The Renovation

We started out needing to replace our kitchen hardwood floors and paint the ceiling in the kitchen.

We ended up renovating *almost* the entire house...the only rooms that didn't have anything done to them are our basement storage rooms. 😒

Here's what happened:

We wanted to replace our honey oak hardwood kitchen floors and repaint the kitchen ceiling.

We were told it might be hard to match the stain on the floor, so it might be better to replace the floor altogether.

OK - that's cool.

Well, if we're going to replace the floor, we might as well go darker and trendy with the new "hand scrapped" floors with boards of varying lengths.

But wait...if we go darker with the wood in the kitchen, then it won't match the rest of the honey oak throughout the house (trim, bathroom cabinets, etc).

OK - let's stain all the trim and cabinets!

Well, if we stain all the wood darker, it won't match the current bathroom tile floors or entryway.

OK - let's replace the bathroom floors and entryway with something that matches!

Oh wait...the fireplace tile won't match now.

OK - let's replace the fireplace tile!

If we are going to replace the bathrooms, we might as well re-configure the master bath to something more user friendly.

OK - let's gut the master bathroom!

But wait - the carpet in the living room is showing wear, even though we just replaced it five years ago.

OK - let's go wood in the living room too!

Oh wait - now the paint doesn't really match.

OK - let's repaint the entire house!

While we are at it, let's remove a wall in the kitchen to make it a more open space.

OK - knock down a wall!

We could add a bunch of cabinets to the blank wall in the kitchen too...

OK - let's add cabinets!

The Reno (and it should be capitalized because we lived and breathed the house renovation for a good four months) officially started today.