Home Improvements

[Granny]

So what's you're latest home improvement?

beepbeep and I have been sharing pics of our home improvements.
It's a big part of our weekends.

Our latest project has been the upstairs which is around 700 square ft.
So everything we do is trying to make the most of the space.
We have gutted everything out and started completely over.
Hubby did all this work.

Built in cabinets.


Storage in the stairwell.





There are glass shelves to store our DVDs.

[SilverBullet]

Awesome! Looks like he's doing a great job! I just re-did about 200 feet of privacy fence, and I'm about to build a 12' x 18' shed so I can fit both cars in the garage finally! I'm also working on a stand for my 55 gallon african cichlid tank that I'm putting together. It'll have cubby holes for baskets to hold my 1 year old sons toys.

[Granny]

Awesome! Looks like he's doing a great job! I just re-did about 200 feet of privacy fence, and I'm about to build a 12' x 18' shed so I can fit both cars in the garage finally! I'm also working on a stand for my 55 gallon african cichlid tank that I'm putting together. It'll have cubby holes for baskets to hold my 1 year old sons toys.

We did a shed a few years back.
The aquarium stand sounds great. Be sure to post some pics!

[beepbeep]

Due to some recent events, we have ramped up our reno on the other house to get it rented. I don't have pics of today (too tired!!!) but here are pics from our recent work.

Before:


During:


After:


Another fireplace:

Before:


During:


After:


And we are keeping the second...we just have to have the flue cleaned, close in the exhaust hole and pretty it up.

[Granny]

The progress you two are making is unbelievable!

Looking good.
I can't wait to see how it comes together.

[green-lantern]

Why are you taking the one fireplace out?

[green-lantern]

I think I ether put up two celing fans up in the screened in pourch or I built this bar.

You can sort of see the wall in the right corner.



I cut that awful closet/wall off and used this long table that was here to turn it into a bar.






I really haven't done much to work on the house lately. Most of my spare time has been working on the car.

[green-lantern]

A more up to date pic. You can see the light under the bar. I installed a rope light under it behind some trim. You can also see I need to take the trash out.

[skater334]

Very nice guys. I think for us it'd be cleaning the garage, can't do any add-ons cause it's military housing.

[2fnloud]

I have been working on re-doing my daughters' bedroom (Yes Alan it is still not done). Mine started out as a "lets just add a ceiling fan to the room and a wall light switch. During the last cut for the gang box my sawsall bound in the slates and ripped a nice section of slat from the plaster. I let it sit for six months then one day I went up there and started tearing the slate down, after about three hours I realized that I was going to need a dumpster.

I took the entire room down to stud, walls, ceiling, and floor. I even removed the 2x10 planks that were on the studs.


junction box I put in the floor for the three new circuits I added. The upstairs electrical was practically non-existent. Three bedrooms, each had their own light and only one outlet. So I gave each bedroom it's own circuit. I only wish that I thought to run this junction box to the attic (brain fart) because now I need to have an access panel just in case anything ever comes lose in there.







As you can see I got to play electrician, and HVAC guy as well, the house is currently boiler with nothing upstairs. I am planing one day to convert but until then that duct I built between the joists will allow heat to rise up into the bedroom.

You can also see I had guests living in my wall, fortunately the hives where abandoned.

It is all dry walled now needing mud and trim, the project is on hold so I can relax and enjoy Christmas and new years. I will pick it back up in January.