Update on Renos - After painting

We are sailing right along with the renos in the basement. We have finished most of the painting. There are just a few touch ups that have to be done like the ceiling (I may have hit it in a few places) and the door frames and window frames. As you can see in these pictures Todd is in the middle of painting the cabinet doors. We will be ready to start putting the flooring down on Thursday and probably the trim on the weekend. If this goes as planned then we will be done with one week to spare. Our goal was to get this all done before my parents arrived and it should be done. The next pictures I will post of this will be when it is finished.

Reno update

The renos are coming along great. These are some pictures of the area after the boys got the drywall up. They really did a great job. I can't wait to see the finished product.

Here are a few pictures that were taken once the primer was on the walls and the ceiling was painted. It's looking better already.

After the demos

So I am pretty excited about the renos that we are doing. Todd and Dale did the demos tonight and I can tell that it is going to look awesome when it is done. The only thing left for them to take down before they can start putting up the drywall is the trim and the rest of the flooring.

This is where the wall used to be to enter the "suite". It is so open now.

I love how it looks without the upper cabinets. I couldn't use them anyways.

The inside view of where the wall used to be with the door.

Hopefully they will be able to start putting the drywall up by the weekend. Once all that part is done, we will do all the painting before the flooring gets put down. I can't wait to see the end result.

Basement Renos

As most of you know, we have recently purchased our first house. I know that I haven't posted any pictures of it yet but I am working on that. We haven't gotten it all straightened out yet.

About a week after we moved in we had water in the basement and discovered a crack in the foundation. In order to find it Todd and some friends had to rip out part of a wall and some flooring. Because of this we have been forced to do some renos that we didn't expect to do already.

The damage was all done in an area known as the suite. The previous owners had an illegal suite in the basement. At first we were just going to replace the flooring and do some painting but then we discussed it and thought why would we spend the money to do this only to have to do it again down the road when we would want to do the whole reno.

So in the "suite" we are knocking out a wall so that it isn't closed in, tearing out the upper cabinets (that were put in crooked), putting up drywall over the panel board, painting and laying new flooring. Depending on how much this is all going to cost we may also look into replacing the counter top since it is in 2 pieces and not matched up evenly. It looks like the "suite was put together in a hurry.

Here are the before pictures....

The wall with the door to enter the "suite". This is the wall that is being knocked out.

The kitchen of the "suite". The top cabinets are coming down.

This wall is going to stay there.

The dining room space. We are going to be putting some exercise equipment in this space.

The door to the living room space. We will be using this as an office/spare bedroom.

This shows the door to the bedroom, which we will be using as a spare bedroom, and the door to leave the "suite".

An inside view of the wall that will partially be knocked down.