This encompasses a few items from the list; namely: reinsulating the first floor, new drywall, refinishing the first floor floors, new exterior house doors, moving the kitchen into the old dining room, and turning the old kitchen into a mudroom. Plus some things that weren't on the list -- knocking out walls, building new walls, installing new beams, finding appliances, leveling the floor, fixing the rot on the sill, new support posts in the basement, rewiring, painting....
So far (amazingly enough), all of those items have been accomplished except for the kitchen to mudroom swap (and that is nigh on underway). Here are some pictures of the transformation.
old dining room; also tool storage facility
living room, gutted; new doors, purchased
Big Man's ceiling shoes
Floor fixing involved cutting out rough patches and exposing a lovely beam
Patched floors - the light pine was later stained to blend in a bit more with the other woods
Finished room with floor, paint, boots. Not pictured: LOTS OF INSULATION
Taping out potential counters in the new kitchen
Building the "temp" kitchen (we decided to work with moveable/cheap counters for the first few months. Turns out, designing a kitchen is Complicated. How much counter top does it take to break down a whole pig? Do we ever NEED to break down a whole pig in the kitchen? But wouldn't it be cool if we could? How much room do we need to not bicker while making dinner? Or is bickering while making dinner an inherent part of our relationship? Discuss.*)
"Temp" counters installed, holding things
Oh, that little thing?? Just my ten burner two oven stove. No big.
* Seriously. Everyone who has visited and cooked in the kitchen, or merely navigated themselves around it, or even just eyed these pictures or had a kitchen redesign themselves and have some wisdom to impart, is encouraged, nay, IMPLORED, to speak up. A lot of y'all are very gifted with aesthetic observations.
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