Complete Landscaping

Since we're in the dead of Winter right now, I thought I'd post a Summer project. Late this Summer I finished all of the landscaping that was on my list.

Here's a reminder of the way the landscaping looked when I bought the house. At best it can be described as non-existant, at worst: a disaster.

The Master Bathroom Project

When I purchased this home, there was no Master Bathroom. There was this really weird side room in the hallway, that shared a wall with the Master Bedroom.

 As you can see, it was some kind of craft room or something; maybe an office.

The Hallway Remodel

The hallway was extremely dated when I moved in. It had pretty bad paneling on the walls, and really old pineapple looking lights on the ceiling. It was always pretty dark up there, as there were only two lights total. The only switch for the lights was down the stairs om the level below the upstairs, in the living room area. Lastly, the ceiling paint was peeling pretty bad in front of the bathroom doorway, due to humidity.

As you can see, it wasn't very pretty!

The Master Bedroom Remodel

This was one of the larger projects I had taken on at the time. It involved not only drywall work, but also electrical, framing, the addition of a window, moving ventilation returns, running coax cable, and more.

Here's how it looked the day I moved in.

The doors and fixtures were really dated looking. The cable (coax) wire was coming right out of the floor. The colors were not to my liking. The place was a bit like a cave with only the patio doors for outside light and air.

The Master Closet Remodel

One reason that I chose this house is because it has so much space. There's loads of closets, and just square footage in general. The master closet is 12' 6.75" deep, by 6' 5.5" wide. That's a good sized closet!

I decided to start the interior remodeling in an out-of-the-way place, just to get a hang of the several things that I needed to do that I'd never actually done before. Also, I needed to have the master bedroom finished so that I could settle in there, while I worked on the rest of the house.

 When I moved in, this really large room had a ton of poorly used vertical space. There was a simple closet bar going all the way around, along with a single shelf.

Upstairs Deck Replacement

I haven't posted in a while, that's mostly a factor of how super busy I've been doing actual work. Hopefully I can get a few posts cranked out here.

This one will be about the upstairs deck replacement.This deck is off of the master bedroom, on the second floor of the house.

Concrete Repouring

Despite the cold snowy weather that we're currently experiencing, I'm going to get back to this blog by posting more exterior work. For this task, I hired a contractor once again, as pouring this much concrete really wasn't something I was comfortable with.

 When I moved in, the concrete sidewalks around the house were wrecked. Thirty some-odd years of weather, plus roof drippings really did a number on them. They were badly pitted, discolored, cracked, had much surface wear, and sloped towards the house in many places. Also, there was the 3' x 8' section by the laundry room door that had sunk about eight inches, and been poured over twice