The Great Bathroom Remodel

It's 99% done. Just a few trim pieces to fit and refit and a little touch up painting
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Dining Room

I forgot to post pictures of my dining room with the "Gathering" Table. I really like the look but I'm not sure of the comfort. Since I'm an old bachelor I eat most of my meals over the sink so for now comfort doesn't matter much.

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A Touch of the Flu

I might have a touch of one of the many viruses currently in circulation. The usual Pepto Bismal symptoms and a low grade achy feeling. Left work mid-morning and came home. Thought I'd post the final pictures of the living room remodel. The final pictured until I change or add something. Home remodeling is now done until fall. Motor home repair to commence as soon as I feel better.


















I only posted the second picture because of Shadow looking up at me from under the table. I didn't notice him when I took the shot.

90% Finished

I have wood blinds ordered for the windows. I have not figured out what I am going to do with the dining room ceiling. I have another dead caribou to display, but he might be moving to the garage. I want to add a splash of color and I'm leaning toward the colors in the bear picture. The picture was painted by my father BTW. I'll be getting a larger dining room table and a couple of side pieces for the dining room. The old empire wall heater will be replaced with a gas fireplace later on. Other than that it's done...for now.

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Gettin' Close

I took a mini-vacation over Easter and spent almost all of it on the living room project. It's done! I bought the flat screen TV last night. I'll be hanging it on the wall tonight and buying shelves for the rest of the wall. Also I'm ordering custom blinds for the windows. I'm still working on lighting ideas and also looking for a rug, other than those items the room is done. I'll post pictures this weekend.
Now back to my previous project, the motorhome. I took it out of the garage this weekend, because the garage needs a major spring cleaning. I'll probably leave it in the driveway unless by doing so, I jinx us and we get a late season dump of snow. (You'll notice I'm not talking about the weather!)

Ok, one picture.

My plan was not to post any more pictures of the living room remodel until the stairs were finished and the furniture, rugs, shelves, flat screen, window covering and art work were installed.
But do to the overwhelming requests, (ok, the request,) here's one picture of where I am today as I am just starting the finish on the stairs.

The Floor Is In

I spent yesterday working on getting the floor leveled. That meant crawling around in the...crawl space cinching floor joints down to support beams and tightening up what ever I could. Then checking the level again and finding one area that way still way low. I got some self leveling floor leveling material and poured the floor level. This morning when I woke up at 8 I immediately started installing the floor. I finished just before 7 this evening. I looks great!
Tomorrow I'll be installing the baseboard trim and start finishing the stairs. Monday I'll be ordering the furniture. I have a 4 day mini vacation - long weekend planned for next week end and I hope to be finished completely by the end of it.

Progress

The painting of the living room is done. Some touchup around the edges and painting of the crown molding is all that is left. Speaking of crown molding, did you ever try to cut it. I gave it a shot and after 6 cuts that weren't even close to what I was trying for, I went googling. I found 2 good primers with photos and successfully cut my first piece of crown molding. Fortunately I only have to negotiate 4 inside corners. Reading the explaination for cutting the angles to fit a sloped ceiling made my head hurt. The dining room ceiling is getting retrimmed out. This is a temporary fix because I have a vision for it but I have to find the pieces and parts. It will include reworking the lighting also. I also installed the new electrical outlets over the stairs because my cool LED night lights arrived. They worked perfectly this morning, meaning I got down the stairs without falling. I adjusted,(raised) the front door to clear the new flooring. I think I'll be ready to prep the floor Wednesday. After the floor, finishing the stairs. With luck the whole room remodel will be done in about 2 weeks and I can run up my credit card dept again buying new furniture.

Painting

I spent at least a month over the last 4 or 5 days mudding, taping and sanding. It's far from perfect but I textured the Hell out of it and it'll have to do. The primer will be finished tonight and the paint goes up this week. I whined to my mother about how much I hated drywalling and she told me I got it from my Dad. He hated it too! When he built his very first houses in Spenard in late 1940's early 1950's he did everything himself except he hired out the drywall. I remember the quality of mudding and taping that he did when I was growing up. Better than me but not exactly professional quality work. The painting and trim should go fairly quick and I'll probably be starting to prep the floor by the weekend. At least a week to get the floor ready for the new laminate. After the laminate, fitting and finishing the new stairs, building a railing and running power to new outlets.

Mud and Tape

I hate sheet rock. The reason most of my house is covered in wood paneling was to avoid mudding and taping sheet rock. Well actually all the walls and ceiling are sheet rocked and mudded and taped under the paneling but not sanded and finished. I hate sanding and finishing the mud and tape on sheet rock. That's the stage I am at in my remodel. This could take me weeks. I like the design and framing part. The painting and finishing parts are ok, because you can see the finished product emerging. But I hate the dry wall part. I manage about an hour of work each night before I begin to curse and throw things.

The Plan

In Progress

Here are the promised pictures of my living room remodel in progress. Once I've finished the sheet-rock I'll move everything out, cleanup the rest of the walls, primer, paint and trim. Then level the floor and install the laminate.

Of_ln

That's what my digital weather station shows in the Outside temperature box when the temperature gets to -23 degrees. It's displayed that message the last three nights. Since at 12:30 in the afternoon it's -8 degrees in Wasilla I suspect it will be Of_ln again tonight. Could be worse, my friends in Willow had -35 degrees Saturday night.
But my living room is under construction! I re-sheetrocked, mud and taped the formerly paneled wall. I'll be doing the first sanding of that wall tonight. I'm building the new stairs this week. I post pictures after the new stairs are roughed in.