Day 32

The downstairs laminate is nearly done, the main areas are done, but the entry way/coat closet need to be finished.

Countertops in progress.

Countertops are done!  The color difference isn't really this noticeable in real life, the red is not this bright.

Day 31

The tile got set on the landing.  Since it was still wet, I couldn't walk on it to take a picture downstairs, but more laminate got put down.  Nothing happened in the kitchen.

Day 30

The rest of the kitchen cabinets got set today.  The shelves for the back wall are sitting there on the floor.

Apparently I forgot to take a Before picture of this, but there was a step down from the main house at the doorway, then another step back up partway into the laundry room.  It was a stupid design and everyone tripped.  The floor is now built up, and there is a step where it makes more sense.  I don't feel like unloading the entire laundry room, because its a pretty big storage area which is full right now.  Finishing the floor in there will have to wait  until the current project is done.

The countertops are done for the wet bar and the master bath.

The tile went in in both downstairs bathrooms.  It was dark and rainy when I was taking pictures, so better ones will have to come later.

Day 29

Laminate got finished in the office/sewing room

The linen closet in the master bath

The master bathroom sink cabinet

Several of the kitchen cabinets got installed today also.

Day 28

This is the wet bar downstairs.  A mini-fridge will go in there, and we can make coffee without having to go up to the kitchen.  The only problem is that we forgot to put an outlet up above the counter, so we'll have to figure out how to plug the coffee maker in.

Laminate flooring is going in.  He actually got quite a bit farther than this, but I didn't get back down to take a picture before it got too dark.

I like that these planks are a bit wider than most of the other patterns.

Day 27

We have cabinets!!  This is very exciting since we've never actually seen this exact cabinet.

We picked from samples of wood type and stain color, which isn't quite the same as seeing an entire finished piece.  I'm so glad we like them, lol.

Cabinets have arrived.  Since we don't have an attached garage, they had to come in the house until they get installed.

Here is our new pantry, minus the doors on top.  I did like seeing 'Super Rush' written on there, lol.  The top ones are pull-out racks that are accessible from both sides, which is very cool.

We won't have any upper cabinets, except over the fridge, but will have shelves on the wall with the stove.  These are 4 of the shelves.

The way everything is laid out, the right corner here will not be accessible from the kitchen, so we had a piece built with access from the bar side so that we don't lose the corner space altogether.  I'm very happy with how it turned out.

Most of the pieces are here, generally where they will be installed.

That's a Lazy Susan in the back corner, then a 4 drawer unit, then the sink unit.  I love it.

The downstairs cabinetry was also delivered, but not terribly exciting to take pictures of while its still wrapped up.

Day 26

Today was spent pouring 11 bags of concrete to start leveling the floor out enough to install the wood laminate.  I didn't know we needed any here at the end of the stairs but there it is.  The biggest drop was that bit at the top of the picture.  We'll see how close it is to level tomorrow.  The guy also added some in the office, but I couldn't get to it to take a picture.  The laminate flooring was delivered today, but I didn't get a picture before this bit at the bottom of the stairs was poured.  The good news is that I still like the flooring, even though we only saw a tiny sample almost a month ago.

Here is the kitchen after I did my painting job.  Its a good thing I didn't have to paint the back wall or go all the way to the floor, I would have run out of paint.

I will just take a moment to tell anyone who might be thinking of new windows, DO IT!!  Since we had the new, double-paned windows installed upstairs, the temperature has dramatically stayed lower!  We've had a few hot days since getting the new windows, but it hasn't gotten hot enough inside to turn on our new air conditioner.  The living room is SO much cooler now, I can't believe it.  Yes, I still would have installed the A/C, but I would have thought a lot harder about it, lol.