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  • Day 1 – Basement Remodel

    Day 1 – Basement Remodel

    I’ve mentioned our basement remodeling ideas before, shown some pictures of tearing out the cold storage that was there. We have finally commenced on the actual remodeling part! Mark decided to take a day off from school prep, and work on the basement instead.

    This is what it used to look like:
    Here is what it looked like throughout the day yesterday:
     Wall torn down
     Door removed
    And finally, the framing has begun!
    This is going to be a long process. We are on a budget (who isn’t) and so will be doing a little each month. We had originally thought we would wait for tax season, but with the impending arrival of a new little one, we really wanted this project completed and out of the way. Plus, we are going to be rearranging bedrooms, and we didn’t want the Princess’ sleeping downstairs by such a mess (although they both ended up on our floor last night anyways!).

  • Cold Storage

    Cold Storage

    When we decided to buy this house, one thing I loved was that it ad a cold storage room.  It was all decked out with shelves and everything.  However, once we got in there, it wasn’t as appealing. Mark is pretty sure there were mice in it, and the shelves were covered in some black gooey, moldy lookinf stuff.  So we’ve been spending some spare time tearing out the shelves, and just gutting the room.

     See the black on the walls? ~shudder~
    I guess this was the insulation in the walls between shelves.
    Once we have it gutted and cleaned up, we have big plans for this space.  For awhile we will still use it as cold storage for all our food storage.  Eventually though, we plan on tearing down the wall from the laundry area to open this room up. We want to add some cupboards, and counters/tables around the wall for a crafting space for the kids, and easier laundry folding area.  I can’t wait until we get to that point!!