Living Room Before/After - Salon Avant/Après

This part of the remodeling "has been mostly" cosmetic; wallpaper removal and painting but it definitely looks like another house! The doors/arches have been cut into a rectangle shape and opened up to have the feeling of an area more opened! Windows have been repainted and all of the sudden the room looks more clean!

Cette partie de la rénovation n'a été "quasiment que" esthétique; du papier peint à enlever, de la peinture et on dirait une autre maison! Les portes ont été redécoupées et agrandies pour obtenir une ouverture rectangulaire et donner l'impression d'un espace plus grand! Les fenetres ont été repeintes et d'un coup d'un seul, la pièce semble plus propre!

Main living areas - Pièces principales

Finally got time to take pictures!!!! a lot of work has be done over the past days as we have been using the extra help we have (and who leaves tomorrow :( )!!! 1 week on the windows and the big built-in book shelving in the sunroom then 2 days on the walls and the kid closets!!! and our part is coming to an end or almost!!!

The result is just so good! we were able to have some clean windows; even if white paint on stained wood is not the easiest thing to do despite the time we spent sanding last month. But the color on the wall is bringing this house to the new millennium!!!

(I will post before and after pictures later...)

Walls!!!!! - Murs!!!!

Right, finally got some time (spring break and kid birthday take so time in fact!!!) to post some pictures with some explanations!!! After couple of weeks of slowing down on the pro part, we are finally starting the final step today!!!!

But let's get back in time a little bit as I've realized I've left you at the insulation! so next step was to close the walls of course! and to finish to clean the old walls for our part of the house so fast! then patching and texture the entire house!! again super fast when everything is covered! 

Living Room - Salon

2 weekends of sanding, patching, wallpaper removal and here we are, ready for the texture and the paint! or almost, the contractor needs to close the ceiling first! One of the good part of having a wood house is that when you need to add pipes in the second floor you can use the ceiling of the first floor!!! totally new for us from a country where everything is in concret!

2 weekends de poncage, decollage de papier peint, rebouchage et nous y sommes, prêts pour la texture et la peinture! enfin presque, le menuisier doit refermer le plafond d'abord!!!! Un des avantages de la maison en bois est que donc quand vous avez besoin de faire passer de la tuyauterie au premier vous pouvez utiliser le plafond du rez de chaussée!!! solution totalement nouvelle pour nous habitués aux maisons en plâtre et en béton!