The exterior painting is underway, which means the entire reno is finally coming to an end! Pictures of the finished interior and exterior are coming soon. Check out the most recent pictures below..

Now that we've finished with the installation of the Tyvek (waterproofing) and strapping, we were ready to start with the siding. There are a number of different types of metal siding to go with, but which one would look best? In this case, we decided to go with a wider offset, just to make sure that the front didn't look too busy. We were going to keep the brick (eventually painted), so if we were...

It's been awhile since I've posted anything about the house, so here's an update. Although we finished the interior in the spring, this update will focus on the second phase of the project. We started re-surfacing the exterior of the house, both the front and back. I've seen a number of the cedar and stucco combinations that have been used, and while they look good, I wanted to try something a little...

We're finally coming down the home stretch with this reno.

The solid bamboo floors were totally different from what we ordered, but they still worked with the space, so we went ahead with them anyways. I really wanted to do what we could to dampen the noise for our tenants downstairs, so we installed high density rubber padding underneath the hardwood, then nailed through everything at once. In the ...

This is a little delayed, but better late then never.

Now we are beginning to put everything back together. The drywallers have a been through, so that has allowed for the painter, electrician, and plumber to start to work towards their final inspections. Probably the more noticeable addition, has been the installation of the pot lights throughout the house. We have gone with MR-16 lights in the kitchen...

It's been a while since I last wrote about the renovation, mostly because I've been busy with both the real estate market and the reno. As you can see from the photos, both walls in the middle of the house have been removed, the framing has been completed, the drywall is up, and both theelectrical and plumbing rough-ins have passed inspection. Today we had the drywall company mud everything for the...

We just finished the first week of the reno and all things considered, everything went quite well. The kitchen, both bathrooms, and the dining room are all down to the studs, and we're now getting a good idea of where we go from here. We wanted to remove the wall that formed a useless hallway inthe centre of the house, but weren't sure exactly if there was anything structural in that wall. When we pulled...

Since my last post, we made a few changes that may not be super conventional, but we don't care. In order to have enough storage room in the kitchen, we had to enclose the wall between the master bathroom and the kitchen, to accommodate a pantry. So by doing this, we moved the master bedroom entrance to just off the kitchen. Many people might think that this is a bit weird, but I really don't see the...

Ok, we just finished off the plans with the architect, so now we're going to be focusing some of the finer details. Over the next couple of weeks, I'll be going over what we're planning to do with each area of the house, and how it fits into our master plan.

We are going to be doing our renovation in two phases. The first phase will consist of floors, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, and some framing modifications...