Before and after

5' X 9'  Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

5' X 11'   Kitchenette Before

Midway

Kitchenette After

still have to granite the narrow counter at left,   and  do backsplash, tile and paint

Livingroom before

Living room after

Livingroom after carpet removed, concrete prpared for acid stain

Livingroom after wall built, floor acid stained

Cat Box Counter

In preparation to create a bathroom in what was a laundry room,  I built a small cabinet / counter that houses the cat's poopularium (cat box cave).  Notice the cat door by the floor.

Here is a sample of the granite counter top and a couple of backsplash options.

The white tile will cover one wall of the kitchenette and the interior of the bathroom.

Kitchen Refacing

                       Kitchen cabinets before chocolate raspberry paint
                                        and satin nickel hardware

Kitchen cabinets After

This door used to be 8 inches wider

Door between Mom's unit and mine.
Note the base board is missing 8 inches of baseboard.  I shrunk the doorway so I would have room fro the kitchenette counter in my apt. on the other side. As shown below.

I got this counter and cabinets (all wood not pressboard) at Habitat for Humanity's RESTORE . 

Add new pulls, paint and stain for about 120 total. How's that?

The "stainless steel" fridge was 188 at home depot. It is 43.5" high.

pale green paint ahhhh

Tomorrow we place the last of the floor tile.  Yippie !!

New door separating main house from the studio

Studio side

Kitchen side. 

wall unit with blackout drapes and uplight

shrinking door, 32" to 24"

Tomorrow I hang the door and plaster and paint the wall

The smaller door creates space for a kitchenette in the studio apt while preserving inside access to the main house.

TOILET !!!

A toilet by any other name :-)

KOHLER AquaPiston Toilet Flushing Technology: Kohler’s Most Powerful Gravity-Fed Flush.  Yippiee!! or should I say "Yippoo!"

Security doors front and back.

Allows for more airflow while keeping the house-critters in and outdoor-critters out

yesterday bookshelves today toilet

3/4" Birch Plywood.  

I think I will whitewash it next:

White Washing Birch

Q: I just had a wall unit installed made of birch plywood and would like to white wash it so the grain will show. Do I use oil based or water based, and how?A: You can use either. Several companies make a white stain. Alternatively, you can make your own by buying white latex paint and reducing it 100% with water. Flood the stain or paint on, and wipe it off immediately, leaving as much or as little as you want to get the look you desire. Let the stain dry, then top coat with a waterbased polyurethane.

music box and train

Music Box Intro

Music box from the turn of twentieth

Train at the Historic Fayetteville Depot

Now Arsagas Cafe

Living room and guest room floors done

The living room and the guest room floors are finally done  .

Mirror in living room

Acid stained concrete floor

New VCT in guest room

 Nik-Nacs on old oak law book case

Old School vinyl composition tile replacement

Poot's room pre VCT

A little too much Adhesive 

Old oak tree in backyard

Oak Tree

Cleared the back yard out some

View of back of house from

sunset in the livingroom

When the sun is low in the west

Backlit barn 

The evening sun backlights this painting on the windowsill 

Pooter in the chair

I call this photo   "Poot In Chair"  hehehe

Notice the Stainless Steel Cube, please :-)

Mom's Kia

She is free to roam in her Kia.  I know she likes it better than the Volvo wagon because she always made me drive the wagon and she wont let me drive the Kia :-)

New wall creates studio apt out of dining room, laundry room and side entrance

New wall separates living room from old dining room.  Creating a studio apt by repurposing dining room , laundry room and side entrance hall.

Plywood wall on the living room side before texture paint and green paint.

Wall with texture paint under green paint, plus tryptic oil painting.

Old sheet for drama and mystery :-)

Living room comes together

Studio apt side of wall with pine paneled alcove harboring armoire and dresser.

Stacked washer and dryer now in kitchen liberating old laundry room for studio apt. bathroom.

  View away from green wall towards hall and bedrooms

Mom's 78th Birthday 07/15/2013