Lin finally gets her office!

A little history.... 'Way back in 2001, a tornado came through our area, knocking over a huge pine tree in our front yard and damaging another large, old tree so badly that we utlimately had to have it cut down so it didn't come down of its own accord on our house! A very scarey event which has started a snowballing effect in changing the appearance of ScottLin Yard! At that same time, the door on our attached garage was so damaged we needed to do something. Rather than replacing it, we opted to put in a picture window, with plans that we would eventually finish off this level of our house, turning it into my office. Well, after much dreaming and planning, "eventually" has finally arrived! Here is a pictoral of the before, during, and after ---- well, we will show the "after" when after arrives!

Let's start with the empty shell.... It all started with leveling the floor, so my furniture wouldn't rock...

Then Scott had to research options for replacing our hot-water heat radiators (circa 1955)....and stub off the current plumbing until after the drywall is installed. That green paint along the bottom is where the big ol' clunky heaters formerly were located.

THE VERY FIRST DAY.... Little things mean so much! Just seeing where the partition wall would eventually be was a big thrill for me! It's actually going to happen!

Looking towards the storage room, you can see that the wall will pretty well divide the space in two, so I can have half for my office and Arrow can still have his half, too!

The remodelers left, and Scott went to work, installing some super efficient reflective insulation with an R factor of 15....all in less than 1/2" space!

Scott worked 'way into the evening....but was very pleased with the sound and temperature barriers created by the insulation.

DAY TWO: MORE WALLS!

This is the view looking from the entrance towards the far corner storage room. Perhaps you can get a better feel for the foyer and how the center wall are positioned?...or not...

Here's that center wall, looking out towards the picture window...

And this is a shot looking towards the foyer. The doorway you're looking at is actually a pocket door frame. The door will have reeded glass in it and there will be a doorlight glass to the right side. If it looks as nice in reality as it does in my imagination, it should look really nice!

DAY THREE:

MORE OF THE SAME

More fine-tuning .... working quite a bit on the storage area that will be directly east of the foyer. Also had the electricians here today, which means a lot more happened than is possible to show in the pics. But we're getting closer every day! They should begin drywalling on Tuesday! Yahoo!