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Trim is in – mud room remodel lots of weeks +1

We are hoping we are only a few weeks out from finally being able to use our mud room/laundry room. Hopefully soon, as you can see below our new dryer was delivered and is sitting in our lounge. We decided… Continue Reading →

A new path and so much dirt

We knew we were going to remove the concrete sidewalk along the side of the house and we needed to add another walkway around the side of the house. I found a bunch of bricks on Craigslist and Facebook marketplace… Continue Reading →

Things are really moving now – mud room remodel lots of weeks in

I have completely lost count on how many weeks this project has gone on I think we are on week 15. Sorry for the long pause, but we’ve been busy the last few weeks getting the garden going too. I’m… Continue Reading →

So many things – mud room remodel week 11

This week our contractors worked extra hard and completed a bunch of tasks for the house. The mud room floor was finished, the windows were installed in the back of the house as well as in the dining room. Last… Continue Reading →

The most beautiful floor- mud room remodel week 10

I am so excited that our floor is starting to take shape. When our contractor first gave us a cost estimate she included luxury vinyl tile for the floor. I prefer more natural materials so I asked about something else… Continue Reading →

Running into issues – mud room remodel week 9

This week has been let’s say interesting, and I mean interesting in the most Midwestern way possible. Which is to say we’ve had our share of issues this week. Last week our windows for the mud room and the lounge… Continue Reading →

Arctic temperatures and Drywall: mud room remodel weeks 5-7

It’s been a very cold few weeks here in Minnesota. So cold in fact it’s been too cold to do any work in our unheated, not weather tight mud room. During this last week our contractor starting putting up the… Continue Reading →

Picking out light fixtures – Mud room remodel week 4

This week was a pretty slow week for the mud room remodel. We ran into a few snags this week. The insulators were unable to insulate the crawl space as they bid it. We talked to our general contractor and… Continue Reading →

The basement hole is gone – Remodel week 3

The big news for this week is that the trench in the floor of the basement is now gone! Earlier this week the contractors came in and filled the basement trench with concrete! Yay no more tripping hazard in the… Continue Reading →

Moving the door- Remodel week 2

During week 2 of the remodel the room started to take shape. The plumbers came to run the water and waste water pipes from the current laundry room to the new laundry room. The framer framed out the whole mud… Continue Reading →

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