The View of Above (a guest blogger edition)

In the last few months there has been quite a bit of noise coming from our attic lately. With lots of hammers, saws and drills, it has all been very exciting.

We have been renovating the bare half story of our house into a master suite. So far we have: taken out an unused chimney including patching the roof, torn up the subfloor and laid a proper one, put in some duct work, framed the walls, had insulation sprayed, had plumbing roughed in, and run most of the electrical with minimal blood drawn.

The following are some shots of the work done so far:

Planning the layout:

Taking down the chimney:

Sometimes things happened without the parents present (yes, he is standing on the bricks he is trying to take out):

Part of the bathroom:
The shower:

The closet and bathroom walls from the bedroom area:

Ah, insulation...it made working in December so much better: