The family room has been a point of despair for about 5 years. We knew it needed redone, but other things--the garage, the kitchen, having 3 kids--always seemed to put it on the back burner. After I'd been cooped up in the room all last year with the kids and then looking at it again once the weather turned in the fall I just knew it had_to_go. We hadn't planned on starting the project this early, but a convergence of events made it a go. The furniture became available cheaper and faster than anticipated. The room needed a new heating source, which of course would be provided by Bill Hann at Verne & Ellsworth Hann (
http://www.verneandellsworthhann.com/), and he was available this week. The flooring was available. The window and new patio door needed to be ordered toot sweet because of inevitable delay, so why not just trash the room now? Les Murphy, the Grobles, Thompson, and Bill went at it with vigor and had the room down by 2. Bill's on vacation this week, so hopefully a lot of progress will be made with the wiring, light installation, and drywall prep (proposed color: Luminary by Behr). I'm having a regular week with the kids, who are a little weirded out that all their toys have been reassigned, the TV is in front of the fireplace, and their favorite room just isn't there right now. However, since they live in an 80 year old house, and their father is who he is, they need to just learn to roll with big projects. I'm looking at that 2d floor bathroom and making plans for it already.
The family room has been a point of despair for about 5 years. We knew it needed redone, but other things--the garage, the kitchen, having 3 kids--always seemed to put it on the back burner. After I'd been cooped up in the room all last year with the kids and then looking at it again once the weather turned in the fall I just knew it had_to_go. We hadn't planned on starting the project this early, but a convergence of events made it a go. The furniture became available cheaper and faster than anticipated. The room needed a new heating source, which of course would be provided by Bill Hann at Verne & Ellsworth Hann (http://www.verneandellsworthhann.com/), and he was available this week. The flooring was available. The window and new patio door needed to be ordered toot sweet because of inevitable delay, so why not just trash the room now? Les Murphy, the Grobles, Thompson, and Bill went at it with vigor and had the room down by 2. Bill's on vacation this week, so hopefully a lot of progress will be made with the wiring, light installation, and drywall prep (proposed color: Luminary by Behr). I'm having a regular week with the kids, who are a little weirded out that all their toys have been reassigned, the TV is in front of the fireplace, and their favorite room just isn't there right now. However, since they live in an 80 year old house, and their father is who he is, they need to just learn to roll with big projects. I'm looking at that 2d floor bathroom and making plans for it already. 
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