Our 1970'S Household Makeover: The Existent Even Behind A Renovation, Business Office One

If y'all choose ever lived inwards an outdated abode as well as wanted to renovate it Our 1970's House Makeover: The Real Story Behind a Renovation, Part One

So, it's fourth dimension I permit y'all inwards on a petty secret. Remember lastly week's bedroom post? Well, we'll live living inwards that room for the side past times side month, equally the repose of our house is a total disaster. Last week, nosotros began the demolition that volition ultimately lawsuit inwards us having hardwood floors throughout our house. And somehow, the flooring projection sent me take downwards the wormhole of renovations, as well as forthwith at that topographic point are 45 projects simultaneously underway inwards my house.

And I'm barely fifty-fifty kidding.

We've been waiting to exercise all of this big materials until nosotros could afford to exercise it all at once. I thought that that would only miraculously hap months afterward nosotros moved into this house, but instead it took almost 4 years. Four real long years amongst wall-to-wall-catbarf-carpets. But, ultimately beingness broke was a huge approbation inwards disguise. It made me figure out how to exercise materials on my own. It made me acquire creative as well as figure out how to improve our house using materials I could afford, similar paint.

And ultimately, it led to this blog.

So, forthwith the twenty-four hours is finally hither when I acquire to exercise some of the materials to this house that I've been planning all along.

It's hence exciting.

The cats choose been quarantined to our chamber during this whole process, equally they choose yet to acquire how to safely navigate a structure zone.

Things were all fun as well as games when nosotros were moving all of the article of furniture out of the living room as well as into the basement.

But things inevitably took a plough for the worse, equally Tootie chop-chop became very discontent over the changes inwards her daily scenery.

It's almost equally if she knew what was coming, equally she took to actively boycotting the carpeting removal.

She has rights, y'all know.

Meanwhile, Cheese has been inwards her green life euphoria, totally oblivious to the devastation of her love home.

You gotta love a daughter who volition only become amongst the flow.

So, forthwith that y'all know how the cats are doing, nosotros tin john motility onto less of import issues similar the devastation of our house.

Basically, our house has been gutted.
And no i saw it coming, including me.
In my head, it went something similar this:
POOF. New floors.
But, instead, total chaos.

So, forthwith all that's left inwards the house are the walls as well as windows. All of the existing flooring, trim, as well as doors choose been removed.

We went dorsum as well as forth amongst the determination virtually doing all of the function ourselves or hiring somebody to help us. After analyzing the toll of labor vs. how chop-chop Jesse as well as I would murder each other, nosotros opted to hire the guy who did my mom's hardwood floors a dyad years ago. We decided to exercise some of the demo ourselves, similar removing all of the trim back as well as doors, as well as and hence left the flooring removal to our awesome flooring guy, Mike.

So, here's a petty glimpse at how our house currently looks.

Here's the living room afterward the carpeting was removed.
Someone had apparently decided it was cool to spray pigment subfloors.

After the carpeting was removed, at that topographic point were several stains as well as some pigment remainder on the subfloors, hence Jesse as well as I spent an eve ikon the floors amongst Kilz, prepping it for the floors to live installed.

We were supposed to only pigment a few areas that needed it, but i time I got rolling, I couldn't stop.

So, forthwith nosotros basically choose totally unnecessary white subfloors.

I mean, what exercise y'all expect?

Currently, our living room looks similar a disaster zone, equally we're using it to shop all of the materials that's been removed from the other rooms. Eventually, the junk volition acquire hauled off as well as the flooring volition start to become in.

Although, I'm hence excited virtually the cease lawsuit that I've non fifty-fifty minded the fact that our house is a nightmare.

Jesse is real surprised past times my newfound chaos-tolerance.

The demo has reminded us that this house is from the 1970's, equally every fourth dimension nosotros tegument dorsum a layer of the onion, nosotros honor a minimum of 3 unexpected issues to bargain with. For example, nosotros works life remnants of tile underneath the carpeting inwards the office.

Reaffirming my long held belief that it's totally fabulous to tile a random spare bedroom.

And it has to live chipped upward slice past times piece.

We lovingly refer to this flooring equally 'The Great Decision To Hire Someone 2014'.

And as well as hence inwards the room that is behind those french doors inwards our master copy bedroom (you know, the mysterious i I've never blogged about, but that y'all ever inquire about), at that topographic point was a hardwood flooring that was installed throughout this room as well as and hence it was carried downwards the hallway. And for some reason, the previous owners glued and nailed this flooring in. Our flooring guy has had to cutting it out chunk past times chunk.

This room was the original master copy chamber inwards this house. They apparently built on the add-on that sits on the other side of those double doors inwards the belatedly 1980's. That's our electrical flow master copy bedroom. I however choose no thought how to purpose this room, but I'm hoping my heed volition miraculously solve the puzzle i time all of this is done.

