Well folks,
The day finally came. I closed on my house last week. I scheduled it to fall on my day off so I didn't have to use as many vacation days. 1942 bungalo/ranch style, dated but good bones. So I'll start from closing day. I want this to keep track of my progress as well. I'll be loading pictures when I get a chance.
Closing day - got to the house, opened all the windows. The carpet in the living room, hallway, and master was hideous. Fairly new but ugly and the previous owner had a dog and cat. So I ripped it out. Pulled all the staples, tack strips and removed transition pieces. After all that prepped for paint the next day. Drank a beer and went back to my parents.
Day 2 - bought paint , and a spray gun (for ceilings). Painting everything that needed to be white, white. Nice part about being down to the sub floor. If i over sprayed it wasn't the end of the world. Got started on the living room. Luckily my family came or I would still be painting. Got the three rooms with no carpet done in one day.
Day 3 - layed flooring, finished the master (15x20) and the T shaped hallway, girlfriend got off work, painted the bathroom first coat (it was 10 year old boys room blue (hideous). There was a dip in the living room so I leveled that out and called it a night.
Day 4 - finished laying the floor in the living room, once I layed the first row it flew by. Until I got to the vents and forgot to cut them out. Luckily I only went 1 row to far before I remembered. Girlfriend got off work painted the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room/area ( hallway between kitchen and living room.
Day 5 - went to the lumber store, bought some odds and ends and 200 ft of qaurter round. Girlfriend gave the kitchen a second coat. I layed the qaurter round in the rooms I put the laminate wood flooring down. Cleaned up the house.
Day 6 - had to be back to work today so we woke up early and started moving furniture in. Bed, dressers, tvs, futon (couch for now). I got to sleep in my house this night.
Day 7 - Internet, tv people came and hooked everything up. Washed dishes, and did laundry. Nothing real exciting, I did make a pizza in the oven though. First time cooking if you will at the new house.
Day 8 - went couch shopping. Bought a table and some chairs from a resale shop down the road.
It was definitely a fun but stressful weekend. I was actually kind of happy to be back at work because it's alot easier. Like I stated at the top. I'll upload pictures when I get time to scale them an all.
I have tons of more projects I need to do so I'll have more updates as I go.
The day finally came. I closed on my house last week. I scheduled it to fall on my day off so I didn't have to use as many vacation days. 1942 bungalo/ranch style, dated but good bones. So I'll start from closing day. I want this to keep track of my progress as well. I'll be loading pictures when I get a chance.
Closing day - got to the house, opened all the windows. The carpet in the living room, hallway, and master was hideous. Fairly new but ugly and the previous owner had a dog and cat. So I ripped it out. Pulled all the staples, tack strips and removed transition pieces. After all that prepped for paint the next day. Drank a beer and went back to my parents.
Day 2 - bought paint , and a spray gun (for ceilings). Painting everything that needed to be white, white. Nice part about being down to the sub floor. If i over sprayed it wasn't the end of the world. Got started on the living room. Luckily my family came or I would still be painting. Got the three rooms with no carpet done in one day.
Day 3 - layed flooring, finished the master (15x20) and the T shaped hallway, girlfriend got off work, painted the bathroom first coat (it was 10 year old boys room blue (hideous). There was a dip in the living room so I leveled that out and called it a night.
Day 4 - finished laying the floor in the living room, once I layed the first row it flew by. Until I got to the vents and forgot to cut them out. Luckily I only went 1 row to far before I remembered. Girlfriend got off work painted the kitchen, bathroom, and laundry room/area ( hallway between kitchen and living room.
Day 5 - went to the lumber store, bought some odds and ends and 200 ft of qaurter round. Girlfriend gave the kitchen a second coat. I layed the qaurter round in the rooms I put the laminate wood flooring down. Cleaned up the house.
Day 6 - had to be back to work today so we woke up early and started moving furniture in. Bed, dressers, tvs, futon (couch for now). I got to sleep in my house this night.
Day 7 - Internet, tv people came and hooked everything up. Washed dishes, and did laundry. Nothing real exciting, I did make a pizza in the oven though. First time cooking if you will at the new house.
Day 8 - went couch shopping. Bought a table and some chairs from a resale shop down the road.
It was definitely a fun but stressful weekend. I was actually kind of happy to be back at work because it's alot easier. Like I stated at the top. I'll upload pictures when I get time to scale them an all.
I have tons of more projects I need to do so I'll have more updates as I go.