Living Under Construction

We are in the middle of living through a home renovation.  Please have wondered why we didn't rent another place during this time period.  Well, it is because of the lack of cash.  This is a HUGE project for us.  We have never done something like this, but it was either this, or move.  After we looked around at what was in our price range, and not wanting to leave our great neighborhood, we decided to demo the kitchen and add on.  Not bad.  But we also wanted to add a dormer in Naomi's room.  AND, we wanted to move the bathroom door from our first floor bathroom from the kitchen to somewhere else.

Soooooo, in early February we packed up THE ENTIRE KITCHEN and pantry, Naomi's entire room and the downstairs bathroom.  We put the STUFF in the porch and the basement.  We put Naomi's bed in Mark's room.  And we put some kitchen stuff in the dining room, including the fridge.  We put the kitchen sink in the living room (expensive but worth it).

And now, we are still living in half our house. By the time we get to use our entire house, it will be SPACIOUS.  This past week we had to pack up our family room in the basement, so we were down to our bedroom, Mark's bedroom, our upstairs bathroom, the living room (quite full of stuff) and the dining room (also quite full of stuff).

And the kids have been great about sharing a room.  Most days it is easy, unless it is a Saturday morning and someone in that room wakes up the other person.  But, really, it has been better in that respect, than I had anticipated.

The kitchen. . . I miss it.  The kids miss it.  Adam misses it.  Even though I am preparing fresh waffles, taco dinners and others.  We all miss the oven.  Adam misses being able to eat a vegetarian meal while we eat chicken.  I miss eating chicken when we have a vegetarian meal. 

Things are moving along.  Rough plumbing and rough electrical both passed inspection.  The outside of the new addition on the first floor looks great.  Naomi's dormer still needs siding.  But next up is framing of the new closet spaces (and I have to empty the small linen closet) and insulation.  Then in mid April we go away for a week, and then I think we are in the home stretch.  I am hoping to be able to host a nice open house in June for all of our friends and family that have fed us and supported us during construction.

Gotta go pack up the linen closet!