Here is the updated version (I had to use approximate dates because most of my photos -- the best way to date the conclusion of the jobs -- are in the desktop, not the laptop that I have right now):
First, a quick review:
1) The Ground Level comprises: the garage, family room, 4th bedroom (home office), front door to back door hallway in which the laundry is located, and a small full bathroom.
2) The Second Level: living-room, dining-room, and kitchen.
3) The Third Level: master bedroom with small full bathroom, two bedrooms, hall bathroom.
4) The Partial Basement: one large "finished" room, the unfinished furnace and oil tank room, and another room where there's a sump pump and the electricity "control panel."
Ground Level Projects:
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- Paint home office closet - NOT DONE!
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- Do something to the ugly fireplace - I looks BEAUTIFUL now with the painted wall! (photos coming soon)
- Get the remote controls to the garage door to work -- OOOPS! We have to take care of that before closing!
- Fix cracked concrete floor in the garage - NOT GOING TO BE DONE
- Renovate small bathroom (floors, etc) - NOPE :-(
- Install exhaust fan to bathroom (through outside wall) NOPE...
First Level Projects
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Redo whole kitchen - YES! Redone!:
- Replace all cabinets - All were sanded and refinished with clear stain!!!
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- Put an island at the middle of the room - For future owner :-(
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- ? Granite countertops? - I must have been kidding, right? Formica countertops - July 08
- Install stove exhaust fan (through attic? how?) - NAH!!!
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Second Level Projects
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Re-do tiny master bathroom:
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- Add swinging door to shower - NEXT OWNER
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Re-do "long" hall bathroom: NAH :-(
- Replace the ugliest bathroom vanity in history
- Put attractive light fixtures
- (Only a dream) Replace tub with a whirlpool tub
- Add sliding doors to tub (?)
- Re-tile floors, walls and shower/tub
Basement:
- Redo the whole thing, new flooring, walls, ceiling, etc. - SORRY, NOT POSSIBLE!
- Install water softener - NOPE
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Outdoor Projects
- Replace, and level to correct angle the soil by the foundation of the house/ basement, so water doesn't seep into basement walls - Not really :-(
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- Transform the back porch in a screened in porch - NAH...
- Add two or three skylights to back porch (too dark) - only a dream anyway
- In two year's time --
* Painting rooms in our book involves: painting the window, door frames, and baseboard (including heater) "pure white," painting the ceiling (white), painting the walls and the closet, and replacing all the black outlets and light switch with white, sleek ones.
As I wrote back in September, we have come a long way! But, lemme tell ya, I was THRILLED to see that I didn't get to cross everything in the list above. We did a lot, but not everything, and that's a great consolation to me. And, you know, we're addicted to this, we LOVE renovating and we'll probably do it again! We're actually looking forward to it now. We're incorrigible, that's what, or, we just enjoy it, that's all.
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