Seems weird to say we can taste it but we truly are so close. The small things that are left will take more time than we like but we are down to the small things. I thought it might be interesting to show then and now photos so I dug out our photo from when we first moved here in 1986 to show the wide differences. Amazing what we have done – it is a new house.
Today (July 28 2012) our mason started work on our front porch. It started raining (again) so he didn’t get as far as he had planned but it is all ready to reface. He is using blue stone (not actually blue more of a grey) on the top, landing and treads and cultured stone on the front and sides. The cultured stone looks a lot like our bricks in color. I think it will look really nice when finished. Then we will have a new railing made (down both sides) in white. When done it will be great.
So here we go with the comparisons:
Outside First
Front door then and now (we plan to paint it red again – funny!)
Going inside – old and new stairs
Living room then and now (notice the old blue room)
Dining room and new sun room
The sun room – no comparison!!!
Memory Lane – our old kitchen and the 2008 renovation
And down the hall
The main bathroom then and now (renovated in 2003)
Small Bedroom which Carla and Angela shared when we first moved in – now my craft/study room.
Other bedroom which Rhonda and Becky shared when we first moved in – was Angela’s room – now Carl’s work at home room/guest room.
Master Bedroom
Master Bathroom then and now (renovated in 2003)
Then downstairs we go….
The family room now mauve guest suite – renovated in 2018 but still has some computer room furniture in it.
You may notice that in the old pictures the laundry is in a closet at the end of the room as of 2008 we have an actual laundry room as shown below:
Basement Bathroom
Front Room – Computer Room
We are beginning to believe that we are going to actually finish – so much is done already. This week we expect to be able to finish painting the computer room and put it back together and then we will work on the garage and hopefully by the time winter comes we will be done with all our renovations and able to just enjoy them. It has been a lot of long hours and hard work but we really like the results and are enjoying the new space we have.
Hope you enjoy seeing the results.