Home Renovation; it's like Magic! Only with lots more money, time, stress and hard work!
Today the playroom carpet was installed and we moved all the toys downstairs and TA DA!
WE HAVE A PLAYROOM!!!
Oh, it's so, so, so wonderful to finally have this space. The kids are downstairs right now, which means the rest of the house is QUIET. And TOY FREE. Which means that I don't need to constantly navigate rooms full of tiny Barbie shoes and plastic superheroes. The kids are blissed out. I'm blissed out. And now I remember: oh yes, THIS is why we bought this old house! Right, that WAS a good decision. It's been 6 months, and I'm finally liking my house. PHEW.
So here you go... the magical house improvement, in just a few iphone photos. (And 4 months and 47 trips to Home Depot and
westoppedcounting $$$ and waaaaaayyyy too much of me stressing out about tile.)
BEFORE:
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| A kitchen in the basement with an unvented gas stove! That's safe, right?! |
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| The basement hallway. No, I'm not joking. Both my shoulders touched the walls. Shudder. |
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| One of the two basement bedrooms. |
DURING:
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| We gutted. Everything. Absolutely everything. Then they framed out new walls, ceiling, window casements and doorways. |
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| New walls, new cement floor, new elecrical work. |
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Laundry hook ups, and new washer and dryer and slop sink.
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| Bright cream colored paint. Lots of outlets. Outlets for everyone! |
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| "Wood" tiles in the laundry area. So pretty. So easy to clean. |
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A brand new stair case!
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Not pictured: a new bathroom with shower stall.
AND NOW! A PLAYROOM!
We still need to buy a couch and put the toys and furniture in some kind of order. But that lovely tan carpet just really pulls the room together, doesn't it? I imagine lots of hours of happy memories made in that room. Hours and days and years... We are so blessed.
Who wants to come over to play?!
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