renos: before & after

Well as you may know we have been hard at work for the last couple of months renovating. We have had requests for some before and after pictures and so here they are. We start the tour in the lovely Kitchen. Note the flooring and lovely appliances and back splash.

before: kitchen

after: kitchen

Then comes the Dining room. As much as we hated to do it, we did remove the 70's light fixture and the green is gone.

before: dining room

after: dining room

The living room was a lot of work, no more fireplace, bulk head, tiles on the ceiling, or saw dust in the walls.

before: living room

Now it's R20 insulation, Ikea lights and Bamboo flooring.

after: living room

This is the other half of the living room. Note the bulk head that you would hit your head on if you walked up the stairs. Also the purple and brown and mirror box shelving things.

before: living room

Now it's bamboo stairs, maple and aircraft cable stair case and a door to the basement.

after: living room

This next room was a real gem. Believe me, the pictures make it look good. Our Master bedroom was a lovely pink, well blackish pink due to the grime, with peeling off pink flower wall paper. And oh, those curtains.

before: master bedroom

After three coats of paint on the ceiling and a lovely color on the walls, this feels much better. And check out those roman blinds Anna made.

after: master bedroom

With thick blue carpet around the toilet and a tub you couldn't stand in, due to ceiling height, this bathroom was icky and useless.

before: ensuite

Now it has a new tub, toilet, vanity, sink, tile... hey everything, and it feels a lot nicer.

after: ensuite

After we got the three layers of border off, Nadia's room turned out to be one of the easier rooms.

before: Nadia's room

after: Nadia's room

Colin's room was easy too, all I had to do was rip off the panel board, re-frame a bit, put up new drywall, tape, mud, put in a new door and get carpet installed. No problem, right?

before: Colin's room

after: Colin's room

After many months of this family room being used as my shop, we finally had to finish it. So new carpet and tile, some paint and light fixtures and it's good to go.

before: family room

after: family room

Well that's the tour, well most of it, You'll have to stop by for the rest, or check it out at saskhouses.com in Birch Hills. Anyone want to by a house? Beautiful yard, fully renovated and a great buy. Stop by for a visit while you still can.

Tim

Gorilla visit...

...is what I'm calling Opa & Oma's visit this time. Nadia and my parents made up this funny game called the Gorilla game and they would play it in the morning before the rest of us got up. At least she was entertained.
Nadia has her first icicle of the year. Opa had to reach it for me. Thanks.
Opa got too sore sitting around doing nothing so he swept and then shovelled our driveway for us. How kind...thanks Dad. It was also very mild while they were here and we had a lot of fun playin in the snow.
My mom was looking out the window every 5 minutes to see if it was snowing yet. We got a snowfall and she got to see it. I'm glad it made someone smile. All the rest of us are growning because we know that we wont see the ground for 7 months now. Oh well, it is pretty.

Halloween fun

I though we should have something to let the kids know we had candy. So Nadia and I made our family out of pumpkins. Notice that she drew and coloured her own pumpkin. Nadia is standing outside in her Ariel dress and it's just above 0. Tough girl.
All dressed up....and having so much fun!
Nadia's Halloween loot. Daddy took her to a few houses. Colin & I stayed home to give candy to the kids, and Colin couldn't stop taking the candy out of the bowl and giving it to me. I tried to make him stop, but he got really mad. Of course he later expected me to give all of the candy back.