Updated Photos of the Renovation: And…We’re Done!
October 17th, 2010 | 10:39 pm | Posted in Home Improvements | 13 Comments »
Okay, so our $40k renovation is complete. Work was actually completed last weekend but we didn’t get a chance to start moving stuff back in until this weeked.
Thankfully, I took a few quick photos before we junked it up any…
Now I was going to do the full progression of images from start to finish (if you want to see those, just check the archives) but the before, gutted, and after photos are the most impressive so here goes:
Living Room:
This is the room that started it all. (Click on that link to see some of the room at it’s worst…) We parially gutted it ourselves years ago thinking, well, I don’t really know what we were thinking!? Basically, it became apparent pretty quickly that we were in over our heads. It looks pretty nice now though…
Parlor:
This is the room we watched TV in and that Duncan primarily used as a play room. Well, we’ll still be watching tv in this room but *all* of the furniture is gone. Even the TV. The new stuff isn’t in yet, but in a few weeks, well, the room and all of its contents will be brand new.
Dining Room:
This isn’t the dining room anymore. It wasn’t really much of a dining room before either but now it houses our computers and my collection of upright arcade games. I’m typing this post from this room right now. It’s awesome.
Stairs:
Now I know that most people don’t think much of their stairs when it comes to remodelling but this is the crown jewel for us. No, it’s nothing fancy in the final after shot but compared to what it used to be (a stair case hidden in a closet), well, I almost can’t believe that this is the same house.
So that’s it. We’re done for at least the next 12, if not 24 months when it comes to remodelling…
October 18th, 2010 at 9:18 am
Looks great! Perfect choices made all around!
October 18th, 2010 at 10:08 am
Looks great!!
October 24th, 2010 at 1:54 pm
It looks really great! I love the colors with the trim & floors. I think you got your $$ worth on this one. Congrats!
October 24th, 2010 at 4:48 pm
Thanks everyone — I can’t tell you how it great it feels to come home to this everynight! Yep — even when it’s still pretty bare…
November 6th, 2010 at 6:38 am
[...] Savings: This drop stems from the final payment to the contractor for the $40k worth of work we had done on the house. Sure — it’s thrown my finances into a spiral but the end result was worth it. [...]
November 7th, 2010 at 8:12 am
[...] The $9212.72 payment to the contractor was expected and worth it. Our house doesn’t suck anymore. [...]
December 16th, 2010 at 7:48 pm
[...] months ago — all of them had a balance of zero. That situation has changed in the meantime (due mostly to the renovation) but this is where the four un-affiliated accounts come in [...]
December 24th, 2010 at 3:46 am
[...] I don’t really have a problem with that since we put nearly $50k worth of work into the house over the summer, you know, it was kind of expected but… the last time the city did [...]
January 12th, 2011 at 2:46 pm
[...] had the first floor of the house remodeled in 2010. I still need to have the kitchen done (and the associated plumbing) but everything else [...]
February 12th, 2011 at 6:05 pm
[...] still not finished paying for last year’s home renovation yet so we’re not exactly in the position to go out and spend even more than that entire [...]
May 14th, 2011 at 1:32 pm
[...] though, the big mover and shaker of the past year was the major renovation that we had done last [...]
January 3rd, 2012 at 4:43 pm
[...] while I’d really like a new kitchen to match the rest of the renovation, when I look at my two angry birds, I know without a doubt that they’re the best thing [...]
January 14th, 2012 at 5:55 pm
[...] been fortunate to have this occur repeatedly allowing me to make some pretty large purchases (like a $40k renovation) at a difficult-to-believe [...]