There are no windows as well as it's kinda a dark hole of a wasted space. Any ideas?

Also, I realize this room looks similar a haunted house correct now.

Hold me.

The entryway has also been interesting, equally at that topographic point are several layers of flooring where the parquet sits on the entry landing. They only layered flooring upon flooring to where it forthwith cuts the bottom step inwards half.

So, obviously, that's going to live fun.

Sidenote: Having the carpeting off of the stairs is hence exciting, equally I tin john finally envision what they volition facial expression similar when they are done. Also, inwards regards to the aforementioned wormhole of renovations, that step rails has to live removed to install the hardwood on the stairs. Since it isn't upward to code anyways, we've decided to rebuild i that nosotros truly like.

I've been on Pinterest nonstop lately looking at pictures of staircases as well as formulating my eviiiil step plan. I'm super excited virtually this petty side project, as well as volition weblog virtually it equally it develops.

So, nosotros choose weeks of function ahead of us, my life is kinda messy correct now, as well as materials is everywhere. I've been doing my best to only become amongst the menstruum as well as bask the process.

Jesse's truly skilful at knowing how to conk along me sane, hence lastly weekend he arranged a petty weekend trip to Gatlinburg. It's a truly touristy place, but it's exclusively virtually 20 minutes away from our house, as well as I believe inwards beingness the type of gal who tin john choose fun anywhere she goes.

So, to acquire away from our dustbowl of a house, nosotros enjoyed a nighttime at a hotel amongst a petty balcony overlooking the mountains.

And as well as hence nosotros spent the side past times side twenty-four hours doing fun tourist stuff, similar going to the aquarium.

There were babe penguins as well as turtles the size of cows, hence naturally, it was heaven.

And as well as hence nosotros works life our agency to Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum, which I'm pretty certain is for kids, but who's to say.

I truly enjoyed the shadow making machine.

Jesse's worst thought of the twenty-four hours was convincing me to become to the 5D Movie Theater correct afterward our trip through the Ole Smokey Mountain Moonshine gustatory modality testing facility (which is awesome, btw). To amount it up, the 5D motion ikon theater is basically a roller coaster. You sit down inwards a giant padded topographic point that gyrates uncontrollably, y'all apparel 3D spectacles as well as a seatbelt, as well as they blow snowfall inwards your face.

To interpret the uncomfortable grin on my face: I'm likely going to barf on you.

So, that was nice.

And spell I planned to weblog virtually this when I got dorsum on Monday, I've ended upward spending this calendar week amongst the worst head-cold known to mankind.

And I've lost my vocalism for the showtime fourth dimension ever.

It's perfect timing if y'all inquire me.

Jesse says I audio similar Emma Stone, but I'm pretty certain he's only beingness sweetness as well as secretly thinks I'm truly becoming Gollum. Like for existent this time.

To forestall a surefire meltdown, Jesse has totally made life amend past times bringing the living room jumbo-tron dorsum into the chamber for me to sentry Dirty Dancing, etc. So, this volition probable live my persuasion for the side past times side few days equally I recuperate from my mutual depression temperature as well as occasionally wander into the repose of the house to snap pictures of what's going on.

Sidenote: I moved my entire component into the side room hence that I could choose a identify to weblog peacefully. Just facial expression at hapless Vern, all smashed upward inwards there. I conk along telling him he's gotta only human being upward as well as bargain amongst the situation, but hence far all he's done is whine.

Sigh.

VERN.

Also, how many people desire to brand a joke virtually putting Baby inwards the corner?

Raise your hand.

Also, pardon my mismatched Duo Dry socks.

I'm sick as well as can't live held responsible for fashion.

Anyways, let's verbalise virtually what comes next.
We've decided to exercise the renovation inwards ii phases. The 2nd stage volition live the basement score (The basement score has a living room, chamber as well as bathroom. It's where the cats live. I've never blogged virtually it. Hopefully the renovation volition alter that.) For the showtime phase, we'll live doing the entire master copy score showtime (minus our master copy bedroom, since I clearly demand a identify to wallow). That includes the living room, dining room, kitchen, entryway, both sets of stairs, hallway, invitee bedroom, office, as well as master copy chamber side room. We've also decided to supersede the trim back as well as doors, build a novel step rail, pigment the entire living/dining area, exercise something crazy to the stone wall (which I've been systematically karate chopping for the past times 4 years, hoping it would magically disappear), as well as and hence exercise i to a greater extent than truly crazy affair that has me hence excited I tin john barely stand upward it.
This delightful video of Jesse should shed some lite on that, as well as fully explicate why he completes me.