Anatomy of a Remodel: Week 28

After putting a sign in the yard at the duplex, we had 23 calls of interest. We rented it to the first people who filled out an application.

 

You know what that means.

Yep.

We're back to our little house remodel.

 

 

And boy oh boy, have we come to a lot of conclusions after our duplex experience!

For one thing, we've hired a friend/worker to speed things along.

 

While we were working at the duplex, we hired someone to reroof the little house. This was made necessary by last year's hailstorm. While they were up there, they pulled out the pipe from the free-standing stove (the one our insurance company nixed) and roofed over the hole.

The cheap inside doors were all heavily damaged from 40 years of use, and they've now all been taken down. We will be replacing all of them. The molding was a one-piece deal, something we've never seen. They're history, too.

All of the nailing strips for carpet have been removed.

The hole left by the old fireplace stove has been patched and is ready for texturing and painting.

After a lot of deliberation, we decided to take out the pony wall, that half-wall between the hall and dining room. I'm loving how the space is now open and looks larger and more modern.

The lower kitchen cabinets have been removed in preparation for flooring.

Here's another view of the destroyed pony wall.



The best thing about this week? Stan and our worker did it all. I just dropped in to take pictures. 

Now I get to spend several days painting during the day so that flooring can be started this weekend.

We are really (really really!) hoping to be done by early March.