Almost there!

The new windows have been installed. We love our bay window! One tip: if you watch all those shows on TV where they demolish a whole area and 30 minutes later your dream room is ready for you to enjoy, forget it! For example: the windows have been placed but now they need to be framed. One of the windows needs sheet rock which is done by someone other than the person who put in the window - go figure! This someone else will show up two days later. The tiles are placed in the kitchen but we need to wait a couple days to dry in order to put in the grout. I wish I could say "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" and everything would be in place! The contract states that the job should be done in 120 days not counting any delays due to weather or materials. It is snowing today which might delay the installation of the siding. We still are on target. The dust too! Everything in the house had to be covered by plastic but it's not enough! I know, I don't seem optimistic but reality is that it will be over soon and completed as we had dreamed of.

Getting in shape!

The new addition is starting to get in shape. We took pics of all the electrical and plumbing for future reference. I can never understand why when you buy a house you don't get a blue print with all the electrical and plumbing marks on it. Every time you think of hanging something on the walls, you have to find out where the studs are, the wiring or even plumbing. The last thing you want to do is to drive a nail into a gas pipe and see your house blow away! Anyway, I decided to take pics of everything for future use (probably for the next buyer of this house which means... when we die!)

Here are some pics of the walls covered with sheet rock. The new windows and doors have already been put in place and it is starting to look like a house. Another month and a half and the job should be done! Hip Hip Hurray!


We really enjoy the whole process of remodeling. Therefore, here is a pic of my husband and I having dinner at our future new kitchen. We love the fact that the skylights, windows and the sliding doors bring a lot of light to the room and even in a gloomy day we hardly ever need to turn the lights on!