Second floor wrap-up...for now.

Hey guys!

So the second floor is pretty much done...except for painting and refinishing the floors...and gutting a bathroom and then adding another bathroom....but almost, right? :)

So I thought I would give a recap.

• We closed up the bathroom door out that connected the current bathroom and master.
• We tore down one of the closets in the master, put in a door to what will be a new master closet, and added a door that will lead to the new master bath.
• Closed the door to the hallway leading into the bedroom next to the master, which will be the new master bath/closet combo.
• Taped and skimmed all of the walls upstairs to repair holes and seal in the stubborn wallpaper that refused to budge.

These are some before pics of the master:

And after:

There is no door to the old bathroom and the second closet is gone and two doors have been added. Also, the three windows on the left have been repaired, have chain instead of rope, and have been painted. We will start the final two windows probably after the inspection.

Here are some pictures of one of the bedrooms with black paint over wallpaper before taping the seams and mudding the ENTIRE thing:

After:

We just added a $4 light fixture for the time being and to get the fan out. It doesn't look like it in the picture because of the time of day, but it is so much brighter!

Here is a before of the stairwell:

And after:

Depending on the person, this may not look like much. I probably wouldn't have thought it was. Before. How many buckets of mud do you think all of the work took?

Six buckets. And about 3 rolls of tape at about 250 feet each. This is not the first time, nor the last time, I will say this but I am so lucky to have a Dad that can do all of this. And that is also willing, that's important too :)

We have also finished the patio, but I will post about that in a couple of days, once we do some last minute details. Right now we are looking forward to the inspection that will start the process for the permanent loan...and then hopefully we can get into the big job of reworking the kitchen and bathroom downstairs! I can not wait to get my hands on a sledge hammer and demo. But carefully, and without the sawzall :)

-Katie