Framing is....DONE

This bathroom project turned half house renovation had a lot of framing work for Andy.  He had to frame a wall behind the new bathtub, close off an old closet door location, frame out a half wall at the top of the steps, and FINALLY frame out the new closets in the master bedroom.  That project started a few weeks ago with the rerouting of some baseboard heaters and last week he was able to get the walls in place.  Now we can get serious with some drywall!

The start of two new closet.

This is the one on the left side of the above picture and will be the smaller of the two.

This is the closet on the right that is "L" shaped.  You enter through the new part beside the window.

Walk through part of the opening for the old bi-fold doors.

And this is the "L" shaped part to the right.

Now I just need to finish planning out the storage in these closets.  We obviously want some hanging racks, but we also want shelves, good shoe storage, and some cube type storage areas that aren't the wire rack options that are most popular.  This has been the most difficult part of the whole process for me becuase it's hard to visualize.  Some of the products have design websites but none of them work for the "L" shaped space.  Now that the space is framed out I hope it is a little easier to finish the planning.

More work on the bathroom, a few crazy deer, and some relaxation in between

I've been slow to update the blog because there really isn't much to look at right now.  We ordered the cabinets and the counters, bought the floor tile, decided on the tile for the shower, bought the faucets and the doors for the new closet.  We've been busy -- but mostly with the planning.

Andy did work on exposing the plumbing so that the baseboard heaters can be re-routed, new plumbing can be added for the second sink and we can reconfigure the plumbing for the tub.

 Removing the sub-floor.

 Removing ceiling tiles in the family room to expose the plumbing for the heaters.

 Removed the old closet door and framed out for new drywall (the paper is just a temporary cover to keep some of the dust out of the bedroom).

 Old closet door that will become a wall.

 Removed the old bathroom door to prepare for new door installation (the new door needs to swing the opposite direction).

We're also continuing to work on getting a garden started.  We continue to tend to the newly started plants in the basement and made some attempts at a layered "lasagna garden" in the backyard.  I wanted to add some pictures of the garden, but we got snow the day I took the pictures.  We still need to install the deer fence before we move any plants outside.  As you can see the deer are as brave (and stupid) as ever.

 Somewhere under all of that snow is a garden.

 Tomato plants are doing well.  Hopefully that continues and I don't figure out how to kill them.

 Cabbage, peppers, and a few miscellaneous.

 This was between 5:30 and 6 pm.  I came downstairs from work to feed Kodak and there they were right in the middle of the backyard.

 Looking right at the camera.

We also delayed our housework for a few special occasions. Our favorite nephew turned 2 and we traveled home for his birthday party.  We also attended the Best Buddies Friendship Walk in NYC to support our wonderful friends and a great cause.

 New drum set!  

Festival after the walk.