The basement opens up

They knocked out the wall that blocked the view from the stairs to the sliding glass door, so now you can see the whole space. Same view, two different days:

Basement remodel

The vision:



The reality:




Here's what it looked like before demolition started:



In just a couple months (we hope), the chilly toy pit will become a great hangout. It'll be a school room, craft room, media room, sleepover party room -- in other words, a flexible rec room. With a heated floor and a doggie door, and better storage. And the closet under the stairs will still be a secret clubhouse.

Almost done!

Here are some photos of the master bathroom. The towel bar is a piece of driftwood from our first visit to California in 1996. Scott cut it to the right length and screwed it to the wall. You never know when your beach treasures might become part of your decor. The pebbles are in the floor of the shower/toilet room. The shower is still waiting for the glass for the top part of the partial wall.

Master bath

George the tile guy offered to trade jobs with me for a while. Under his supervision, I cut a hole in one of the tiles for our shower (the top hole in the picture) and set six tiles in the shower. He hasn't done any Barbie hairdo's yet, though.

Here are more pictures of the master bath.

Renovation update

It started to look a lot more finished when they got the walls up and the doors and trim done.




Here's the progress in the girls' bathroom.

Master bath

Here's the master bedroom and bath with the walls framed out.

Future master suite

Here's the future master suite. The workers knocked out the wall between two bedrooms and taped off where the new bathroom and closet will go.

Bathroom renovations

Here are the before shots of our upstairs bathrooms.




The wall between the two bathrooms was knocked out to combine them into a big hall bath for the girls.



Coming soon: pictures of the master suite-to-be.