It’s a Topsy Turvy Life

Miriam Webster defines topsy-turvy as “in utter confusion or disorder” and “upside down.” I’ve had a toilet on my porch, a bathtub in my entryway and bathroom vanities in my office. My refrigerator is in my dining room and a bookshelf holds our food. My office doesn’t actually exist as my desk, chair and computer are crammed in among boxes in the living room. I should have posted more in the past three weeks but my computer decided to die in the middle of all of this. It’s a topsy-turvy life.

The entire kitchen is separated from the family room and dining room by plastic.

My refrigerator is in the dining room.

My office among the boxes.

My bookshelf makes a great cabinet for food.

There’s a tub in my entry.

Toilet paper holder in the hallway.

Tools in the master bedroom.

To add to the chaos, our master bedroom window broke out in high winds and landed on the ground! Luckily, we were not sleeping in this bedroom at the time.

I can see clearly now.

The winds sent our window to the ground.

A loose window broke out in the high winds.

I suppose everything isn’t in complete disorder as we are following a plan for completing our kitchen, master bathroom and bedroom. We’ve moved from demolition and taking things out, to bringing new materials in.

Wall board brought up to the master bathroom.

New materials for the house.

We have plans for the kitchen, master bathroom and the porch.

Putting in new support beams and joists was one of Darrin’s first tasks after the demolition. We were very happy that we would be able to raise the main support beam in our kitchen for a better design. We were not so happy to discover that we needed a new beam when all we wanted was to redesign the closets. New joists were added to support our master bathroom so I don’t need to worry about the bathtub falling through the floor. It was exciting to see framing installed for new doors and rooms.

Making sure that my bathtub doesn’t fall into the kitchen.

We needed a new support beam.

New door between kitchen and family room.

Kitchen is gutted and new beams are going in.

Walls are going up in the kitchen.

Bringing in new beams and joists.

We also emptied out our final bedroom to repair walls and ceilings. The plaster repair was done by John Iorio. In November, he completed the stairwells, hallway and bedrooms. As I write this blog, all of the cracks in the house are repaired!