I closed on my house on May 6th....and on my 7th, the work began!
We are ripping up all of the carpet and putting brazillian cherry in the living room and dining room. We are covering the engineered maple in the family room with carpet. everything in the entire inside of the house is getting painted. We already had 3 trees removed and the other ones pruned. Its a good chunk of change, but we have the money and we might as well do it now....while we can.

Here is the living room and dining room before and during....



....during,

 

Nice.. I like wood floors better than carpet.. I'll probably resurface my floors soon since my dogs have left nail marks in them

 

If the finish isn't compromised, why bother? They're just going to immediately make more nail marks when you're done.

 

Nicky, was the flooring prefinished (can't tell in the picture)?

Brazilian cherry is beautiful but tends to fade in direct sunlight. If it's unfinished, pay the extra money and have a top-quality UV poly layered on top. Multiple coats.

 

There are some really bad spots that need to be fixed before I eventually sell the house.. And I don't trim their nails, which is why I am in the situation I am

If I refinish the floors then their nails will be nonexistent

 

Cherry should darken in direct sun due to the tannins in the wood.

 

Have WonderPanzer pull their nails. She mutilates small animals for a living.

 

Its unfinished....they are putting 2-3 coats of the urathane. He said they'll use water-based urathane because its more durable and doesn't tint the wood from its natural state.

 

congrats on the house! definitly love the wood vs the carpet floors (good for resale value in the long run as well)...

 

It looks great!

 

That's what I meant to write.

 

Looking good buddy! See ya at Home Depot again im sure.

 

We need more pics. I need some ideas for our new place.

 

Here is a better break down.....

I had the Birch in front of the house pruned and the 2 crab apple trees removed that you can see in this pic...



The Living room and dining room carpet was ripped out and we put in 3.5" Brazilian Cherry...
Before...


After...


Upstairs Hall Bathroom was painted Chocolate...


2.25" oak was put in the master bedroom and it was repainted Gentle Rain....



The family room had the travertine tile wall already, so we painted it Egyptian Pyramid and we are covering the maple engineered wood (fading badly in spots) with carpet. We also set the spot for the Samsung on an articulating mount....



The foyer and kitchen floor was torn up and replaced by 18x18 porcelain tile laid on 45s...



The master bathroom was torn down to the studs and the shower was made about 1 foot wider and we added a rain shower head, a regular shower head and a hand held. The glass will all be frameless....

 

wow sick Nicky. Are you doing all the work yourself?

 

Question to anyone.. those two "holes" in the wall.. do you slant the bottom portion at all so water flows out, or is it best to leave it level?

 

I've always seen them level, to allow you to place items there. I guess you could put a slight slant to them, by building up the mud a little.




Sex bench in the shower

 

Yeah I would think a slight slant just so water wouldn't pool in there.

 

i would like to see the end result of the shower... i need some ideas for my bathroom reno...

 

Nice progress.

More of the kitchen please.

 

I'm not doing the work....it would take me years!

My Dad's good friend is a custom home builder that was a little slow, so he said he'd do the work. I'm more then happy with his progress....and prices!!!

 

Master bath updates...



Tile is grouted....

 

Looking good.. I want to see the shower finished

 

That's quite an oven in the bathroom!

 

Love your kitchen.

 

Some more...

The kitchen is all back together...it just needs to be cleaned!



The floors were sanded and varnished...and I almost passed out taking this picture!

 

Must stop looking at your kitchen pics. It is so tempting me to go rip my kitchen out and start on a new one. I need to wait for some time before I do that.

 

Nice...

 

More updates!

I had to clean up a little bit....



The floor varnished dried and is getting buffed next....



They worked on the bathroom a little more too....

 

Wow it all looks fantastic !! Great choices and colors all around .. very warm and cozy!!

Party at Nicks !!

 

Really good job man. Your kitchen looks fantastic!

 

Thanks guys!

Modding houses cost a lot more then modding cars!

 

Yes but the $$$ is extremely well spent. You picked the biggest bang for the buck rooms to mod.

 

Why does the bottom square have the piece in the middle?

 

They just used a scrap piece of tile to hold it....

 

Makes sense.. it looked odd, and just didn't seem right

 

When I first saw it, I thought the same thing.

 

Looks

 

Looks great man. I go to closing tomorrow and the work will begin Thursday! Doing all of the work myself with my dad. Hope to knock out everything in 2 months.

 

Nicky keeps his fleshlight on one side and "her toy" on the other side.