Life as a Wife: And other adventures!: Demo & Remodel.... Two of my favorite words

Recently, I have had a few requests to show some of our home improvement projects. When I told Mr. W this he laughed and told me we are, "taking a break," from those for a while. Well, typically that means we probably will not start on anything until at least fall, which actually is probably okay. We (Mr. W.) have practically gutted our entire house. When I moved in the whole upstairs (except the bathroom) had been done and the basement was the only thing left that needed some work.

The basement was really my first project. Total 80's style wood panneling covering the walls and carpet that was not even secured to the floor. First was the fun part, demolition! I thought it was fun until we started taking down the drop ceiling. I'm only about 5'6 so I'm just going through the basement, grabbing and tearing down what I can reach. Well, the old owners seemed to like to hide things in the ceiling. Not only did we find about 5 florescent light bulbs, but we also found an old glass bottle of Pepsi and landscaping paper!

Yep... This room was a beauty.

Once demo was done Mr. W did the sheet rocking and woodwork. My brother-in-law was able to come over and help us paint (he is so good at it!) and then it came to the point where everything was done but the floor. We debated on the flooring for quiet some time, but decided to go with a floating wood laminate. Laminate sounds like it would feel like plastic, but this was amazing! It looks and even feels similar to real wood. Mr. W and I hauled it to the basement and started laying it. Once we got the hang of it, this was probably the easiest home project we have done that gave this room a total transformation look. The wood literally snaps together, no nails, staples or anything else you would need to hold it together.

Mr. W and I had a blast doing this together. While it was a lot of work, it's fun working on your first house together. It's even more fun when you get to enjoy it!