Master Bedroom Closet

is actually a walk-in. Not a nice one though.

We moved

Upstairs, officially!

Floor painted white

Ayumi went to Japan recently for a 12-day visit with her mom (Hi, Seiko!). While she was away – and after I was bored of working, drinking alone, and watching sports – I decided to paint our bedroom floors white. Some sample pictures of white floors look pretty sharp at this website. Plus the article was entitled, "Are You Gutsy Enough to Paint Your Floors White?" so then I basically had no choice but to do it. (Umm.. this might have actually all been Ayumi's idea.)  

Am I a Tiling Expert yet?

Got the tile saw back again! This time for the master bath shower!

Master Bath vanity

Two custom cabinets, a shelf, a quartz slab, vessel sink, faucet, some cabinet hardware, and a 5$ Auction mirror.

Master Bath update 1

It's been a little quiet on our blog, but that doesn't mean it's been quiet on Elm Street; that's right, we've been doing some late-nite drywalling again. Aw, shucks.

Second floor gut job

Husband Dan, our resident demolition-er, has been hard at work weekdays after 6 and weekends gutting our second floor. Now that everything's been cleared out, carpenter Dan has been able to start leveling the floors in the old bathroom and old kitchen, and plumbers have finished their rough-in (approximate locations of drains and water pipes.
But before we could get to that stage, there was a LOT of work.

PLANS

Second floor renos are right around the corner. Our contractor Kim estimates he'll start last week of September~first week of October. And I am starting to feel the pressure!

Parlor almost ready

Oh baby, have we got a blog post brewing for you. The parlor is almost done! We want the next parlor-post to take you pretty much to the end. Eventually, we'll also give you the cost breakdown, in case you're curious.

In the meantime, I've gotten started on the second floor demolition...

Floor plan for 2nd floor

We've been talking to a contractor - Gary - who pushed us to come up with layouts for the two bathrooms on the 2nd floor.

I love this free program at floorplanner.com; it even lets you choose flooring and colors and whatnot!

Dan's addition to the post
Currently this bedroom looks like this: