As empty as she’ll get

Another week passes and we are starting to turn a corner. Instead of things continually leaving the house (plaster, debris etc.), things are now starting to move in. Granted, it’s just some wood to provide temporary flooring and support but it’s nice to see something new in the house.

1st floor

Everyone’s busy schedules seemed to align, allowing us to schedule a productive meeting between the architects, structural engineer and our GC. Nothing too serious came up while they worked through a couple of decisions on supporting the new back opening and the open kitchen plan. They all agreed that things in the house look pretty good overall and were please to see some extra big support beams existing and in good condition.

Future kid bedrooms and laundry.

Last weekend also saw some decent holiday sales which allowed us to save some money on some kitchen and bath items. We were most excited about a sale on a product that we’d just seen a few days earlier in a kitchen showroom. For a long time we were going with a nice Hansgrohe kitchen faucet but that quickly paled to an amazing faucet by Waterstone that we couldn’t stop talking about. It definitely was over budget for our faucet but the 20% discount we found softened the blow. We were also able to pick up a 10% discount on a number of Grohe items that we are using around the house, plus discounts on toilets, bathtubs and other bath accessories.  More on those in future room specific posts.

Gantry faucet

Next week we hope to wrap up removal and start laying down the subfloor and framing out the rooms. Once we’ve confirmed all the measurements, we’ll be able to pull the trigger on the biggest purchase of all: the appliances. More on those in another post.