Master Suite - Getting to the Finishing Touches

Well, it looks like we may be able to start moving back in to the master suite by this coming weekend. It's almost a fully functional room at this point, and by the weekend, all that should really be missing is the interior closet build outs (and those will be ordered soon).

As you will see in the photos below, the rooms are making tremendous progress. The bathroom is 90% complete. All that's left are some fixtures to install, cabinet hardware and doors to add, some window trim painting. The bedroom itself is nearly complete. There again, we're down to some trim painting, door fixtures and the closet interiors, which will be made to order and installed soon. Each closet will have a customized wall of shelving and drawers with a long rail facing on the opposite wall.

So, hopefully, by the end of the weekend, we will be able to put the furniture back in the master suite and start unloading some of what has been stored in the POD in the driveway. Enjoy the photos below. More to come this weekend!

The master bathroom with rain shower head and flexible hose.

All that is missing in the temperature fixture at the bottom and

the granite top on the half wall on the right.

The new window of the master bedroom. Trim will be painted white.

A fully functioning toilet (amen) and a framed window of glass block, which

will also have white trim.

The glass block on the adjacent wall of the master bathroom.

The tall white doors will be installed on the end cabinets this week.

A nice view of the double sinks, granite counter top and custom cabinet work.

There will be a mirror that takes up the entire space between the end cabinets.

Master Sweet

Well, friends, it's August 1, and we are moving ever closer to the August 31 deadline for the completion of Remodeling 1070. I'm not sure if that deadline is going to stick, but things are certainly moving in the right direction.

The work continues on a daily basis, and it looks like we are inching closer to having a completed master suite. As you will see in the photos below,

• The wood floors are being installed. In fact, as of this writing, the flooring is completed in the master suite.
• The shower floor is installed.
• The half wall between the shower and the toilet is being installed. It will be crowned by a piece of granite that matches the counter top in the master bath.

The bedroom is painted a pale, almost silvery gray with one blue accent wall. One of the master bedroom closets is painted. This week will hopefully see the rest of the painting get done and the final assembly and installation of the bathroom hardware and cabinets.

We visited with a company that specializes in building organizational structures for closets, and we are waiting for their quote and drawings to see what they design.

So, while we still hope that August 31 is a reality, it does look like we are just a week or two away from being able to move all the furniture back in to the master suite! Progress is such a good thing :)

Countdown to August 31

Hello friends,

The good news just keeps coming for Remodeling 1070. As you will see in the photos below, a lot more work has been done since the last post. The master bath tile is in place, and now you can see that the master bath granite counter top is in place as well - and looking fantastic. Next up will be the shower floor tile and the glass block work in both the master bath and master closet.

You can also see that the team has broken through the den wall to begin to make the new den entrance into the master suite. With the expansion of the suit to include the second master closet and the expansion of the guest bathroom, there will be no hallway entrance into the master suite.

Perhaps the best news, though, is that we have a completion date set: August 31. We are targeting that date to have everything in place and send the POD storage unit back to the mother ship. Let's all keep our finger crossed!

Enjoy the photos below.

View from the den looking in to the master suite - This will be the new entrance to the master suite.

Master suite entrance as seen from inside the master suite
The master bath cabinet frame with granite counter top and double sinks installed
A better view of the master bath granite counter top
Outside view of the are that will be partially re-bricked and have a double row of glass block - This glass block will be in the second master closet.
The re-bricked area of the master bedroom and bath area - This will also be filled in with a double row of glass block.

Tile Goes Up, Fireplace Comes Down

Hello readers,

As one room comes together, another comes apart. As you will see in the photos below, the master bath shower walls and main floor area tiled - and looking fantastic. As you will also see in the first photo, there is now a whole lot of not much where the fireplace used to be. It's amazing how much physical space that fireplace occupied, and it will be even more amazing to incorporate that into usable living space for the den and the kitchen. Both rooms will feel so much bigger.

The next steps at Remodeling 1070 include:

• the installation of the shower floor tile in the master bathroom
• the installation of the glass block in the master bathroom and second master closet
• the replacement of the bricks surrounding the glass block
• the repair of the attic space opened by the removal of the fireplace and
• the installation of a support beam to shore up the ceiling that used to be partially supported by the backing wall of the fireplace

This used to be the fireplace.

The completed walls of the master bathroom shower
The master bath tile floor, cleaned up
Another view of the master bath floor tile without the layers of dust covering it

And Now We Are Climbing Up the Walls!

The work is coming fast and furious at Remodeling 1070. With the main bathroom floor tile in place, the focus turned to the shower walls today. It's still difficult to get a great photo of the true color and finish on the shower wall tile. It's so much prettier than the photos suggest, so hopefully when the room is nearer completion and we have actual lights to shine in the space, the photos will pick up more of the uniqueness in the finishes.

That said, it's really starting to look good!

The start of the shower wall tiles.

A bit of a closer look at the shower wall tile. It's white with a silver, iridescent finish that really picks up some interesting light and color from the surrounding.
A little clean patch of the bathroom floor tile.
Some of the chimney bricks put to good use behind the fence where the pool equipment resides.
And yes, we are back to having debris! This is just SOME of the chimney. There is more to be demolished.

We Are Floored

Yes, readers, it's true. There is a tile floor in the master bathroom! The long-awaited tile guy is making progress in the master bath. The photos below show two different view of the master bathroom. The first is from the bathroom door looking back toward the wall where the shower will be (on the right). The second photo was taken from the back of the bathroom looking out the door into the master bedroom.

Also, Santa is going to need to ring the doorbell this year, because a good chunk of the chimney brick has been removed (well, and the chimney itself has been gone for some time now). The interior brick is being saved and will be re-purposed as paving stones for the back yard. Eventually, all of the interior brick will be gone along with the fireplace.

Enjoy the photos below. Here's hoping for another great week of progress and more photos to post as the week progresses.

Spring Action at Remodeling 1070

Happy Sunday everyone,

We thought it was time for another Remodeling 1070 status update. The past few weeks have been a buzz of activity with teams working in both the master suite and the kitchen. Here's a progress report:

• The cement floor in the master bathroom has been laid and level and is now ready for the tile installation, which will be happening this coming week. The tile guy will also work on the glass block in the master bath and bedroom.
• The drywall has been installed over the panel doors in the master suite, so the walls are complete and ready for the next step.
• The majority of the remaining paneling and cabinetry has been torn out of the kitchen.
• The tile floor has been torn up in the kitchen. It will be replaced by hardwoods. The tile in the back entry way/utility room will remain.

Photographic evidence of all of the above is included below. Hopefully, as the tile and glass block work get done this week, we can provide another post at the end of the week to show the progress.

Thanks for staying tuned. There will be lots more to come this summer!

There is not much left in the kitchen. The brick is actually the back side of the chimney and fireplace, which are being removed.

Here you can see that the drywall around the pocket doors is finished.
Framework for the master bath cabinets.
The cutaway section of this wall in the master bathroom is where the glass block will be installed.
Finished drywall on mater bath pocket door and the cemented floor, all ready to tile!
Another great shot of the finished drywall around the pocket doors, this one being the main master closet. The doorway on the left will eventually be the master suite entrance off the den.