Office

Office

This room had a drop ceiling as well when we bought the house. We took down the ceiling the day we closed. Luckily, the previous owners had not cut the woodwork when they installed the ceiling, as they do sometimes. We had a lot of patching that had to be done on the walls. Paul is working on getting a cable line and phone line run into this room. There is no phone line anywhere upstairs. Karen and Jeff painted this room for us. Jeff says it is just the right color for a nursery but trust me, it is an office at this time. We had a mix up about the paint color. I wanted a light color in this room because it gets very little natural light. My mom had bought a can of light yellow paint on clearance so we were going to use it in this room. Karen realized the paint was really bad when she started painting so she went out and bought the same color in a better quality. She felt bad when I told her I had not really picked out the color originally but it looks fine and it serves its purpose. This room is the tool room for the time being.

Bathroom

Bathroom

The bathroom is probably the room that we have done the most work. One of the first things I noticed about the bathroom was the very dinky tub and shower. I love taking baths so this tub was just not going to do. The other problem with the bathroom was the fact that there was a wood frame window in the middle of the shower. Paul and I assumed this would cause problems later with rotting. We ended up taking out the tub and shower. Paul also took out the half wall in the bathroom where the shower plumbing ran. (He loves demolition.) We had to take out parts of the floor and pour new concrete. Paul and his dad also worked very hard to level the bathroom floor for the new tile. We bought a claw foot tub from another rehabber. Paul, Brian, and Steve carried the tub upstairs. Paul and I had to strip as much of the old paint off the outside of the tub and repainted it white. We also sprayed the feet chrome. Paul and his dad added the shower attachment and now the window is not a problem. There had been a textured finish on the upper half of the walls at some point but it was no longer consistent. Paul and I retextured the walls and ceiling, which was a very messy process. My mom, sister, and I painted the walls green and repainted all the woodwork. Mama and I also hung the new towel racks and glass shelf. The bathroom is basically done now except for a few small tasks.

Bedroom

Bedroom

The bedroom was a disaster when we bought the house. The two windows had water damage and needed to be replaced. The previous owner had already bought the windows and left them at the house, uninstalled. There was also a bunch of random stuff for the bathroom in the bedroom, including new plastic pieces for the shower. The radiator in the bedroom had been painted blue and purple. The closets in the bedrooms were added later. The original closet is still in the new closet. The new closet is very large and will work much better than what they had 100 years ago. One of the first things Paul and his dad did together at the house was installing the new windows. They also had to repair some woodwork. Paul spray painted the radiator white. I had to repair a few parts of the walls that had water damage. I also caulked between the walls and the drywall ceiling, that was put in some time before we bought the house. I painted the bedroom blue, which apparently Paul does not like. Of course, he did not tell me this before we bought the paint. In the closet, there is a tiny room (3 x 3) above the old closet. Paul installed drywall and finished that area. We painted the rest of the closet and installed our new closet system. It is so pretty! Paul was trying to refinish the closet doors but they are not turning out so well. At this point, I think we may just use fabric panels for doors right now and maybe buy new closet doors at some point. There is not too much left to do in the bedroom. Mostly touch up paint and refinishing floors.

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