Where we began - sorta of

I know that this post SHOULD have been done a year ago - showing pictures of the house BEFORE the remodeling, but for some reason I never did.
So, just ignore the pictures posted before this or marvel at what we had and where we have come. 


I have searched and search both computers and can not for the life of me find the original pictures of the house.  I mean the ones that are pre any moving in or for that matter - before we even bought the house.  I have hard copies, but I can't find where I downloaded them on either computer.

So, I guess I'll have to start with pictures taken after we moved in BUT before any remodeling was done.

This was taken looking out the front door.  Yes, even this has all changed.

These pictures were taken after we had been in the house for about three months. (Actually, these were taken in January - so we had been in the house almost SIX months!  YIKES!!!)   I was finally here full-time and not driving back and forth to Lake Placid every weekend.  I had had enough of living like we were camping out in the house - blow up mattress in the master bedroom, no pictures on the walls, no curtains, etc.  At this point we didn't know when the remodeling would begin, so I decided we needed to have some kind of semblance of living in the house.

The master bedroom.

Dan has his tool bucket sitting on the bed because I think he was

contemplating taking out that closet (which we did in the remodel).  So, while I had had enough, that doesn't mean that everything is put away and is picture perfect.  However, I want to have a record of what it was and just how far we have come.

We don't own this comforter set any more - it was donated along with a whole lot of other stuff!

Of course, Dan could have been hanging the curtains when I took these pictures.  For a long time we didn't even have curtains up.  That could be a good guess at what was going on.

This closet area was changed.

Maybe one of the things that I wish we might have done differently is I don't have drawers in the new vanity.  It's okay and I'll deal with it.  It is just a little thing that could have been done differently.

Guest bedroom.

This was after we bought a new mattress, a headboard, and the comforter set for this room.  "A lot of changes, Max, a lot of changes".

But still no curtains.

Guest/hall/Dan's bathroom.

Of the two bathrooms, this one had the most changes done to it.

Don't you just "love" the vanity???  This was given to one of the workers during the remodel.  When we moved in we didn't even have a mirror in this bathroom.  We went to the Boy's Ranch thrift store and bought this mirror.  It's now gone too.

Still using this shower curtain.  Will probably be changed sometime in the future.

This was an area that we went back and forth on.  Originally we were going to take this linen closet out and put shelves over a dresser that we would put molding around so it looked built in.  Then we decided that would be a lot of work without a lot of storage.  So we kept the closet and just changed the swing of the door.  It no longer blocks the entire hallway when it is open.

This picture shows the six inch jog in the hallway that was eliminated when we redid the kitchen.

(It's also a picture of Jessie!)

There's a better look at the jog in the wall.  It was strange and we have no idea why it was there.

Living Room/Dining Room/Utility Room

This wall was taken out.

The far room was torn off and replaced with the new family room and back porch.

Oh my, this kitchen!  It was awful!!!  Tiny, tiny, tiny and very dysfunctional.  We had bought a new stove, new refrigerator, and new microwave when we moved in, as the refrigerator and stove didn't work.

It was so narrow that two people could not pass each other.  If I was cooking no one else could be in the kitchen.  Plus, I was so closed off from the rest of the house.  It felt like I was in a tiny little box.

This room no longer exists.

A HUGE utility room that didn't make sense.

The washer and dryer could not fit all the way in because you had to unplug the dryer to plug in the hot water heater if you wanted hot water.  Oh the joys!

My office/craft room/pantry/storage room.

And then there was the outside.

These pictures are actually older than the pictures above.  They were taken BEFORE we bought or moved into the house.  What were we thinking????

I don't have pictures of the back yard which was an overgrown jungle.  While we still need to do a lot of work, so much has changed and it looks so much better now!

Tomorrow I'll do a post with pictures taken this week.

It has been a while since I last posted.

The only excuse I have is we have

been busy moving back

into the house and

trying to get some projects done.

