Amateurness

I got super lazy. My bad. This post is super long. Super.

THE BATHROOM

Contractors framed our shower!

The super handy access through a new linen closet in the hallway.

This is where we ran out of money...

This is all our work, baby!

Look at those sexy... boards.

And that pipe sock.

And that super quiet fan.

And more... cement boards.

I'll have you know we're pros at this.

With a pro's grip.

Beauty shot before we MUD it.

Perfect troweling technique!

Perfect... drain.

It's so purdy, can I keep it?

Putting on the Schuler membrane.

I'm sure he's doing something in this photo because surely he wouldn't rest with all the work still left!

Clearly he was just eyeballing the next step. Clearly.

Forming the awesome cement floor.

Look at him go with a smile!

So buttery smooth.

Now starting the heated floors...

Dem toes are gonna be warm.

Back to the shower and no mud in the openings. Check!

Plumb lines and masking cuts.

Some precision tilework here.

I don't really remember what this photo is of. But the cuts are cool. Or something?

Tiling the shower! It's real marble!

I swear!

Okay, it's fake.

Better for cleaning though!

That's real travertine.

I swear.

I'm really not lying this time.

No more shower caddies!

Those openings were a pain to get right...why are all the rubber membranes the same size?

Installed our Toto toilet. And TOTO WASHLET. My behind is so spoiled.

Shower doors professionally installed! It's so ...What's the word?

Frameless!

The soon to be baseboard for the bathroom. I'm working on it!

THE WALLS

Apparently I don't have an image of painting, so you get this.

And this. But he was in a moon suit. It was super sweet. You had to be there. Sorry.
(Probably because we sprayed and teeny paint particles got EVERYWHERE).

Oh yeah, and we got a new fireplace installed. Because the old one was corroded. And not up to code. Sounds familiar.

THE HARDWOOD FLOORS

What we were originally ONLY going to do the house. WE'VE COME FULL CIRCLE, BOYS!
You can see the Benjamin Moore Simply White on the walls.

Laying out that sweet, sweet, tacky tar paper.

BOOM. FLOORING. DONE.

More done!

BAM!

That character grade loveliness.

That amazing tricky narrow spots.

We definitely didn't mis-nail.

Or place any wrong boards.

Now with Rubio Monocoat Pure.

Mmmm...smells so good. I could sniff it forever.

THE KITCHEN! AND IKEA. AREN'T THEY THE SAME WORDS?

We went soapstone spraying (shopping?) Looks different with water.

It's everything I dreamed of! And DH. Cause he wanted LIGHTNING on our countertops. Sounds dangerous.

We're ready to be horribly confused by Swedish pictures!

Engineering 101. Pay attention to this line. No, this line! No, THAT LINE!

Let's just draw more lines. You can never have enough lines.

And... presto!

That disdainful look at the remaining cabinets.

Ikea Marsta magic. The recessed handles pop out for easy cleaning!

Gotta make sure it's level!

Countertops installed! By us. And by us I mean Hard Rock.

LIGHTNING!

Lightning sink! Actually, it's the Ikea Domjso. LIGHTNING SINK.

CLEAN WATER ACT

This was our water. Delicious.

Ta-Da! Our new water filtration system. Because the bottom fell out of the old one. The bottom's not supposed to fall out.

Wires aren't supposed to be like that either, but you win some, you lose some!

MOVING IN

Cause why not? Sure we don't have a second floor flooring, or a completed bathroom, or appliances... or general cleanliness! No worries, we got this.