Friday, April 22, 2016

Helena renovation starts! April 22-27, 2016

Coolest week ever!  Had my whole family working, playing, exploring together!


Here is the before....
I'll attempt to label all the rooms so you can follow progress.



This is their view from the deck.

 Front door and porch

 Upstairs bathroom

  Stairs in back of house leading to the 2nd floor

 Kitchen eating area (main floor)


  Soon to be master bedroom (main floor)

 Soon to be family room. (Upstairs)

Princess room, or Nora's room (upstairs, from the upstairs)

 Family room, looking into what will be the dining area. (main floor)


 Looking from the dining room, into what will be the main floor family room.  Also, that is the front door on the right side of the photo.

 Main floor bathroom, soon to be part of a master suite.

 Guest Room, (Upstairs)

  
 Looking from the front of the house to the back door.


 Now to the basement, or dungeon, as we like to call it. 




 From the previous pictures, you couldnt see this eyesore of a deck.  That was one of the first things to go!


 Dean and Braden, waiting for a call from Mike, telling them they could come over, and start the demolition. We were staying a a hotel, Mike, Manda, and kids were staying at their new house!

...and now the demo!





 Meanwhile, the kids are loving cousin time!

 Our favorite walk from the Francis house....the Candy store!


 The park on the next corner down from the Francis house.

That's the best picture I have of the kitchen before...there was an island there where Caitlyn is working.
 ...While back a the ranch....


They uncovered this cool fire place!  It had had slate over the top of it.





Sunday was a great day for a drive to check out near by Canyon Ferry Lake. 





 Back to work.  Nora is an amazing little worker!  She stuck with sweeping for hours.  She also was not to be found without her safety goggles on!

more playing at the hotel.







 There was a false ceiling, and when they tore it down, it exposed this cool arch.

Just checking to see which they prefer, skittles or edamame.
Yep, they are normal!




 Front railing down the sidewalk gone!  Big improvement right there!




Braden is so noisy!

Time for more play!








Saying goodbye to Braden, Hanna and Livy, as they head home.


Nora and her safety goggles!  Always need your safety googles!
It's coming down!!!





Weird picture....is Mike's head really smaller than a 4x4?




So Much Thinking!
Master Suite

Kitchen

Paint Match....looks pretty good from here.
End of week 1