By May, we were in the middle of the remodel. One of my favorite transformations was that of our shower.
This first picture is after we put a waterproof material on the wall board.
And of course, here is the final result.
A lot of work, but it was worth it!
April was the month where we started destroying our house in order to remodel our bedroom and master bathroom.
Here, we’ve taped off where the new walls are going to go.
We also had to move our bedroom into the dining room for a few months. Since the dining room had 2 entrances, we blocked off [...]
Denouement – the outcome of a complex sequence of events
And so we’re finally moved in to our bedroom. The carpet guys came on Friday and installed the carpet, and a friend came over and helped us move our bedroom from the dining room back into the bedroom.
This weekend was filled with all the little extra [...]
Note: Due to all my energy spent on working on the remodel, this post reflects the weekend of Memorial Day, but I’m just getting around to uploading photos and writing this 2 weeks later. Hey, it’s been busy.
This weekend was productive, we basically got the entire bedroom painted. Earlier this week I painted [...]
I know, it is more of a status update of our progress rather than a blog. I’m just too tired to come out with any profound thoughts. But I did want to share our latest progress and I think it is a sign (or harbinger if you will) that the remodel is closer to the [...]
We waterproofed and tiled the shower this weekend. The waterproofing is called a Schluter Kerdi membrane (pronounce “shlooter kurdy” with a German and/or Swedish accent), which is put on underneath the tile.
Hopefully this will avoid any water issues like the old shower.
Below is a progression of steps from the old to the new shower. I’m [...]
I have a “cushy” office job, where I sit all day in front of a computer. My fingers are used to pecking the keys of a keyboard. They’re soft and pristine (except for a scar on my knuckle from a swing accident in college.)
However, with all this remodeling and construction, my hands (and arms) have [...]
Yep, we finished putting up the dry wall today. It went pretty smoothly for the most part, and it was surprising to me how quickly things went up. The difficult part was piecing those walls together that had old and new dry-wall mixed together.
And according to my intrepid and more-experienced father-in-law, spackling can [...]
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