I’m again with one other renovation replace!! This time we’re specializing in framing, home windows, doorways, and trim. See all the renovation posts right here. Follow alongside in actual time on Instagram right here.
The framing of our home is sort of accomplished!
All of the partitions have been framed, and the crew simply completed up a number of the outside trim work final week. While the variations aren’t as dramatic as when half the home was lacking, it has been SO EXCITING to see the areas come to form!
Downstairs
I’ve been dreaming of the day once I may stand within the eating room and look to the far wall of the brand new kitchen!
You can see the place the wooden ground ends and the plywood begins the place the outdated kitchen wall was.
How it seemed earlier than:
So a lot depth!
Here is the reverse view from kitchen trying to eating room:
You can see a number of the inside partitions are actually framed.
The view from the kitchen sink:
Gutted
I’ve stated one million instances in individual and some instances in weblog posts: I had no thought we had been doing this a lot work. The home is mainly gutted aside from the lounge and boys rooms. The complete upstairs is gutted and the entire kitchen.
Thomas has answered me one million instances that it’s simply simpler to demo one thing like a ceiling and rebuild new than to attempt to restore and work with current. That’s why he determined to demo the plaster kitchen ceiling. In doing so, he discovered $300 price of copper that he bought for money! So it was price it.
Insulation Is Thomas’s Middle Name
He is a big fan of “sealing in the envelope” of a home and making it as power environment friendly and inexperienced as attainable. Our foremost ground partitions have NO insulation behind the outdated authentic plaster!! Our home is fairly drafty within the winter, and he’s sealing off each wall he can with trendy insulation.
You can see right here within the mudroom he’s framed a brand new wall over the opposite one. He wished to do that in the lounge and children’ rooms too, however since these rooms are small to start with he determined in opposition to it (not less than that I do know of, haha!)
Pantry + Mudroom
Speaking of the mudroom, the mudroom alcove is coming alongside! This was initially going to be a room with a door – virtually like a giant walk-in closet – however we felt it closed every part off an excessive amount of so we determined to make it extra of a nook.
Before:
The new mudroom is the place the outdated coat rack was – it simply goes again into that cavity past within the storage!
Here’s the way it began with the storage door open:
The three home windows had been framed first:
This wall may have white plank siding over it will definitely so it’s gained’t appear like a storage door anymore.
Pantry + Mudroom Walls
The pantry is on the correct and the mudroom on the left right here. The pantry has 2 of the home windows in it and the mudroom one.
View from front room / entrance door into new mudroom:
Utility Closet
The final “room” to be constructed was this little utility closet!
Before:
It may have storage for brooms / vacuums and shelving for issues like reusable luggage, trash luggage, hand vac, and extra. Two double doorways will shut it off.
Upstairs
Our Closets
Upstairs our closets have taken form! Originally I used to be going to have the one on the left – the one with the fireside and odd form – however we determined I’d have the one on the correct as an alternative because it’s extra spacious.
My closet (in extensive angle mode)
The door to the attic / storage room shall be in thoughts, however I’m hoping we will get one with glass so I can get some pure mild from the attic window.
MOLD!
We additionally discovered MOLD within the stairwell the place there was a giant insulation subject!! Gross!!!
That wall has now been demoed. And the insulation points will all be mounted!
The View!!!
I took this pic on a sunny day final week. They normally have plastic over the home windows (till the brand new ones arrive in May and could be put in) and it was so attractive with the daylight pouring in!
A reminder that this was the earlier than view….!
Our Shower
Oh yeah, and our bathe has been mapped out! The inexperienced half shall be a pleasant 3-shelf area of interest for our merchandise.
Inspiration picture:
Exterior
The Front Porch
The entrance porch is getting some minor repairs to its ceiling and trim.
When the eliminated the outdated ceiling they discovered one of many beams had completely rotted as a result of the flashing was accomplished incorrectly! It actually is loopy 1) how a lot goes on behind the outer layers of a home and a pair of) how harmful moisture is!
They additionally took this window out!
Fun truth: it was put in the other way up 🙂
Basement Work
One of the foremost issues we’re doing is a brand new drain to the kitchen sink, which had backed up 5-10 instances of the 8 years I’ve lived right here. The week I moved in spray foam clogged the drain and I’ve had issues ever since! We are getting a very new drain via the again aspect of the home, and they also demoed a portion of the basement to create space.
The zip plastic jogs my memory of E.T. !
Next Up: The Roof
Over the subsequent few weeks the main target shall be on HVAC, plumbing, and electrical so I’m unsure there shall be a lot to see.
But the subsequent huge factor needs to be the brand new steel roof!! Followed by home windows : )
