Upstairs Re-Model

View from kitchen/dining room, facing front door.

BEFORE!

View from hallway.

View from hallway facing North wall.

View from front door, facing kitchen/dining room.

FINALLY!  I have a plethora of photos documenting our year long re-model of our upstairs. Here's a list of all the things we did to completely re-configure the living room/dining room/kitchen area of our home. (And by we, I mean my hot and handy husband...who did ALL the work himself, with a little help from friends and family!)  1. Tore up carpet and padding. 2. Scraped two layers of linoleum...glued down with the nastiest black tar glue you will ever see...off of the whole top floor (except bedrooms). 3. Sanded, stained and sealed the BEAUTIFUL hardwood floors. 4. Tore down a wall. (Thanks, Uncle Danny and Chad for your handy-dandy demo skills). 5.Re-wired the upstairs and replaced old outlets and light switches. (Thanks, Gpa Perriton for the help) 6.Re-plumbed the kitchen by moving the sink and installing lines for the new refrigerator and dishwasher. (Thanks Uncle Nolan for your handy plumbing skills).7. Recovered, reconfigured, sanded and painted new-to-us cabinets. (We found them on craigslist...they were taken out of an older home and sold to us.  Will chopped them up to fit our kitchen.) 8. Installed new counter tops and  new base molding around the whole top floor. 9. Painted. 10. Built a corner unit to hold our television, xbox and eventually, a fireplace.

The cabinets before we painted them.

Prepping the recovered cabinets.

Two layers of linoleum under the carpet and padding.

Scraping the linoleum off the floor.  View from hallway.

Scraping.  William helping by the front door.

View facing hallway, scraped, partially sanded floors.  Haze in photo is from the sawdust.

Sanding the kitchen area.

View from kitchen facing front door, scraped 

floors.

View from front door: Sanded floors.

View from hallway, facing North wall.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Staining in hallway by kids' rooms.

AFTER

View from front door, facing new kitchen.

View from couches.

View from Hallway

View from West wall, facing front door.

View from North wall, facing back door and stairwell.

View from Kitchen, facing hallway.