The Aerie

Remodeling: complete

Well it's finally done. The two-month remodeling project is finally complete after only five months. And the total cost was only 20% over estimate! Yay! :-P

We're very pleased to be done with it, what with the Big Trip less than three weeks away. I knew when I scheduled the remodeling this year I had to leave plenty of time for it to run long, but even I am a little astonished at how long it ended up taking and how close to departure the final date would be. The only thing left is for the final inspection sometime this week, but all work by the contractor is done, and I've even done most of my bits. All I've got left to do is paint a shelf and cut two other shelves and the upstairs will be completely finished. Well, until the shower curtain issue can be resolved...

We got a ton of work done on this job. New kitchen cabinets were installed in March, in April the boys' bedroom was painted and flooring was installed for the first time since we tore up the carpet for the last remodeling.

In May the infrastructure for the new bathroom and office went into place, then in June we had to empty the entire upstairs of possessions, and the room was painted and carpeted and trim was installed around the windows. Finally in June and July the bathroom was tiled and the fixtures installed.

So this is wrapping up just in time for our trip. Thankfully!