We are getting closer. They finished painting the front and west sides of the building.
They started framing of the 2nd floor windows. When we installed the new windows they temporary installed them to dry in the building. Now they are finishing the installation.
HVAC continues downstairs.
And we started to seal the upstairs brick in the shower area.
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Finally framing is almost complete. Here is the rotating door to the closet. We salvaged it from the building when there was a photography business upstairs and they had a dark room door.
We have the start of walls upstairs. They have started framing out the bathroom, 1/2 bath, mechanical room, and the closet worthy of a queen:)
This is the closet area. When it’s done, it will be 16 x 17 and have a round couch in the middle with a large chandelier above it.
The shower area and Master Bath area. The shower will be all glass with the brick wall on one side.
The picture below shows the overall size of everything. These are going to be the only walls.Everything else will be wide open. The windows on the right side will be opened to bring in a lot of more natural lighting. If you look closely you can see the plumbing on the right where our kitchen island will be.
And finally looking forward.Things are coming along! This shows the 1/2 bath and mechanical room entrance.
Our contractor has started the framing downstairs and the plumbing rough in upstairs.
Downstairs we will have two ADA bathrooms, a mechanical room, and a small janitor’s closet.
To comply with the fire codes, we had to rearrange the stairs. Now they are brand new, safe, and they look amazing.
Upstairs they have reinforced the joists and are starting to install the subfloor. In addition, they are roughing in the plumbing.
And we have been collecting our faucets, sinks, and lights. For our Master Bath we found this ‘vanity’ at Consignment Heaven in Dallas. It is really a side board/buffet for a formal dining room. Now it will have a new life as our vanity. The sink vessels on top came from Wayfair.com and we just ordered the faucets from Amazon. It should be spectacular once it’s all installed!!!!
Most of the power in the building has been disconnected. We decided we needed more light to work on all of our small DIY projects, and it finally dawned on us that if we cleaned the row of windows at the top of the storefront, we would have a lot more natural light.
So, we hauled out the ladders and scrapers, and went to work. Unfortunately, one of the previous owners decided to paint all of the windows with primer. Note to self: Primer does NOT come off glass easily. If you ever have a project where you need to strip paint, I really recommend a product called Ready Strip. It works, you don’t have to wear gloves, and it doesn’t smell bad. We slapped some of that stuff on the windows, and somehow we managed to clean the paint off the top windows on one side (pic below). We are going to hold off removing the remaining paint until everything is complete and we are ready to show the building to the general public.
