DURING
It took us a full month alone to hand-scrap and hand-paint the exterior. We were both still working our other full-time jobs at the time so we accomplished this project after work and on weekends. The interior took an additional 2-months and about $10k more than we were expecting.
Day 1 of hand-scrapping
Front of the house
Boom lift for the WIN
We hand-brushed 2 coats of oil-based primer
The neighborhood was very worried this was the color we chose. We had several lookie-lous come talk to us.
Then the color was revealed: Ray Del Sol
Sara enjoying the ease of boom-life
The Inspector arrived: we passed!
Tom on day 1 bathroom demo
Old Lathe
Old Lathe behind the tub surround.
We like to leave time-capsules for future renovators
Demo complete and reconstruction begins
Backerboard going up
Waterproofing begins
Waterproofing complete and tile going up.
Tile almost complete.
Color picked and coat one complete
Tile is done!
Fixtures going in.
Took 2 full days to hand peel the old flooring up
Cabinet deconstruction begins
Took out uppers as this space was not needed for a STR and it opened up the kitchen making it feel larger
Sara questioning the process
Looking better
Relocating the fridge. Again because this was a STR we only needed a mid-size fridge and re-did the layout to make the kitchen feel more spacious.
Reconstruction
Painting. SO MUCH painting!
Completed
Sara feeling worn out 2-month in. Gus trying to lift her spirits
Hours and hours and hours of hands craping, sanding, and restoring old doors. The front door turned out GREAT! Guests loved it!
More doors being restored. These were to the interior sunroom.
Over-grouted the old brick fireplace for a more trendy look.
Every wall, ceiling, & all trim got new paint.
paint, paint, paint
Even the basement walkout got an overhaul.
Finally seeing the outcome of all our hard work!