Removing basement beam – apparently its not necessary?

Going to use as a bench on our deck!!

Jerry’s Words of Wisdom: “So what we gotta do now is………get the hell out of the way!”

Ok, basement is still a little scary….

Building the southwest staircase….everyone working except Jeremy!

Callie’s stair design + Jeremy’s sketch + Jerry’s work = Good Team

Electrician has begun – next visit this “contraption” will no longer exist. Sad.

Favorite Lunch Spot – Genessee Royale

Beautiful Doors from Upstairs Bathroom

Laying insulation in the bedroom

Steak Break – Plaza III. No joke Manhattan

Bike race in the West Bottoms

Warmboard in the bedroom complete!

My Monkey Man Husband getting the ceiling in for our master bathroom

We have stairs!!!!

Where’s Jeremy?

Couldn’t have done it without our carpenter, Jerry. Badass

Get a good look at this beam – next trip we will be taking it out so that the next staircase can be built (doesn’t everyone have a north and south staircase???)

Building the bedroom stairs

Bedroom Windows….check!

Bedroom windows

Our mason – gives you an idea of how big the doors will be. Insane

Marking for the hole our mason is about to make for our door installation

Winning picture – Jeremy and our mason

Jeremy making a hole for the window. Not as easy as you might think

Cody!

View from the upstairs bathroom

Uncle Jim!

Install – woohoo!

Bathtub found. Just need to get it from NY to KC

Joe and Jeremy “building” the downstairs bathroom

Now its time to tear out that DISGUSTING staircase….Callie’s nemesis

Callie getting the honors of removing the last piece. So excited she can’t stand still enough for the picture!

Jeremy warming his feet. Desperate times….

Notice the “bathroom” has been torn down. Good times. But hey, we have a toilet!

Thank God for carpenters

Where’s Cody

Carpenter and apprentice….on the right track

We bought our chairs before we bought the building…who does that?

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Insulation has arrived!

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Jeremy on a work call

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Insulation has been laid! Ready for the warmboard

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Ready AND Stylish – what more could you ask for?

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ummm, maybe becoming an expert with the drill? Check!

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This was probably the easiest part because it was all whole pieces that just “fell into place”…now for the hard part

Pretty much done with the main floor – all in one trip. Nice job, team Bennett!

Basement – Keep in mind this is POST the power washing. Movie Theater….phase 4?

Grandpa’s Truck – Better Now, With Heat…thanks Cody!

FINISHED WALL – Jeremy and I thought we could do it alone…..had to call in reinforcements. Long day. Expert Masons now (Or maybe just Jeremy and Uncle Dan!)

Drinking and Driving

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October 2012 – Jeremy letting off steam after 12 hours of building a brick wall. Clearly Callie’s video-taking skills are sub par. Moving on…..

Supporters!

Time to Build a Brick Wall!

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October 2012 – Jeremy getting ready to embark on becoming an expert mason

Toilet trials and tribulations in the West Bottoms. Someone actually took it in the middle of the night. Amazing

I felt slightly badass up there helping tear down the old bathroom…but much better once I came down

Crystal tearing it up!

Sug, ready to show us what she’s got. Nice sneakers!


Billy does look pretty badass

Going north/south JUST TO BE DIFFERENT (that doesn’t sound like Jeremy AT ALL)


Bedroom Floors – pulled up flooring from main level – once planed, this is what it looks like. Beautiful oak we can salvage for the bedroom floor!

Flooring we pulled up for the master bedroom

CHEAP LABOR

View from the Basement

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September 2012 – Jeremy in the basement after tearing out the floor for the massive staircase

NEWLY ADOPTED BEAMS

NOW YOU SEE IT, NOW YOU DON’T!!!

SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY’S OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE…

PREVIOUS MACHINE SHOP’S OIL DAMAGED JOISTS

FIRE DAMAGE NO MORE

VIEW FROM THE BASEMENT