- Removed 8 layers of flooring
- Scraped the floors down to the original hardwoods (4 1/2 months of work)
- Installed all new PEX plumbing
- Added refrigerator, washer and dryer
- Scrubbed the stove big-time
- Replaced kitchen faucet to get running water
- Replaced boiler drain valves to w/d
- Removed corner hutch
- Installed smoke alarm
- Installed carbon monoxide alarm
- Replaced leaking gas line to stove
- Learned never to call the gas company if you have a gas leak
- Refreshed countertops
- Painted cabinets (still need to finish a few doors)
- Moved washer/dryer
Bathroom
- Removed drop ceiling
- Discovered someones secret stash of porn magazines in the drop ceiling
- Stripped wallpaper
- Skim coated and primed walls + ceiling
- Upgraded outlet to GFCI
- Removed broken fan
- Removed built-in cabinets above toilet
- Removed shower
- Removed moldy, modern hardwoods
- Removed tile below that
- Removed overbuilt partition wall
- Removed 3 layers of impossible-to-remove subfloor
- Moved toilet
- Rienforced joists
- Installed all new PEX plumbing, relocated sink, toilet, and shower supply/drain lines
- Replaced subfloor
- Installed custom tile floor
- Installed Toto toilet
- Installed Kohler sink
- Installed restored 1913 vintage clawfoot tub
- Sanded, primed, and painted beadboard wainscotting
- Moved air duct
- Skim coated ceiling
- Added 2 built-in hutches
Blue Smurf room
- Uncovered hardwoods
- Texturized walls
- Decided that was a mistake, so untexturized them
- then skim coated and sanded them
- Scraped adhesive paper off the closet hardwoods
Hallway
- Uncovered hardwoods
- Skim coated walls and ceiling
- Primed walls and ceiling
- Sanded, primed and painted trim
- Weather sealed attic hatch
- Replaced thermostat with new Nest home-automated thermostat
Sleeping Porch (a.k.a., the Easter Bunny Room)
- Uncovered hardwoods
- Reconnected air duct
- Removed built-in closet, bed, desk, bookcase, tv armoir and storage shelves
- Uncovered 9, 6-foot tall windows that were covered up with plywood
- Stripped paint
- Prime, painted and caulked
- Restored original beadboard ceiling
- Sanded the hardwoods
- Reglazed some, but not all, windows
- Stripped paint from original copper window hinges
Guest bedroom (a.k.a., the Blue Smurf Room)
- Uncovered hardwoods
- Opened up hidden doorway
- Scrubbed the grimey walls
- Texturized walls
- Decided that was a bad idea, so sanded them down flat
- Skim coated walls and ceiling
- Sanded and primed built-ins
- Pulled up rotten hardwoods, saved what I could for use in the bedroom
- Installed laminate floors that were removed from the bedroom
- Turned it into a workshop
Exterior
- Discovered old cyclone fence buried beneath the vines
- Removed all awnings
- Removed interior AND exterior burglar bars
- Removed aluminum siding (and a gazillion red wasps)
- Removed asbestos-cement shingles
- Pruned 2 overgrown crapemyrtles
- Painted water heater gas supply line and gas meter with same enamel paint used by Centerpoint
- Scrubbed, scraped and painted (in progress)
- Caulked all windows and doors
- Added cover to sewer overflow (it was covered with duct tape)
- Planted 3 confederate jasmine plants
- Removed driveway fence and fence posts
- Pressure-washed driveway
- Sledgehammered out a bunch of concrete
- Relocated and replaced 2 new water hose spouts
- Trimmed material off carport
- Pruned 2 overgrown crapemyrtles
- Removed hanging telephone line
- Installed buried cable line
- Trimmed 3 40 foot pecan trees
- Removed ironwork on front porch
- Installed backyard landscape lighting
- Removed stump from front yard
- Sealed driveway cracks
Master Bedroom
- Discovered hidden chimney in the wall
- Painted
- Installed window AC to lower summer electric bill
- Removed corner hutch
- Removed 3 layers of flooring
- Removed original hardwoods
- Removed gas line to old radiator
- Treated hardwoods for cellar fungus
- Reinstalled salvaged hardwoods
- Sanded hardwoods
Living Room
Dining Room
Backyard
- Built compost bins
- Had 3 trees trimmed
- Built pathway
- Laid new sod
- Jackhammered up part of driveway
- Removed metal shed
- Removed carport
- Installed landscape lighting
- Built patio
- Cleared out right-of-way for cozy reading area
- Dug up the mother of all honeysuckle vines (it was killing a pecan tree)
General
- Installed new HVAC system
- Installed new plumbing (PEX)
- Installed emergency water shut-off valve
- Re-sealed all gas line joints to repair major gas leaks
- Installed new, larger hot water heater (mine was 20 years old)
- Purchased wireless whole house HiFi Sonos audio sytem ($4,000)
- Installed security cameras
- Leveled out dirt in crawlspace
- Graded the landscape, which solved the pool under the house problem
- Rid house of German cockroaches
- Eliminated huge nest of Texas-sized flying roaches
- Weather-sealed all outlets, windows, and doors
- Built a miter saw table (fix this link!)
- Exterminated workshop of rat nest buried underneath it
- Dealt with a bunch of baby rats in the wood shed
- Bought a truck
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