Down to the Studs - Upstairs Bathroom

Here is what the upstairs bathroom looked like after it was taken down to the studs. Corey can explain it a little better....But, basically the plumbing was extremely old. He had to the remove the cast iron soil stack. Cast iron sounds really old. Like I said, he can explain it a little more in detail.

Sorry for the Delay - Upstairs Bathroom

If I have any followers left out there??.....sorry for my delay in posts!! I have been out of town the past two weekends! Here are pictures of the upstairs bathroom in original condition. This has been completely gutted and re-done. The plumbers are upstairs working on the new fixtures, so pretty soon, we will have a functional bathroom upstairs again.

Basement After

Here is what it looks like with the tile done. This is before it was mopped, but you get the idea. I am also including pictures of the leaves that came into the laundry room after the monsoon we had a couple of weekends ago. The good news, not a plumbing issue. The drain was clogged from the leaves that washed off the outside steps!

Basement Before

Sorry for my lack of posts! This is what the basement looked like before tile! Bad Brown Carpet Squares! Thanks Leo and Alex for getting them out of there!!! They also tiled the basement and in the meantime,were working on the upstairs bathroom tile as well. I will post more of the bathroom tonight. I am supposed to be getting ready for work!

HVAC

I am double posting tonight, but Corey is excited because we officially have air conditioning. It would be more exciting if it would actually start to warm up here. Corey is already having visions of coming home from work to a cool, air conditioned house. Corey hasn't had air conditioning since he moved here 5 years ago....I have been around for 3 of those years with no air. It will be nice, I just forget what it is like.

We took advantage of the Energy Rebates and installed a 95% efficient furnace. For those of you that are looking for a good HVAC company, DelJo is the best company to work with. Thank you to Bob and Cayse for getting the HVAC work completed. Phone is 773-248-1144.

Breakfast In Bed

We are sleeping in the Dining Room! So, far there has been no breakfast in bed! Corey started painting the Master Bedroom over Easter weekend. This is the room that used to be Robin Egg Blue. Corey quickly found out that underneath the Robin Egg Blue was a flowered wallpaper! We went Alison and Corey style and chose "Morris Room Grey" for the wall color from the Arts and Crafts Collection by Sherwin Willams. The trim is done in "Classic Light Buff" from the same collection. The top picture is the best picture of the new crown molding. Corey is putting new 7-1/4" crown molding and baseboard in all of the rooms. I obviously didn't know that it was 7-1/4", but he is standing right here while I am posting!

So, I think I got my pictures organized!

Just to catch everyone up...the house was in move-in condition, but my General Contractor husband had bigger plans! We closed at the end of February, so he had the entire month of March to work on things at the new house. But, how long does a month really last? Especially, when you are Corey, and you have 1 million other projects going on! And...your wife is working like crazy...had to get a plug in for me! We had to be out of the apartment by April 1st. Here are some more pics before the work started!

Some of the pictures above are of the living room, dining room, fireplace (which we will eventually replace), the lovely blue color of our "master bedroom, the guest bedroom, with a broken window and the window in the upstairs bathroom. The window in the upstairs bathroom is the only thing that is left of the upstairs bathroom. Corey has debated about putting in a different window, but it will stay.

As an interesting fact, this house is registered as a Historic Chicago Bungalow with the Historic Chicago Bungalow Association. The stained glass windows above the fireplace are original and will stay. The house was built in 1924. I am feeling the flapper mantra in here....I even cut my hair off!