Renovating Denver – One House at a Time

A Project Log of our Restorations, Renovations, Remodels, Fix-N-Flips & Modulars (Systems Built)

Moved In!

Posted By on November 11, 2007

After getting back from vacation, there was a mad rush to get the house to a point where we could move in. We got there, getting the temporary certificate of occupancy. We moved started moving stuff in 2 weekends ago, and here we are. Nothing is finished of course, but we are living here and putting the final touches on as we move in. Pics to come when all the boxes are gone.

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Vacation!

Posted By on October 10, 2007

Moulding, Trim, Casing, Doors … and a great trip!

For the last week and a half we took a trip up to the Pacific Northwest. It was a first for both of us, so we did a whole road trip from San Francisco > Eugene > Oregon Coast > Portland > Seattle. Lots of cool old Victorians up that way, especially loved our stop in Astoria, OR. Our hotel here was on a pier on the Columbia River – the Astoria Bridge was right out our balcony!


While we were gone, our trim carpenter was hard at work. The plumber and electrician also kicked butt and got a lot done too!

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Finishing Work …

Posted By on September 20, 2007

Vanities, Sinks, Appliances, Faucets, Lighting

Here is a quick photo update:

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Unexpected Surpises

Posted By on September 16, 2007

Front Upper Window Installed!

The window for the master bedroom was installed yesterday. Tony and Charlie first had to cut out the area where the window was to go. Seems like there must have been a window in this spot sometime in the past, because the area was just covered in some plywood and that didn’t seem to be original to the house. When they pulled the plywood off right below the bottom of the window, we discovered this really cool decorative wood carving thing. It’s like a flower with some ribbon flowing around it. We will definitely keep this and restore the small part that got cut into.

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Carlisle Wide Plank Hardwood Floors in da House!

Posted By on September 12, 2007

Autumn Leaf Stained Heart Pine

Here are a ton of pics of our hardwood floor! The floor is everywhere downstairs, up the stairs, in the master, in the second bathroom upstairs and in the upper hallway. The other 2 bedrooms upstairs will be carpeted.

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Master Tile / French Door

Posted By on September 5, 2007

The Master Bath is Tiled and Grouted

Here are some pics of the finished tile. The floor and the shower have been grouted. The shower is still missing it’s seat … which will be a Corian solid surface piece.

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The French Door is in!

Finally we no longer have a gaping hole on the front of the house … (sorry neighbors) … the French doors out to the deck are installed. We still need to finish up with some trim, paint and stain, but it’s looking sweet!

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Master Bathroom

Posted By on August 31, 2007

Tiling the Master Bath Shower

The master shower is turning out AWESOME! We picked a subway shaped porcelain tile, in a travertine-like finish. It comes from the same line as the bathroom floor. We picked a colorful mosaic for an accent too. The mosaic will look richer after the color enhancer sealer is applied.

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Hardwood, Granite, Tile

Posted By on August 29, 2007

More finish work …

The hardwood floors are pretty much installed. The stairs turned out really great! Now it’s time to stain them and put on several coats of tung oil.

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The kitchen cabinets and granite are installed, the guy is there right now installing the backsplash to match the counters.

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The master bathroom is under construction, the tile floor has been installed (still waiting for grout). We decided on this diamond/checker pattern. I included a picture of the cabinet/vanity for the master … it’s not installed yet, but we got the idea for the tile floor pattern from this photo!

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Kitchen Cabinets In!!!!!

Posted By on August 22, 2007

Holy crap … it’s starting to look like a home!

The hardwood floors installation continues … but the big news is the kitchen! Our cabinets got installed, and now it’s really starting to look like somewhere we could live!

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Chuggin’ Along …

Posted By on August 11, 2007

More Paint

We got most of the downstairs painted and this week was time to move upstairs. We are carrying the Navajo White up the stairs and through the upper hallway. The master bedroom color is called Pinedale Shores … it’s a darkish-grayish sage color. Looks nice next to the mahogany of the register mantle thingy. The two spare bedrooms got Bleached Denim (blue) and Castle Path (brownish/tan). All trim will be Palatial White.

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Hardwood floors are going in right now!!! Will have an update with pics soon!

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