I may be a little behind on posting. But hey life seems to perpetually devour time and energy for this busy family of 4! Today was a very exciting day where we experienced the first feelings of retail therapy related to a renovation project.
We got big deliveries!! I’m talking bathroom fixtures like faucets, toilets, shower heads, medicine cabinets, and bathtubs- woot!! No seriously this is super exciting! We also got in our kitchen chimney extractor hood which we need to ensure … basically that it fits. If it doesn’t… well there goes a few grand…
On the construction side, the rough framing work is progressing and the mechanical/plumbing stuff is all done. New windows have arrived and are ready to be picked up but the prep for windows still needs work. But it’s absolutely fantastic to see the new spaces begin to form. I never had a sense of this before, but construction can be such an art form.
One of the absolute most exciting things over the past few weeks was seeing the kitchen window change from one small measly natural light source in an otherwise large but perpetually dark kitchen, to this lovely splendor:
2 Befores and 2 Afters.
The windows will bring in so much light. We love it.
Last week we came home to quite a surprise when we drove into the garage and found that the wall between our garage and entry space was, well, gone! The entry room will be expanded by a few feet into the garage so our GC decided to just take it down. Honestly do we really need a wall there? Going straight from home to car without opening a door is rather efficient!
This morning we had an on-site meeting with our GC and architect. We went over a variety of items but spent most of the time determining the ergonomics and preferred height of our toilets, shower heads, vanities, where toilet roll holder and hand towel holders would go. In a family where dad is 6’3″, mom is 5’2″, and a few munchkins are running around, its hard to achieve the Goldilocks effect of toilet height but I think we were able to compromise and come to a hopefully comfortable solution for all.
A photo of the dream team! Guess who’s architect and who’s GC?
We’ve been busy picking out other critical elements like tile, kitchen cabinet hardware, lighting, etc. I have a lot to say about these things but think I’ll save it for another day. Suffice to say for now… o.m.g there’s a lot to choose. I’ve been equating the process of selecting tile to be akin to choosing multiple tattoos to have permanently etched into my body. Once we select and place those tiles, there’s no going back without a lot of blood sweat tears and dollar signs $$$$$$. Talk about pressure!
From House to Home 