WE ARE MOVED IN! The last major projects for a while are compete - kitchen, wood floor in living room, furniture. We still have the office, 1st floor bath, and guest room to finish. The main living spaces are livable. YAY! Here are a few pictures....

Bundles O' Wood! We got our hickory flooring straight from the mill in southern Indiana. If anyone wants the info let me know! They were very fairly priced and knowledgeable.

 

 

Since the wood had lots of "character" aka knots we used a putty recommended and sold by the mill. So just to clarify we did not have black patchy floors!

Putty in pre stain/clear coat.

Here is the furniture we have in the living room and dining room so far...

 

  

  Tido enjoying his favorite activity - sun bathing.

 

I know you will ALL WANT this table - found and gifted by Melissa - from an antique mall. It weighs about 100 pounds (solid metal) and reminds me of the empire state building. We moved it from the kitchen to the dining area to serve as a sideboard to the dining room.

   

Looking from the mudroom to the living/dining area you can see how long the room is.

 

 Kitchen still needs some finish trim work and tile back splash.

Bye Bye Chimney!

We are moved in! Its still feels weird, like its still an open work site.  I am waiting to show you all pictures of the completed upstairs until we get a few more tiny things done. We have a rail to install, window blinds, and art to hang. One major project was taking out the 2 chimneys, 1 fireplace, and patching siding. We hired Ross Winters to do this project for us so Dad and I could do tile and wood floor. Here are a few pictures of this project.

More pictures soon! 

Moving Down!

Now that the master is 99.99% complete (Carpet & furniture included!!!) dad and I have moved our efforts to the kitchen/living room area. 

We opened up entryway from the kitchen to living room.

 We trimmed it & filled in areas with the salvaged wood from stairway. 

Mom and I removed the old exterior door between the dining room and the mud room. It will be trimmed to mimic the other large opening. 

Dad, mom and I put down tile in the kitchen, stair, and basement landings. 

Dad - Glue down your backer board and leave something for the archiologists.

Dad and I picked up 525 feet of unfinished hickory to put down in the living / dining room. 

We have had electricians and drywall guys in to help speed up the work so dad and I can lay tile. Stay tuned for blogs to come quicker as we get close to move in day!

Master Suite......so close you can taste it.

Dad and I have been busy little bees getting the upstairs to near completion. Here are a few sneak peeks of the upstairs, as for the whole picture you will just have to wait for the final reveal! I will be posting the original space picture with the final result. For now here are a few teasers.

These fixtures were purchased on sale at Menards for $79. They are modern with a little bit of classic, pretty much exactly what I'm going for!

Glass tile galore!

This super heavy handrail was found on Craigslist (by mom)  at a salvage and reclaim store near Martinsville, In. It was salvaged when the Shelbyville casinos were renovated. We purchased 11 feet of it for $80. There was enough for this section in the master suite and to the left of our new stair landing downstairs.

Carpet padding - getting official approval by Tido

Tile Tile and MORE Tile (and a hot water heater)

One necessity that needed to be updated was a hot water heater...kinda important. Call me spoiled, but this girls likes a hot shower. Dad and I picked up this little gem and installed it next to our new water manifold.

Another big project that was time consuming, but had GORGEOUS results was the master bathroom tile. Ill give you a few sneak peeks!

Small tiles around the shower that gave me some mad grouting skills.

Master bathroom floor tiles with fresh mortar.

We love an interesting thresh hold. You can see the opening for my little pocket door on the right.

Tiny glass tiles as a back splash above the vanity.

Stay tuned! I hope today I will be able to post a few more sneak peeks of things like : lights, trim, wall color, and my craigslist vanity bargain....