When Brian Mangen showed up, we had just finished most of the rough in work (electricity, plumbing etc) and we didn’t really have much direction. I knew it was time for drywall and we were getting quotes, but that was about where we were. Summer came down for the week and we didn’t work much in that time. It was great spending time together, we don’t get to do that much these days, so I was guilt free shopping for fixtures and kicking it with Summer.
My plan was to finish the bathroom downstairs (we are going to make it all white and sterile looking so I couldn’t mess up the decor), finish up the offices (so I can stop renting an office once we got power/phone/DSL) and get the kitchen started (custom wood worker, appliances, etc).
Brian has been remodeling houses for a long time and has done quite a few of his own homes while living in them, like I am doing now. He re prioritized my list. Our goal this week is to finish the Guest Bath and Guest room so I can have at least one part of the house that is done in order to keep my sanity. Also, when summer comes down we will have a full bath (Bathtub and all!) to enjoy instead of using the outside shower and the toilet in a framed off soon to be a bathroom. From there we will finish drywalling the great room and master (we are framing in the walk in closet and water closet) and I will move my be into the master and have the guest room as an office. Simultaniously (hopefully) we will be getting electricity and I will be able to put a fridge in the house (no more dirty coolers and 3 bags of ice a day) and wait for our cabinets. From there, when the money is there, we’ll open up the floor, put in the staircase and finish the offices, bathroom and great room (Media Room) downstairs.
The only thing we will complete downstairs is screening all the windows and covering all the holes critters and mosquitos can fly in through so we can start sleeping without nets….and the laundry room.
Here are some pictures of the guest bath upstairs.
