We're Done Inside (for now)!
Sorry for the delay in posting to my blog. I've been busy getting the finishing touches of the house ready for us to move in. All in all, it took about 3 weeks to get the inside of the house painted. We went for Benjamin Moore Ironclad Oil paint for all of the doors and trim -- we really like the look... really thick paint with a satin finish and no signs of any brush marks (it was sprayed on); for the wall we used Benjamin Moore latex paint. The primer for everything was Zinsser Cover Stain (oil based). We bought the lighting fixtures off of eBay; all except for the three pendants in the hall are refurbished old oil gas chandeliers.
As you can see from the photos we are really using the picture rail molding; I made sure that the builders nailed the 2 inch nails into the studs so they could hold the weight of some of our pictures (the heaviest of which is 30lbs).
In the kitchen, all of the appliances are Bosch except for the refrigerator which is an LG cabinet depth french door model. The kitchen cabinets are Ikea Adel Medium Brown, the counter tops are Blue Pearl Granite and the backsplash is a marble mosaic which I think ties the colors of the cabinets, the counters and the walls together well.
The folding doors in front of the washer and dryer were original panel doors to the house that were cut in two. I'm very pleased how this worked out.
The floors throughout the first floor are floating BR-1111 engineered Tigerwood floors (which I installed over a week). We needed to use engineered flooring because of the radiant heat; we went the floating method because of the concrete slab. They look great, however, I'm not a big fan of engineered floors (they are too soft and damage easily). In hindsight I wish I had gone with quartersawn white oak solid flooring. I understand that this wood is very stable and would have worked well with our radiant system. Oh well... you live and learn.
The first floor is now done and we still have 2 more floors of the house to finish but for the time being we're done inside of the house.
3 Comments:
Wow, congrats! You've done a great job of decorating so far. What is the name of the purple color you painted the bedroom? I would love to put that in our family room!
You guys are troopers. Has it really been worth a year of your life? Are you very young??? I am deciding whether to take this on again after having remodeled and added on to a 1950's house in Rockland County NY over 20 the last 30 years. I forgot how bad it really got at times! We bought an 1870-90 victorian on the water in Maryland and I have been collecting estmated bids to lift the house to facilitate all of the other repairs like you you have done. I am not sure that 100K will even make it livable, and 200-250K will get me another structure on the property to replace this decrepit victorian. I am just losing my enthusiam for this stuff! Building a new house is looking good compared to your year of work. What did this cost?
It has absolutely been worth it. The purchase price of the house was at a significant discount because of its condition and after it is finished I will have built up significant equity. Clearly it's not for everyone but I went in with my eyes open and yes... I would do it again! One piece of advice... don't live in the house during construction. We are lucky as we own the cottage behind the house where he lived during the construction.
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