What Happened in 2014?

I know it seems like it's been quite a while since the last post.  It's because it HAS BEEN!

For Mother's Day 2014, I got to choose my own gift.  Therefore, I decided on a linen closet door for the bathroom downstairs.  Every mother's dream! LOL  But I still decided that I wanted something for the house.....another beautiful door from Modern Builders & Suppliers that we are very happy with.  The door feels so nice and sturdy when you open it.  Unlike some of those you may find at the box stores for a lower and CHEAPER price.  You get what you pay for! And you can't beat the service we have received.  Norb knows our house inside out!

Downstairs Bathroom Linen Closet Door

Not long after that, the remodeling juices were flowing and Jay got the itch to start again.  By the end of May, we finally started the flooring in the upstairs hall.  Up to this point, it remained just the subfloor (for 4 months).  The kids learned to make sure they picked up their feet or they'd end up with slivers.  They did learn....

Nailing the floor

Carlee taking front seat to see all the action.  Although she thought it was quite loud.

Getting closer to finishing.

Working on the transition strip between the laundry room and hallway.

Look at the craftsmanship here.

Two proud boys.

All done.  Look how beautiful it is!

I like to reference this picture again because it somewhat shows the hallway at the top of the stairs.  See how the wall is rounded?  That's where the closet for the bedroom on the left was located at.  They used the space from the hallway.  It was different than anything I'd ever seen before.  Unique, but now it looks like ↓.

The next few months were consumed of T-ball for Carlee and baseball league for Carter, so nothing was done until September rolled around again.  The front door we picked out (and got a pretty good price on) was not painted in the interior part.  Therefore, it looked like ↓.  (The best picture I can find right now, which was taken during our first phase back in summer of 2012). Kind of a tan color, but definitely didn't look like a "finish" color.  Therefore, that's most likely why we got a good price.

We decided to finally have it stained.  Matt Stankowski with Old School Painting out of Mosinee came in and did this for us.  It's amazing!  You'd never be able to point out that it wasn't done at the factory.  He did a wonderful job for us.
 

Fast forward another couple of months and we're into November. We have had the laundry sink in our garage since 2012.  We just never got around to adding a counter top and putting it in.  So here we go...

He has it all marked off where he think it should go.

We only get one chance here.  Make sure it's right, Jason.

Time to see if the cut was right.

Will the sink fit?

Voila!

Nice job!  Never doubted you for a second!  ;-)

I think I pretty much caught up with 2014.  Now that we're closing in towards the last part of 2015, it seems like this was SO long ago.  Time flies!

I plan on catching up with what's happened in 2015 very soon, so check back in.