Visions of Wood Paneling

For those that know AB and I personally, you know that you can find us on open our free weekends in our upstairs, remodeling.

Prior to even meeting AB the work had begun on the upstairs.  When he purchased this house from its original owners he was able to look past some things- he was able to see this house's soul.  Or at least its skeleton to know that there was good space here.  It might have been buried behind wood paneling, shag carpeting, dark lighting and many other unsavory things of the 60s color palette. He could see potential in the upstairs and had plans to make the attic into the master bed and bathroom.  We like to remind ourselves that the previous owners raised 5 kids in a two bedroom and one bathroom home.

So today I thought I would post the photos from the final inspection of the house.  We are going to work on making regular posts about the remodel.  Please bear in mind that these photos were taken in 2009 and that we are just now at the point of completion(2014)- we will be doing these posts in retrospect.

We still have the poster if anyone is interested.  It is our understanding that a couple of the kids slept in this very under-insulated space. 

This is the view down into the living room.  The downstairs has had minimal remodel work.

To help with the temperature upstairs, brand new windows were installed by AB and his father, Mark.  As of last week, AB and I used the final piece of drywall seen in this photo.

The use of cardboard was employed to help visualize a wall here and there.  This looks into the space that is now the bathroom is just behind the cardboard.  The shopvac is located where our vanity is now.

There is lots left to do from this point, but this is just to acquaint you with where AB has come from. One large dark partially finished space into what we think of us a light and bright comfortable space.

Stay Tuned...