Hello Everyone!!!! Man a lot has gone on with the Duplex since I
wrote last. This post will be mostly pictures, but here is a brief
summary of the last few months. Daniel and I moved into the "Rental"
side at the end of February. I had a couple of big trips that I went on in
March and Daniel had started up school. So... there wasn't a whole lot
of progress due to our crazy schedules. But, once Daniel finished his
school for the summer things began to take shape. There are just a few
little things that we need to complete for the rental side.
Then
for our "Home" side the 4 ugly bushes in the front were chopped down by
Daniel and our sweet friend Jimmy Adams, carpet has been ripped out,
the layers of linoleum scraped off, all the walls stripped down to the studs, the cabinets and kitchen sink taken out, the toilet and shower
taken out, all the old insulation pulled out from the walls and the
ceiling (such a mess and a ton of it!!!!!), and all the nails removed
from the walls. Daniel researched what would be the most cost efficient
way to get rid of all that stuff and the answer was a big ole Dumpster.
That thing was filled to the brim and then Multnomah county came and
picked it up for us. We have had such amazing support from friends
around us helping with real manual labor. Daniel has several guy
friends, Anthony, Scott, and Vince who have come over several times to
work for hours on end getting our "Home" side ready. The last 2 days
have been huge. Nate, our good friend, came over yesterday starting at
7AM and he and Daniel started putting up the drywall!!!! They continued
their work today and the house is almost ALL walled up:) It's so amazing
to see real nice walls. The before and after of this side will be truly
amazing. I keep getting more and more excited to live in it.
Can't
help but think of my B and Nana throughout this process. They would be
really proud and want to know every detail, not by some crazy thing
called a blog, but by phone. I miss them. None of this would be if it
weren't for them.
Well, hope you enjoy the pictures and
I am going to try to be faithful to write a blog a week from here on
out. We will see. Love to you all "A" of Team Rush
Rental Side:
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| These Bushes are gone. Thanks My Love and Jimmy. |
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| Clem Loves her Yard |
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| Floors BEFORE |
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| Floors BEFORE |
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| Floors AFTER |
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| The Bathroom BEFORE |
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| This was all rotten wood underneath the sink. BEFORE |
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| New Wood that Daniel put in:) AFTER |
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| The Bathroom BEFORE |
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| We got a New Toilet too. Daniel took out old one and Installed New one. Bathroom in PROGRESS |
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| The Bathroom AFTER |
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| The Bathroom AFTER |
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| These were plastic walls will really gross stains and sticky stuff:) Kitchen BEFORE |
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| The new drywall up. Plastic walls gone. Kitchen in PROGRESS | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| Freshly painted walls. Kitchen In PROGRESS |
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| This was the color of the beat board BEFORE |
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| The Kitchen Floor BEFORE Installing |
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| The Kitchen Floor being Installed -AFTER |
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| Kitchen Cabinets BEFORE |
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| Kitchen Cabinets AFTER |
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Home Side:
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| Bathroom BEFORE |
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| Sink and Plastic Walls BEFORE |
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| Shower BEFORE |
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| Toilet BEFORE |
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| Bathroom AFTER |
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| Ceiling BEFORE |
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| Ceiling AFTER |
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| Nate and Daniel in Kitchen back in February- BEFORE |
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| Kitchen/Ceiling in PROGRESS |
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| Kitchen Plumbing and Sink/Cabinets GONE!!!! |
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| Kitchen in PROGRESS, Doorway BEFORE |
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| Kitchen and Doorway AFTER |
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| My Love in our new Amazing Doorway, this was Daniel's Creation. |
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| Daniel and Nate in our well Insulated Kitchen in August- AFTER |
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| Master Bedroom BEFORE |
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| Master Bedroom BEFORE |
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| Walls in Master Bedroom BEFORE |
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| Master Bedroom in PROGRESS |
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| Master Bedroom in Progress |
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| Master Bedroom AFTER |
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| Living Room BEFORE |
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| Living Room in PROGRESS |
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| Living Room Now!!!! AFTER |
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| The Dumpster |
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| My Man the Conqueror |
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| Team Rush |
