The first step of our plumbing is finally done! The “finish” plumbing apparently occurs after everything else is done (aka, toilet setting, fixtures, etc.) I guess that makes sense. Anyways, just thought I’d share a few pictures of the plumbing progress!   What was the half-bath and hallway by the stairs is now a half-bath…

We scored a great deal on the vanity for the kids’ bathroom, but I wasn’t a huge fan of it’s appearance. I decided to use beadboard wallpaper (I paid $18/roll online, but it can also be found at Menards for roughly same price) in the inset of the doors and then paint the whole vanity off-white….

My last post was about the amazing deals we found on our cabinets, and how they all came together (size & layout) so well. Now for the “fun” part: making them all match! I’m not going to sugar-coat it. It ended up being an extremely long and labor-intensive process. BUT, we saved a ton of…

I like green… just not for my toilet! Or bathtub for that matter… We did most of our demo right away, but we saved the kids’ bathroom until the last minute (it’s nice to have a working potty!) After the framing was complete, however, it was time to go!   Wes occupied the girls outside,…

After we finished most of the demo, it was time to call in some professionals! Based on the walls we wanted to remove, we needed to put in a pretty big beam to support the ceiling. After installing the beam, the framers did as much framing as they had time for (basically they squeezed us in…

If you didn’t catch the “before” start HERE. The day we closed on our home just so happened to be a Friday… so the very next day we started ripping it apart! The demo continued over the next couple of weeks with lots of help from friends and family. (PS, please excuse my cell-phone quality…