Doors

We have been working to replace doors on the farm. Fear not, we will be keeping many of the originals, but there were others that we wanted to replace for update purposes.


The new six-panel oak bathroom door - which Emilia loves to "knock-knock" on.


The new family room closet doors that replace the old bi-folds. Once spring arrives with warmer temperatures, the doors will be stained to match the original woodwork throughout the house. But for now, we are enjoying our new doors (tradition & mission-style).

More bathroom pictures

A second round of pictures of the bathroom remodel.

Walls have been sheetrocked - especially the south wall. One vanity and countertop is in (for Thanksgiving Day only - so guests didn't have to wash their hands in the bathtub) The vanity will soon be coming back out as the flooring will be laid soon.

Another shot of the new vanity - a second vanity will be placed along the southwest wall making a small space in between the two large enough for a heat vent and a trash can.

Hooray for sheetrock!

New bathroom pictures

The south wall is now completely insulated! The west wall will be insulated, but we have to run the plumbing/wiring into/thru it for the laundry room which is the old pantry.

The old wash room window and the old bathroom window have been removed and replaced with one new window which will be centered between the two vanities/mirrors/vanity lights.

Our new bathtub located on the opposite wall. And no we did not buy a robin's egg blue bathtub. We just haven't removed the protective film on it. Might be odd, but we are going to wait until the mudding/sanding is done so that we don't damage/stain the new pristine white tub.

The look from the outside of the house - along the southside - showing the new bathroom window and the new south exterior door.

Another pic of the south wall with the new window.

Bathroom remodel - more pictures

I am very much behind on posting remodel pictures. These bathroom destruction pictures are from about two weeks ago. I will take new pictures tonight so that you can compare and see the differences. Right now the walls are down to stud, some insulated and re-drywalled, the new bathtub is in (though not functional yet) and the new plywood floor is in. We have everything purchased - flooring, countertops, vanities, etc. so it's just a matter of getting it all done! Thank goodness for my dad who has been coming down to the farm on his days off to work on our bathroom. It's a mess right now, but will be wonderful when finished!

A picture of the bathroom when the wall between the wash room and bathroom came out. To our surprise, we found a cast iron soil pipe. It took my dad half of a day to relocate it, but it's been done!

View from the old bathroom looking onto the old back porch. No more walls!!

The old bathroom/pantry walls by the toilet. The toilet is staying in the same spot only now the bathtub will be located to the other side of it.

Original walls and rafters.


Our redneck bathtub until the new one gets finished up. We just have to run the plumbing and it's ready to go!!

Updates

Should have lots of new pictures to post this week. My dad took a week's vacation to help us on the farm. Since it looks like today and tomorrow will be the only decent days - minus rain - the plan is to throw up as much siding and insulation as possible. Then they are going to tear into the bathroom and get that project started.

I'll be ecstatic when the bathroom project gets going. As soon as they get the new bathroom wall up (covering up the old entrance to the washroom) the false wall between the washer & dryer and the cabinets can come down, those cabinets moved back to the new wall and I can FINALLY get my dishwasher in! HOORAY!! With all the flu and H1N1 bugs going around, I'll be ecstatic to get my SANITIZE cycle back!

Will post more pics as I can!

Ten years from now

Paul and I have always had a vision for what the finished farm house would look like. Unbenownst to us, so did someone else!! One day while perusing the paint colors, we found this picture on a paint sample for house colors. This is EXACTLY what we were both thinking - gazebo and all! Sp we just had to share our vision for the farm.

Sorry for the glare, it's a picture of a paint sample.