Pantry Progress

We have been working on the pantry on weekends and as usual it is a bigger project than I envisioned.We had to basically tear out the floor and floor joists.Hubby Trent then rebuilt the floor supports,leveled the new floor, weatherproofed ,insulated and put down ply-board.It was so funny to hear the kids all say ,"wow the floor is so sturdy"! Yeah,I was afraid one day someone would fall through the floor. That is life in a 100 plus year old house!!! Trent also decided to open up the ceiling so it would be more open and it will visually match our kitchen ceiling.I don't know why I am surprised but I always am when you see how much bigger a room feels when you open up the ceiling.It is crazy.The ceiling is what we worked on this weekend.Trent also installed electric to the new pantry which was another nightmare task.So hopefully we will insulate the ceiling and start the drywall process (of the ceiling).I will add some photos later for some reason they are not uploading. :(

Electric part two

We are finishing the electric in our house.We replaced the second floor and the basement electric last year and part of this year.We decided to start the middle floor today.It is a very overwhelming and messy job!!!!! All three light fixtures are gone and wire is sticking out. I have a beautiful chandelier waiting to go up in the dining room or living room ( can't decide which room to put it in) Tomorrow we will pull electric wire from ceilings to walls.It will be exciting (especially when all is complete)!!! It has been a family project!!!! Here are a few photos taken from hubby's iphone.

The sky is falling down!!!!

Ok,so it is not the sky but our kitchen ceiling!!!!!!! We finally started tearing down the ceiling and it is a mess!!!!The plan is to raise the ceiling and leave the exposed beams but it really depends on what we find when we remove the lathes to see what is there.To say we are living in chaos is an understatement,we are starting new schooling,have clients here so this is not ideal.Hopefully it will look great .I'll keep you posted !!!111