Home Improvements

[beepbeep]

Wow...very nice.

3SRunner....ok, you win. That is some massive renovating there. Looks like LOTS of fun (and yes, I'm serious). Can't wait for the finished pics.

Bathroom remodel pics coming soon.

[Ninja Performance]

Bathroom remodel pics coming soon.

Remodel...LOL, Total Demo and build

-Chris

[Granny]

Very cool and creative!

Is the drill now trapped for life???

No it's not trapped for life.
He has it built where he can take it in and out easily.

That's some project you have taken on!
Looks really nice so far and I like your ideas on upgrades.
Keep posting pics on your progress.

Granny, that stairwell is kick-ass!! Can't wait to come visit and see it in person!!!

Bathroom remodel pics coming soon.

[3Srunner]

Dude, how could you knock that awesome opening between rooms down? It was perfect for hanging a bead curtain in the shape of a Mario Brothers mushroom.



You totally depreciated the value of the house by missing that opportunity.

No kidding, my biggest regret!... What's funny is that the original owners were actually pretty upset when they heard I knocked down this wall. And I'm not going to lie, it was pretty nice getting extra lives every time I walked through it...

No it's not trapped for life.
He has it built where he can take it in and out easily.

That's some project you have taken on!
Looks really nice so far and I like your ideas on upgrades.
Keep posting pics on your progress.

Didn't look like it was coming out in the pictures, that's a pretty big plus!

And thanks a lot I appreciate it! I'll be sure to post more as the project moves along. Shooting for completion by May 1st!

Shawn...

[Granny]

After staining and polying the stairwell I decided I wanted it distressed.
So I took the sander to it! LOL!
No turning back now but Hubby seems to like it and I think I do too.
I'll post pics when I"m done but I think it fits the beach feel I want.

[Ninja Performance]

Getting over zealous, bouncing from too many projects at once can put you into a big mess. Especially when one is under the house to re plumb the entire house, in the house to demolish and build a new full bath, electrical work both under the house, in the attic, and in various rooms in the house and other small things that come to mind while walking (running) from project to project every 15 minutes.

Here is the "project material and tool" room for all our projects. It's NOT like me to not put tools away before the next step etc, but our two large tool boxes were buried in 2 rooms we are storing lots of our things in from the move while projects are being done. So we would get tools and they would end up in the back room. It became a cluster. Sometimes it took 30 minutes to find a supply or tool you knew you had an hour ago. But with too many projects going on there wasn't any time to clean it up. Vicki would do a small organize sort every few days. But it would be right back to mess in a few hours. Yesterday this room WAS my project.







CLEAN








-Chris

[J. Fast]

My entry was pretty boring so I decided to terrace the ceilings, add crown moulding, add a light fixture, and add traverntine tile to the ceiling above the front door which matched the kitchen floor tile. What do you guys think?

Just finised painting drywall terrace and installing crown moulding, fished new wire, marking tile layout on ceiling.


Finished installing tile. Used normal thinset, took forever to get each piece to set, had to hold each piece for several minutes each.


Finished grouting the tile, painting the new moulding, and repainting the front door. Also decided to add a rope light behind the crown above the hardwood. I think it came out pretty sweet!


Another angle from dining room facing living room.


What do you guys think?


EDIT: Took about 30 hours to do everything

[beepbeep]

Wow. That is some nice work right thar. Did you do all of it yourself or did you have a helper? I can't imagine trying to do all that overhead work on my own. Great job!

[J. Fast]

Did you do all of it yourself or did you have a helper? I can't imagine trying to do all that overhead work on my own. Great job!

Allison gave me a hand out with measuring and setting the crown. No help with tiling ceiling. It was really no fun, I basically was shoulder pressing over my head for a couple of hours. My arms were limp noodles by the time I finished setting all the tiles.

I got the idea from the Colorado Parade of Homes. I've been walking thru houses and brainstorming every year since I first bought my home in 2004. A few years ago I walked thru this gorgeous Waterfront Lakeshore House with Alli. The entire kitchen ceiling was covered in tile. I really liked how it richened up the look of the interior finishes. That's where this came from.

The whole thing was pretty inexpensive compared to a lot of my other home improvement projects. I picked up the light at "The Great Indoors" for $50. Bought the crown and chair rail trim at a local 2nd hand millwork surplus store called "Extra Building Supply". It was $0.50 per ft. 200lf cost me $100. The trim paint was $15.00, and the traverntine, thinset, and grout were the leftovers from installing my kitchen floor. I didn't have anything to do with the scrap traverntine so I cut it into smaller squares and rectangles which prolly saved me $200 in tile. I want to say the trav was originally $3.00 per sq foot.

Thanks! You guys keep up the hard work too!

[Granny]

Beautiful work J.Fast!

I love big bang for little bucks.
In the pics it looks like you have painted close to the same colors as us.
Is that green or gold?