Mid-Season Reno Recap

While on vacation last week, Chris and I talked about how fast the season seems to have gone by this year. We concluded that a big part of that is due to the fact that we never completely shut down from "reno mode". We, and our Jean-Guy-Of-All-Trades, have maintained a certain level of "busy" that has made the time fly by.

Several of those updates had yet to be displayed here. The primary reason is that I wanted guests to see them in person first. The secondary one is that I find that photos don't always do them justice.

But I can wait no more! Even though we have a couple of first-timers coming by in just less than a month! Eek!!!

So let's catch up a bit. The dining room floor was a big one. To recap, I spent two nights in the winter to prep, Asley and my dad came up in the spring and we did the bulk of the work at that point, then dad and I wrapped things up a couple of weeks later.

I took a picture of the finished product, but I'm not crazy about how the floor comes out in it. I think it helps to see what we started with back in 2012...

...and to compare it against the current version.

We visited a store a few months ago called Atmosphere et Bois and Christine was inspired by their method of using regular 4-inch wide (or so) boards for baseboards. Well, those guys were using old barn wood or some such that they're selling at about 20 times its actual worth, so...no. We're going the old Home Hardware route. We'll wear it out on our own.

Of course, as usual, we're dealing with crooked walls and uneven floors but it helped tighten things up in most areas.

Prior to that, Christine painted the hallway white...

And we added quarter round a couple of weeks back.

Whew! Busy! No wonder I keep falling asleep in the car on the way home!

That's it for now. Next time around, we'll talk about that thing hanging at the top left on that last picture...So happy with it...