Christmas shower progress

If we are going to have guests this summer, we need a shower down there. Good tile progress this weekend! Should (fingers crossed) finish next weekend.

TV Console for Murphy's Room

New console for the TV which rids of our last "college" like furniture - an old TV cabinet built for old style TV in oak. Horrible.

Careful observers might remember the chair. It is from the Jays, and it was peach (also horrible!).

First doors "finished" upstairs

Well, on one side and without paint.

Here is a before to remember how silly we have been living!

And after.

Finished windows in Murphy's room (AKA TV room)

Plus our new sofette and ottoman!

Christmas table

Because even when your house is a mess, you should have a little Christmas in it.

Waterproofing the shower

Just because you won't believe the color of the waterproofing material!

Guest Bathroom: Upper cabinet installation

Before: Cabinet is sitting on counter and you can see the hideous radon pipe.

 After: Cabinet installed! It looks great, and we never have to see the ugly pipe again! There is also plenty of storage.

Welcome to the second most finished room in the house

The laundry room.

We were down for 4 days, but I have a completed floor so it was worth it!

Guest bath floor

Warm tootsies! We found heater wire so there will be no cold spots!

And the floor!!

Chicago Pictures

584 Selborne Rd.: We saw inside it, and it looks great!

584 Selborne Rd

583 Selborne Rd: This was a little sad; it looked very neglected especially compared to Blaa/Lock house.

583 Selborne (2)

583 Selborne (3)

Ann Blaa: It was lovely to see her!

Ann Blaa

St Mary's, Park Ridge

Inside St. Mary's

249 Vine Ave, Park Ridge

249 Vine Ave, Park Ridge

222 Gillick, Park Ridge: Childhood home of Judy and Debbie (and super cute too!)

1038 E Villa Dr, Des Plaines: Lock residence after leaving Selborne Rd (~1964 to 1974)

Real water running in guest bath!

An experiment to see how faucet works. Still need to do tile for backsplash.

Counter and sink in the guest bathroom

First, a moment, writing on the blog is really sad for me because I always did this blog for my mama. She wanted updates every day during major construction (or really probably always!). I would get in trouble if I skipped days but put up multiple posts in one day (no tricking that lady!). My last post on laundry before and after was right before Eric and I made a surprise trip to Albuquerque, which turned out to be a very good thing to do. I wish she could see the sink because it is lovely.

This counter with integrated sink and shower bench are made of concrete. A couple of years ago Eric and I went on a house tour and the house had multiple concrete items (so many we thought the concrete guy "Concrete Pete" owned the house). We kept the card and waited for the right location. The guest bathroom is it.

Next up in that bathroom is the top cabinet, which sits on the right hand side of the counter.

The most dramatic before and after ever...

I present the laundry room. Eric installed my faucet this morning so my sink is ready to go! We do have a small bit of red in the second storage room as a remembrance.

Guest bedroom

It is a nice room even though you really can't tell from the picture

Guest bathroom cabinets

Don't tell Eric, but I might, possibly have gone overboard with the storage...

Family room pictures

I know doing multiple posts in a single day does not count!

Eventually, this room will have a movie theatre area, a game table area, and a small "mud room" area. If you live in Colorado, you appreciate the need for a tiled area that you can enter the house and take off your snowy boots while sitting!

Laundry room pictures

After much drama with the sink, we have a counter today!!

You know that you are ready for a break

When the contractor leaves for the last time and all you can think is 

Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty, I am free at last.

Yes, there is some drama in this family!

Adventures in painting

Basement is painted. Paint sprayer died just after starting the last coat of paint this morning so we had to do the rest by hand. I will say that painting with no doors, floors, electrical, or furniture is easy. We finished together in a couple of hours. We both look forward to work so we can rest!

Pictures soon.

Doors to be installed starting tomorrow.

Finished windows

Finally, we are getting pictures up. They look great even without paint!