The Basement Renovation, Purpose One: The Demolition Begins!

months of the twelvemonth working on the upstairs chief score of the solid The Basement Renovation, Part One: The Demolition Begins!

Hey ya'll! So, afterwards spending the firstly 10 months of the twelvemonth working on the upstairs chief score of the house, it's finally fourth dimension for us to firm downstairs as well as start renovating the basement level. I know you lot guys stimulate got been thence curious well-nigh this role of the house, as well as I'm thence excited to finally live able to part it amongst you.
By the halt of today's post, you'll totally sympathise why I've never blogged well-nigh the basement before, but we're but going to live honest well-nigh things as well as bask the journeying that is renovating an one-time 70's house.
I'm feeling excited, terrified, hopeful, as well as slightly nauseous.

Since the basement has never been blogged well-nigh before, we'll start at the beginning. Our solid is a divide level, thence when you lot walk inwards the forepart door, at that topographic point are 2 sets of stairs...one leading upward to the chief surface area (that we've spent the yesteryear 10 months renovating) as well as i leading down.

Those stairs atomic number 82 to the basement score which is comprised of 3 rooms: a living room, a bedroom, as well as a total bath.

We'll start inwards the living room. This is a moving icon of this room when nosotros firstly moved in. It had the same beige carpet, yellowish walls, as well as nighttime forest trim back that the residuum of the solid had.

Please complaint my endeavor to elevator this room's spirits amongst sequined pillows.
It plainly did non work.

After a few months of living hither as well as feeling a fiddling overwhelmed yesteryear how much this solid needed, I tried my best to improve the basement. I painted the walls as well as trim back (my go-to recipe for semi-success when you lot lack the funds to practice much else) as well as thence inwards my attempts to brand Jesse a human being cave, I accidentally made some other adult woman cave.

I was working amongst 100% thrift shop materials as well as got a fiddling sidetracked yesteryear candlesticks as well as birds. And Jesse pretended to dear it, which I don't holler upward I fully appreciated until this real moment.

My woah-man cave didn't lastly real long i time nosotros started renovating the upstairs, equally it apace became my dumping ground. For anything as well as everything.

And thence it became the flooring contractor's dumping Earth for all of his equipment, thence at that topographic point were months at a fourth dimension when I never stepped human foot downwards here.

Here's the opposite view...that's Rock Wall Two. He's located straight below Rock Wall One upstairs, which should laissez passer on you lot a meliorate thought of the flooring plan.

Here's the catch of the stairs leading upward to the entryway landing.

I know. That rug is a fiddling scary. I knew it was getting removed i time nosotros were done amongst the upstairs, thence I but kinda went into neglect-mode.

Basically, pretty upstairs, HOARDERS EPISODE DOWNSTAIRS.

Also, those miserable neglected stairs. I was supposed to prime number as well as pigment the risers similar I did on the upstairs set, as well as thence trim back them inwards some the sides close the wall.

But, I was a tad overwhelmed at the time.

So, I'll live adding that to the basement to-do list.

Hold me.

So, this lastly weekend, nosotros rented a dumpster, as well as finally began gutting the basement. We started yesteryear removing all of the trim back as well as rug inwards the living room.

Luckily the rug wasn't glued downwards inwards here, thence removing it was fairly easy.

The residuum of the basement demo wasn't thence easy.

Here's a pic of the hallway that leads to the sleeping room (directly ahead), the bath (to the right) as well as the garage (behind).

This hallway was originally forest paneling, but it was painted earlier nosotros moved in. I'll live re-painting it as well as replacing the trim back locomote as well as doors.

And in all likelihood removing that side-boob light.

Behind that 1970's door is a large bedroom. We used it equally a gym for the firstly distich of years, as well as thence eventually it became the dreaded 'cat room'. Cheese likes to larn inwards at that topographic point as well as stink it up, no affair how difficult nosotros seek to brand her litter experience pleasurable.

Tootie is SO horrified yesteryear this, as well as hopes that i time at that topographic point is some novel flooring inwards here, Cheese volition larn it together.

Here's the catch of the opposite way, looking dorsum towards the hallway. All that materials on the Earth is rug glue, which makes prying rug off of cement actually fun.

Next upward is the bathroom. The basement bath is pretty spacious, but definitely needs some help.

My finish from solar daytime i was to overstep on the flooring inwards the basement consistent throughout, which requires demo-ing the tile inwards the hallway as well as bathroom. While nosotros were at it, I decided that I was but going to redo the entire bathroom.
On a budget.

So, Jesse began disassembling the vanity (which doesn't aspect all that terrible, but I hope you, upward unopen it was kinda gross).

And slice yesteryear piece, he tardily removed the entire thing.

I ever thought this materials seemed actually intimidating earlier nosotros started renovating this house, but the to a greater extent than nosotros do, the to a greater extent than approachable it seems.

Of course, I was but standing inwards the corner amongst a camera, thence you lot should in all likelihood negate my opinion.

Also, who noticed the ornament wreath? Let's pretend it was never downwards here.

In typical 1970's style, nosotros also constitute some sassy linoleum underneath the tile.

And afterwards all of the materials was out of the bathroom, Jesse began the procedure of chipping upward the tile.

After spending well-nigh an hr on 3 tiles, nosotros decided to hire out this role of the demo. It terms us well-nigh $200, but was worth every penny.

That tile was NOT willing to larn without a fight.

So, yesterday a prissy human being came as well as jackhammered my flooring for well-nigh half dozen hours.

I but noticed...you tin run across the master copy nighttime forest paneling downwards yesteryear the flooring where the trim back was pulled up. I've debated pulling this paneling up, too, but I'll in all likelihood but supervene upon the trim back as well as repaint the paneling to tally the color that I pigment the residuum of the walls.

Or I could live non-lazy as well as withdraw it.

Time volition tell. :)

Now that nosotros stimulate got all of the flooring removed inwards the entire basement (and a can crammed inwards my shower), we're create to motion on to the adjacent phase. Jesse as well as I volition live doing the flooring installation on our own, start this weekend, thence my hope is that nosotros locomote as well as that it doesn't accept us whatever longer than nosotros expect.

That's plainly an irrational goal, but accomplish for the stars, girl.

I'll live dorsum shortly to part my flooring choices, my overall innovation for the basement, as well as whatever other fiddling tidbits or progress that happens along the way.

In the meantime (before I pass my weekend getting sweaty inwards the basement), Jesse as well as I volition live celebrating our v twelvemonth marriage anniversary. I experience thence thankful for the unconditional dear this human being has shown me over the yesteryear 12 years, oftentimes despite myself, as well as I don't know if I would live the adult woman I am today without his dear as well as encouragement.

My dear for him grows every day...especially when he says things similar 'Hey girl, you lot accept a interruption on this one. I'll rip upward that cat-poo rug for ya.'.