Sunday Snapshots...

On Monday.

Because Sunday was spent cleaning, organizing, and laying floor.

Let's recap, shall we?

Before the sun room looked like this...

Wainscoting on the bottom half, sage green, with linoleum wood look floors with Tony most often found  reading the paper in front of the air conditioner.

Then the seams of the roof that spanned the entire back half of the house let go.  And we had water oozing from the walls, and pouring in through the chandelier a little bit of water damage.  So, I called the insurance company, who gave us around $4K to fix the damage.  With a $1K deductible which really meant we had $3K to fix the entire back third of the house.

So of course, I could now fix all the stuff I hated about that room. Stuff like, the panel board walls, mismatched drywall, worn floors, and ceiling issues.  In order to do that though, it meant a lot of sweat equity and coupons.  Lots of coupons to Lowes and Home Depot.

So shortly after Christmas, the demo began...

We ripped out everything back to the studs and re-insulated. Including the ceiling...

 We ran some new electrical, changed out some light fixtures, put in a recessed light by the back door and installed a brand new, energy efficient door that did not require the use of duct tape to keep bugs out in the summer.  At this point, I wanted to remove a small wall that was once the doorway to the basement.  We didn't use the door and I thought it would be nice to open it up.  So I took it out.... (I have no before pics, sorry)

...and exposed my giant mess of a stockpile for all the world to see.  After some carefully thought out replacement of my .25 cent spaghetti sauce, a quick trip to target, and enlisting the help of a professional dry wall guy, it started to look more like this....

And the other half of the room, after some window casings, like this....

Finally, after the second coat of paint, the electrical outlets restored to their former positions, and another trip to Lowes, the floor was purchased and I became ill at the sight of the bill...

We acclimated it for the standard few days.  (Floor meet bamboo, bamboo meet floor... now play nice.) And on Sunday, decided to dive in head first.  After some reading of instructions and some conference with my Dad, it was determined that we had bought (unbeknownst to me) a click and lock hardwood floor.  Seriously, why did no one tell me that they made solid hard wood in click and lock?  So with under-layment down, we started the process...

Yes.  We did the cutting in the other half of the kitchen to spare the neighbors the 8 am power saw wake up call. And it IS still winter here, even if it doesn't feel like it.

Anyway... under-layment....

A nice picture of Tony's fabulous butt...

And the finished floor....

We still need baseboards, door trim, new furniture, and another grand.

But it's coming along.

And it's perfect for sliding like a ninja in fluffy socks.

So... how was your weekend?