Well, even though not a single room is complete, I

decided that I will post some pictures of the house

and let you see what we have done so far.

So, with further ado - here is the

new re-invented Mihlfeld house.

 The view as you walk in the front door

 Entry table

Living Room

Breakfast table/coffee bar

 Kitchen

Dining area in Family Room

Fireplace

Family Room

 Family Room

My birthday present from Dan

Original artwork of an Egret on a rough cedar board.

Porch

Fire Pit

(future Pergola area)

A different look at the Family Room

(coming in from the back porch)

Another shot of the kitchen

Breakfast/coffee area

Finally

some pictures of the front.

So, so much more to do,

BUT

Dan and I absolutely

LOVE

our house!!!!

Carol

Almost!

Things have been really quiet here on the blog for well over a month -

and the reason is the same as the last post -

time!!!!

But, 
MAYBE,
just MAYBE
things are about to change.

We finally got the C.O. last week - but

not everything is complete.

We still do not have carpet in the bedrooms

but

it is suppose to be installed tomorrow morning

and

the tile is suppose to be finished up in

the bathrooms.

Dan is working on the tile back splash in

the kitchen

AND

working on the fireplace.

He has done so much more since I took this picture

(bad blogger)
plus this picture
was taken with my
phone.

I'll post some new pictures soon

HOPEFULLY

of the finished family room.

The furniture that we ordered

was delivered Saturday

and

AFTER
everything was in the
house
Dan and I made some
major changes
in where things will be.

Yes, that means it is going to cost us
a little more money
but we think it will
look
SOOOOOO
much better.

Some of you might
have seen on my FB post
that the A/C
went out on
Saturday.
Well, that was fixed yesterday
and it was something minor
(thank you Lord!).

The dryer quit working on Friday
and we still haven't had
that fixed yet -
but someone is
suppose to come look at it
today.
As I told my mom,
the A/C really needed to be
fixed
(after all we live in Florida)
but the dryer is
just an inconvenience.
I still will be glad to have it fixed.

Do you notice all the
"suppose"  to
in the above
paragraph?
Well, we say we are on
"Village" time and
sometimes that is
not exactly what we would think
of as being what we want.
For example, we were told that
the carpet would be installed either Friday,
Saturday, or
"Monday at the latest".
Called this morning and the carpet
was just delivered to the shop
this morning -
so,
that is why I say that
the carpet is
"suppose"
to be
installed
tomorrow.
We shall see.

We are hoping to be able to start getting
ALL our stuff out of the storage units
starting on Wednesday
(if they get the carpet installed
tomorrow as promised).

I'll try and do a better job of
keeping you updated on
things going on
when we actually move
back into the house.



Hope you are having a great day and
I'll talk to you soon!

Hugs-
Carol

Bad blogger

Okay, I am officially a very bad blogger.

I know that I said a couple of weeks ago that I would post

pictures of the renovation of the house and where we

are in the process.

Well, that just didn't happen -

for several reasons.

First - and probably the biggest reason -

I am usually not here at the house long

enough to do a post.

I come over with Dan and

he get bored very easy.

If there isn't a project that he can help

the guys with he is ready to go

back to the camper after about

thirty minutes - just

 not enough time to do a post.

Second - I FINALLY got my "new" computer

fixed.  You know the one that I bought

two years ago but haven't been able

to use because every time I tried to do something

I was bombarded with spam and

advertising.  Well, $200 later I

have a computer that is fixed with

Windows 10 and I am in love.  It can do

so much more than the old one

but that leads to reason number three.

Three - No pictures on the new computer.

This is something I hope to remedy

soon - but that leads back to

number one -

time!

I just want to let you know that things are moving

right along with the renovation and

we are hoping to be back

in the house in about a

MONTH!!!

Target date is May 6th!

We shall see if that happens but in

the meantime I will work

on trying to get pictures transferred over

to this computer and

try to find time to

do future posts.

Hope you all are having a great week.

C