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Bathroom Renovations – Kinda Finished

The guys are gone and we have our bathroom back, but we aren’t 100% happy.  I think we got a good price on our renovations, but you get what you pay for, and I don’t think these guys had the skill level and attention to detail that we would have liked.  We were happy to [...]

Bathroom Renovations – Day 3

I knew it! At about 4:30pm the guys came down and said, “Can we come on Saturday?” Apparently the glue isn’t dry enough to apply the grout, so bright and early Saturday morning they are coming back to, hopefully, finish.  I’m glad I’m home during the renovation to give my opinion and ask questions, but [...]

Bathroom Renovations – Day 2

I missed the end of day 2 for pictures, so we’ll go with the beginning of day 3.  Day 2 was a messy and long day.  The guys were here 2-8pm and with the tile cutting and everything else they did, dust was all over.  They came out of the bathroom completely white. After they [...]

Bathroom Renovations – Day 1

The end of day 1 is upon us, and this is what our bathroom looks like right now. Thankfully we have another bathroom in the basement.  I will say though, that the dust is terrible.  It’s been tracked all over the house on our shoes and is really hard to sweep up. Other than that, [...]

Home Renovations

A and I bought our first home, built in 1923, in December 2009.  It isn’t located in our preferred location, but it was within our price range and is in a nice old pocket of downtown.  Because we are just starting out though, we didn’t have a lot of extra money kicking around for renovations.  [...]

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