November Update

There has been so much going on at the house that I have not had time to keep up the blog.  Since I last posted, the house has been rewired, all the duct work has been replaced, I got a new roof, and everything in the pictures below.  It is not done but it is getting there.

I kind of like not having front stairs but that will not last long.

Living room before picture.  Notice the plywood covering the windows, the louvered doors to the bedroom, and how dark the brick is.  The gas insert didn't work, and when I tried to clean the large windows water came in the house.  You can't see it but the sconces were from the 70s and there was a popcorn ceiling.

Living room after picture.  There is a stray door leaning on the bookshelves, but it is a much nicer room.

Two beams were added in the living room to support the additional weight of the dormer.

Louvered bi-fold doors were replaced with french doors.

Cracked red tile was replace with slate and the gas insert was fixed.

Large windows replaced, small windows are original and painted to match.  Fireplace and book shelves were painted.

This shows where we found a window in the wall.  I replaced it with an awning style window and it is so nice to have one that opens.

I finally got to unpack the chandelier I used to have in my bedroom.  Now I feel like I am home.

View from the dormer to the bedroom with my free Jotul stove.  The guy I hired to repair my chimney was moving and gave it away.  The story is that it came from a mansion on Whidbey Island.

This is the dormer.  It faces due west.

The boards of the dormer ceiling are the fir floors that were in the existing bedrooms.  They were cleaned up, planed, and white washed.

This is the bathroom which was one of the original bedrooms.

These are the doors of the closet at one end of the bathroom.

This is the laundry center that is tucked in its own little closet in the bathroom.

Shower with bench, two niches, and shelf.  Hand held near bench and shower head still to come.

Shelf and pipe for hand held.

Temperature and diverter control.

Shower arm installed, shower head still to come.

South west view from dormer.

West view from dormer.