper coming out today. Wish me luck. Talk about expensive!

Anyone else?

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Our backsplash will be tiled tomorrow and DH is painting on Friday. The END IS NEAR!

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

I'm oh so very close on the doorknob decision. (I know - it so exciting.) Changing every knob in the house is so incredibly expensive. I decided on a lever style by Schlage - Champaign style - antique pewter color. My husband has decided at this point he likes anything I pick.

If you were them down enough, this is the end result! Isn't it wonderful???

Upstairs we started on another project. We had arches in three doorways that just didn't fit the style of the house. Some arches are pretty in houses, these weren't. Our carpenter tore them out and the doorways are now framed for glass transoms. This happened this past weekend. The transoms are on order but the casing is in and surprisingly, the doorways seem so much larger now. I'll post pictures soon.

I can't wait to see them! The other pics that you posted, looked beautiful! I'm sure this looks great too.

I have a landscaper coming out today. Wish me luck. Talk about expensive!

You can always get a landscape design done, and install everything yourself.

Anyone else?

Well... we did actually stand in our master bathroom and discuss remodeling it. It lasted about 2 minutes. That's as far as we've gotten.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Our backsplash will be tiled tomorrow and DH is painting on Friday. The END IS NEAR!

Are you lightening the color, or sticking with a more dramatic color? I can't wait to see pics!

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Subscribing because I think I need to read some of this thread & probably post. But not tonight.

Welcome! I think you'll find it calm and peaceful here, although we do tend to do lots of this ---> when we get estimates in. In really severe cases, you'll see this ---> , but it's all good.

 

[I loveStitchnippyjon]

When we bought our 150-yo farmhouse, I never in a million years thought it would take over 10 years to get it the way we wanted it! Of course, we did all the work ourselves, except for 1/2 the siding (what remained to do after DH fell off the ladder and broke his leg! )
We replaced all the windows, turned a tiny upstairs bedroom into a bath, gutted all other rooms and replaced the old lath-and-plaster with drywall, new wiring and plumbing, remodelled the kitchen (the further we got into the project, the more that needed to be done...we wound up replacing the uneven wall studs and floor, then opened up to a cathedral ceiling), built a deck and new garage (I can't believe I ever climbed that ladder with a roof truss on my shoulder!) , and jacked up the house to replace some rotted sill plates! Whew!
All that is left right now is the downstairs bath . We'll gut the room, new sink, tub and toilet. I want it mostly ceramic tile. Instead of cabinets, DH will cover one wall with open shelving with nice wicker baskets to hold all the "stuff". Starting SOON (and taking off 1 week in September for Disney ) We want to be done by Christmas
Pray for us! LOL

 

[mickeysgal]

Welcome! I think you'll find it calm and peaceful here, although we do tend to do lots of this ---> when we get estimates in. In really severe cases, you'll see this ---> , but it's all good.

All too true!

You can always get a landscape design done, and install everything yourself.

We did. Just paid a designer about $350 to do it too. I'm interviewing landscapers to install it. We can't do it ourselves. Its too much and involves a small decorative stacked stone wall. Get ready for some laughs when we get the price.

 

[mickeysgal]

Well... we did actually stand in our master bathroom and discuss remodeling it. It lasted about 2 minutes. That's as far as we've gotten.

Unfortunately, a master bath remodel is such an intricate daisy chain. You can't do this, without doing that first, then this, then that. Its hard to do just one thing at a time.

Keep working on him. Wear him down. Think resale. Kitchens and baths sell a house. Shoot - I don't need to tell YOU that!

 

[Miss Jasmine]

Are you lightening the color, or sticking with a more dramatic color? I can't wait to see pics!

Going with a goldish color for paint (mor muted, not BRIGHT gold). The backsplash is a beigy stone tile with different colors running through it (like brown, gold, etc.). Difficult to describe.

 

[mickeysgal]

and jacked up the house to replace some rotted sill plates!

Wow...wow...wow. You're brave. Far braver than I.

And statements like this is why we use the and smilies on this thread. (Where did the fainting one go?)

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Going with a goldish color for paint (mor muted, not BRIGHT gold). The backsplash is a beigy stone tile with different colors running through it (like brown, gold, etc.). Difficult to describe.

No, actually it sounds like the color of my kitchen. My backsplash is tumbled marble, and it has veins of color throughout it too.

The color doesn't photograph well at all, so I'd show you. It always looks darker, or even tinted green in photos, and that's not the way it looks IRL.

There's a strong possibility it could be the photographer.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Unfortunately, a master bath remodel is such an intricate daisy chain. You can't do this, without doing that first, then this, then that. Its hard to do just one thing at a time.

Keep working on him. Wear him down. Think resale. Kitchens and baths sell a house. Shoot - I don't need to tell YOU that!

Unfortunately I do know that all too well. You just came up with a name for it! The Towel Bar Syndrome is very dangerous.

 

[Miss Jasmine]

No, actually it sounds like the color of my kitchen. My backsplash is tumbled marble, and it has veins of color throughout it too.

The color doesn't photograph well at all, so I'd show you. It always looks darker, or even tinted green in photos, and that's not the way it looks IRL.

There's a strong possibility it could be the photographer.

Veins of color...that sounds so much more refined than my description.

I just know it's not the photographer. It's the way the light dances off the surfaces.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

When we bought our 150-yo farmhouse, I never in a million years thought it would take over 10 years to get it the way we wanted it! Of course, we did all the work ourselves, except for 1/2 the siding (what remained to do after DH fell off the ladder and broke his leg! )
We replaced all the windows, turned a tiny upstairs bedroom into a bath, gutted all other rooms and replaced the old lath-and-plaster with drywall, new wiring and plumbing, remodelled the kitchen (the further we got into the project, the more that needed to be done...we wound up replacing the uneven wall studs and floor, then opened up to a cathedral ceiling), built a deck and new garage (I can't believe I ever climbed that ladder with a roof truss on my shoulder!) , and jacked up the house to replace some rotted sill plates! Whew!
All that is left right now is the downstairs bath . We'll gut the room, new sink, tub and toilet. I want it mostly ceramic tile. Instead of cabinets, DH will cover one wall with open shelving with nice wicker baskets to hold all the "stuff". Starting SOON (and taking off 1 week in September for Disney ) We want to be done by Christmas
Pray for us! LOL

Goodness! You definitely deserve one of these --->

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Veins of color...that sounds so much more refined than my description.

I just know it's not the photographer. It's the way the light dances off the surfaces.

Yeah... or that.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

We did. Just paid a designer about $350 to do it too. I'm interviewing landscapers to install it. We can't do it ourselves. Its too much and involves a small decorative stacked stone wall. Get ready for some laughs when we get the price.

Are you done after that?