NO TIME TO CATCH UP!!

So busy, no time to talk, only show pictures! CHECK OUT THE BADASSERY!

Temporary floor transition until Jay can get us the "special piece" haha. 

TV mount up... quarter round done... 

Quarter round, new paint, windows stained... and suddenly we had a family room!! TV, furniture, pup, and all! It's pretty amazing to see. And I KIND of heart my reclaimed wood wall...

And then the big project... the one everyone was worried about... the railing...

This is what we were dealing with... we basically took down a wall, and rolled a circular saw through the middle of the remaining studs, smacked a 2x4 on top, and VOILA, temporary railing! However the building inspector did not think it was up to code... [SHOCKING, I know]

So in our "Pros vs Joes" moment, we debated tackling it ourselves, or calling in someone who had done it before... "we" came to the decision of "Let's see how hard it could be..."

And the boys got to work... 

The end result:

Color me impressed!!!

And the thing's solid as Sears... Well done, gentlemen!

2 Post Day!

As the other blog gets ignored... (#writersblock) its a 2 post day over here at the Money Pit... SO let's talk about sills shall we... or aprons, or stools or whatever you want to call it... either way, my Dad rocks windows socks off...
So last week... after working his full time job, and after working an entire weekend at a craft show for my mom's full time job, my dad came to my house and measured all 20 of my windows to fit them for sills... then went home and cut them. I got this picture [when I woke up] because my dad texted it to me at 11:30pm Tuesday when he finished cutting them...

 THEN came over to install them...

 Wednesday, Thursday... Friday...

 Saturday...

Stopped by Sunday before and AFTER the football game...

Until we had:

In like... every room... #greatestdadever

But you'll have to wait for the rest of the photos, my lovelies... we'll be doing a full post-inspection reveal tomorrow... depending on how the inspection goes :)

Whoa.

So... today is the FINAL (hopefully) bank inspection... which would mean, no more contractors, no more begging the bank to pay the contractors, no more inspections, no more (non-self imposed) deadlines... basically; for the first time since we got into this mess, we will no longer have to rely on SOMEONE ELSE telling us how/when/what to do with OUR house. Freedom. SO... lots and lots and LOTS of work went on this weekend, and this past week... but I still owe you a shower installation post!! So let's start there. Back on Thanksgiving weekend (holy crap that was so long ago at this point!) Kev came over to fix the screwup from our lazy/dumb/overpaid plumber made of our shower, which basically meant taking the whole thing apart, cutting the pipes, and putting it back together. It looked something like this...

we were starting to get a little punchy...

Two boys in a tub grabbing a pipe... not as sexy as it sounds...

But the finished product.....:

TAAADAAAA!!! Well done boys!!! (I extra enjoy the beer on the back of the toilet!) Couple that with our schmancy new sinks:

And we've almost got a bathroom... 

{Insert Wood Joke Here}

{Every title I tried to come up with sounded like an innuendo...} We've got mouldings and refinished furniture and all sorts of word working going on here, so let's get on with the photos, shall we?

First off we have a bathroom with perrrrty pine mouldings... all ready to be stained a nice espresso to match the vanity (up next)

mmmmm that's some nice wood grain...

Now, for a dresser-turned-bath-vanity...

 Mr. Moneypit doin' a bang-up job of staining those drawers...

And oh, don't worry pretty bedroom moulding, you'll have your turn too... 

 There are rumors going around that my bathroom might get done today... I am skeptical, but you will know as soon as I do. :)