Day 135

This is our 5th full dumpster! Crazy how many things you can take out of a house!

 

 

The new soffits have been installed on the outside of the house. I am shocked at what a difference it has made.

 

 

 

We also have all the new hardwood down! The house had all original hardwoods minus 2 rooms, the foyer and the kitchen. We had to rip out the old and put down new, unfinished wood. We will then sand them all at the same time and restain one color. We will get to choose whatever stain we want. These are not the best pictures, but you can see what the before looked like...

 

Foyer

 

Kitchen (the wall on the right was the one we knocked down)

 

All the hardwood stacked and ready to put down

 

Ta da! Even though it is not finished, I love love love the way it looks!

 

View from the other side of the kitchen

  

One thing you probably cant see in the original picture is that the kitchen floor had a hump in it. It's one of those things that you probably wouldn't notice initially but needed to be fixed. Taking up the old floor was the perfect opportunity to do just that. They took up the sub floor and sawed down the floor joist to make it level. You would never even know it was there!

  

 

New hardwood in the foyer. Also, be sure to notice the stack of DRYWALL on the left. That is the next big project and I can not wait!

 

 

This is the threshold between the kitchen and family room. They cut into the old floor so that it would be seamless. When we are done, you will never be able to tell the difference between old and new.

 

 

 The windows and cabinets have all been officially ordered. I am hoping the new windows make as big of a difference as the new soffits.

 

Hope to be back in a few days with drywall pics!