Update

So it has been a long time since I have updated the blog. Since the last post a TON of work has gone into the house. We have replaced all but two of the windows in the house and my father has run electrical in every room in the house(I never thought we would reach a day where I had to worry about leaving the lights on in the house). My father has finished all of the framing in the house and has started sheet rocking. The goal is to have the house on the market by the end of the summer.

Old Upstairs

Old Upstairs

Can't say I miss lugging dozens of garbage cans filled with crap up and down the stairs

Old Upstairs

Yep this was the old ski lodge bathroom that was upstairs. Sadly it is no more

New Upstairs

The biggest bedroom has new windows and is completely insulated. My father has just a few more pieces of sheetrock to put in and then it will be ready for mudding.

New Upstairs

My father took the end of the hall and turned it into a hallway closet.

Old Back Rooms

This is my father going nuts on the old kitchen area. I am really going to miss that wallpaper

Old Back Rooms

Just needed some fresh paint really

New Layout

This is a new downstairs bathroom. We boarded off the doorway that used to open into the kitchen and now my father has installed a tub and a bathroom fan.

New Layout

This area used to be filled with cabinets in the old kitchen but now the floor has been leveled and this room has been turned into a decent sized laundry room. It will have cabinets and plenty of storage when it is all said and done

New Layout

This back bedroom went from being a laundry room, then it was destroyed and turned into a "tiger pit" as my father called it and now it has been insulated and turned into a nice master bedroom with a his and hers closet. The unicorn painting comes with the room whether the new tenants want it or not

New Layout

Instead of turning the old kitchen area back into a kitchen we decided to split the area up into a bedroom, laundry room and downstairs bathroom. Ultimately we felt that it made a better use of the space and we didn't require us to move any load baring walls

Old Living Room/Kitchen

This used to be the old living room which the previous tenants in all of their infinite wisdom had converted into a bedroom for people to squat in.

Old Living Room/Kitchen

If you remember this is the old dining room area. Behind this amazing wall is the old moldy bathroom.

Living Room/Kitchen

So the living room and the kitchen will both be alright sizes but they will feel a lot bigger because of the open floor plan. All the windows downstairs are brand new and I think they really add a lot of natural light.

Living Room

The living room feels a lot bigger since my father decided to go nuts on the old stair case.

Old Stair Set Up

So the old stairs needed a lot of work. The way the stairs were laid out was a little weird because it cut they a hallway downstairs and a weird closet upstairs. My father was not a fan and decided to destroy them as soon as I moved

New Stair set up

So my father destroyed the old staircase and built a new staircase that is now up against the wall. By doing this he eliminated the downstairs hallway and added more space in the new living room. An added bonus is that the stairs aren't terrifying anymore.