We tore the entire kitchen out. It was easy compared to the bathroom reno. Watch the cabinets disintegrate here: Kitchen Demo Final.mp4 from Jacob Breinholt on Vimeo. Compared to the big bathroom, the kitchen felt like a breeze. However, it was not a small price tag job. Custom cabinets are expensive, as are new appliances. […]
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Big Bathroom Update
Now that we have gutted the entire upstairs bathroom, it feels appropriate to post a little update on the downstairs bathroom, the big bathroom. It’s 100% in use now, and it’s glorious! The shower is big as hell, and we’ve even gone as far as adding a little bit of color here and there. We […]
Bathroom Reveal (Partial!)
As you may have noticed by now, we are working on the bathroom (heck, all of the house), in various stages because working full-time and remodeling full-time is not quite possible. The first half of the bathroom looks like a half, but remodel-wise is closer to 75%. Anyway, it means we are on the home […]
Bathroom Update 1: Tiling (Partial)
We’ve made a lot of progress on the bathroom, namely tiling the floor and getting the toilet and vanity installed. It was a…process. That said, Jake compiled a few well narrated informative videos for all you aspiring novice tilers out there; I think it looks great, and we are now gearing up for the bigger […]
Stuff We Made Out of the Old Deck Pt. 2
When we first moved in and built the fire pit up past one of the old logging trail roads on the property, we decided on a spot that happened to be directly in front of an only slightly sloped area set perfectly between two trees. It sits right where the hill takes a sharp turn […]
Partial Room Reveal: The ‘Weird’ Room
The ‘weird’ room. In a former life, before the previous owner added an extension onto the house, it was likely a tiny bedroom. But after two additional bedrooms were added upstairs (bedroom 1 and 2 as we call them) it’s unclear what its use was although a playroom of some sort is my guess. I […]
Room Reveal: Bedroom 1
Since the majority of the heavy-lifting has been and will be handled by Jake (minus bathroom demo — I’m on that!), I’m going to focus most of my posts on what I’m taking the lead on: designing each room! I was a bit worried about this aspect of the process considering we were coffee-table-less for […]