A Complete Master Bedroom

Through this renovation process, we have found that a job never really seems to come to an end, so you have to find a way to just be happy with where things are currently. Currently we are very, very happy to finally not only just have a functional Master Suite, but a gorgeous one that we designed ourselves. From tearing down the walls to hanging the chandelier I convinced Mike was an absolute necessity.

Here's a few pics of the room in it's current state. We still have a few odds and ends to wrap up, but it's so nice to have a cozy attic bedroom "finished" for the winter months ahead.

As we post more on the Blog, we plan to go back through our renovation pictures of the bedroom to document a little more of how we got from the "before" to the "after", so stay tuned.

Details

While we still have a lot of work to do on the inside of the house before it's "done", we've begun to focus on some of the smaller projects that we've been meaning to get around to. The milk chute has been on that list for a while, as we plan to use it as a place for keys since it's next to the door.

I stripped the inside when we first moved in, while I was in my "looking for something to do" stage of new homeownership, (before we had any concrete plans for the upstairs renovation). Nicole spent part of Saturday finishing what I started by painting the inside and creating a custom stencil.

Apart from the fact that it's a cool detail, Nicole also did the stencil as a dry run for our plans to create some sort of Art Deco inspired border stencil for the cetral hall and stairwell.

There's more to come now that we're not undergoing a major renovation and planning a wedding. We've also decided to try to make the blog a little more informational by adding a local resources section on the side. Time will tell if that's useful, as we don't have any followers here in Milwaukee, but as we update the blog  we hope to transition it into something that's a bit more informational for other Bungalow / old house owners and figured that would be a good start.   

Wedding + Renovation = Us

Planning a wedding, honeymoon, and renovating half of your home all within the same time period may have not been the smartest thing we will do in our lives. But now that it's all over, the amount we accomplished is so worth it. Through all the stress, sleepless nights, and one or two small arguments (I can choose to remember it however I want...its my life), we learned a lot about each other probably more than we wanted to, but we grew from it and got to end our renovation with a wedding. I don't recommend starting a renovation to get to know your partner but it certainly works, especially the night when you start crying over tile at 2am. Now that we are back home were going to enjoy our house as is... just kidding Mike is already starting tearing apart the downstairs bathroom. Pictures to come.

Tile tile and more tile

This may not look like a lot of progress but this has probably been the most tedious project of our renovation thus far. It took about 36 hours to complete the shower (grout not included yet) but we are really happy with the final outcome and cannot wait to finish the floor and put the final touches on.

Growth in the Garden!

Our once sad little garden is finally starting to look better thanks to Nicole's Aunt Marlene and her donation from her beautiful garden in Michigan. She gave us some great plants that will do well in the sun and so far are doing very well. Thanks again!

Progress and Paint

We painted the bedroom and made some progress in the bathroom putting up the sheetrock.

New Dining Table

Finally it arrives!