Personal Update: Home Project 2008 pictures & commentary

We didn't start taking pictures until we were well into the project, consequently this picture doesn't show the hideous dog-smellin' skanky carpet that I removed and the nasty 80's dark wood paneling that covered half the room (with no sheet rock behind) that I had to remove:

The insulation was only R7 so we added R13 on top since the wall was open.

This unflattering picture is here to illustrate that I had to correct some wiring that the previous owner had screwed up:


Another unflattering picture of sister Wendy (fellow congregant from Faith PCiT who is skilled in sheetrock and mud:


Before paint:


Sam Irwin the master painter:


The back door:


Finally we begin on the flooring:


The following three photos represent the completion of the flooring and molding (As of this post, I still have to trim out the electrical and install the molding for the windows.):