We Bought a Fixer - Paint, Parents & Drywall

Hi. How are you?

We move to the new place in just a month's time! Ahh! 

Exciting, but there is still much to do. 

2 weeks ago, my parents came to town help us tackle some of the work. 

Here's my dad......

 .....And my mom. 

Dust really gives her sinus trouble, so she wore this mask the whole time she was in the house. 

She's a goof, just like me, and had no qualms at all about posing in the mask.  

  

Matt and my dad's mission was to replace drywall here and in the hallway.

Matt and I demo-ed out all of the bad drywall prior to my parent's arrival.

It was fun to be destructive. 

By the end of the weekend, we had new walls! Woo! 

Meanwhile, my mom and I worked on painting trim.........

.....and painting paneling. 

This room was so trapped in the 70's! See more here.

As we painted, the fireplace started looking more and more out of place. 

First, we decided to take down the mantle, which was strangely centered above the off-centered fireplace.

Then, we painted. So much better!

This was my mom's project. 

She cleaned it all out and primed the whole fireplace with brush. 

We don't know what we'll do with the red tile hearth yet.

For now, its staying. 

It was really fun to have my parents around and we got so much work done!

Having 2 extra pairs of hands was great. Thanks Mom and Dad!

What's up next?

Lots of painting and lots of flooring.

And what do you think about things so far?

We love to hear what you have to say! 

Ta-ta.  

We Bought a Fixer - Making Progress

Hi there. How are you? 

Though we still have soooooo much to do at the house prior to move in, we are starting to rebuild from the ashes. We now have 2 bedrooms that are all finished and ready for furniture! 

The first room we tackled was our master bedroom. Other than getting rid of the carpet and and painting, there was not much to do here. Luckily, this room did not have wallpaper! Are you ready for the reveal?? 

Ta-da! Isn't it amazing what a little paint can do?

We gave the whole room several coats of bright white paint. We're actually painting the whole house white. White gives it that contemporary Scandanavian look that we love and will make a great backdrop for our massive art collection.  And how about that cork flooring? Love it!

We're installing this lock and click cork flooring in all of the bedrooms, hallway and the living room. Isn't it pretty?  

It comes in long planks (about 12" wide x 35" long) that float over the subfloor. No glue, no nails. You just lock the panels together. Though it takes a little elbow grease, it really is quite easy. A lot easier than refinishing hardwoods! The cork feels really nice under foot (much more give than hardwoods) and is supposed to be good at retaining heat. This was especially important in the master, as it sits right over the garage. Brr.

 

The last thing we did in the master was change out the granny light fixure and replace it with this. This puppy came from Lowes and cost less than $90. 

 

We've also made over the mysterious "blue room."

We still have some trim to install at the bottom of the "secret room" wall. 

I'm pretty excited to turn the "secret" room into my office. 

The light is great, and it's actually quite a large space!

Next up...The kitchen!

The demo is done and we are anxiously awaiting the builders who are supposed to start work next week. 

Ta-ta for now!