The McShane House Renovation: June 2014

Hex Yes!!!!

Hexagon Floors!!!

You know this flooring used to be just about the only floor you could buy...now...you can't hardly find it anywhere!! I have been in many houses build in the early 1900's and they all had this simple hexagon tile floor. I LOVE it! So we decided it was the style we wanted for the bathrooms and laundry area of the house. I really like how it turned out.

Hexagon Tiles!!

The Mater Bath

I also painted this a grey since it has two big windows.


Laundry room ....

Oh Yeah! Did I mention we finally got the 200 lb. monster hung? Obviously I still need to clean this sink but it is coming together. We just got the faucet a couple of days ago so I should be able to clean it soon

This will serve as a mud room/laundry room....essential when you have 3 kids!

Powder room that is adjacent to the laundry room

Kids bath upstairs..I used the same gray as the master bath


Kids bath...We started painting the trim white....It looks so clean.

We are getting really close to getting done!! I can't wait!

Before I forget... The staircase railing

I have been looking for a newel post to match for like 6 months...Well it was finally time that I HAD to find something so I went back to the salvage store and dug...and dug... And I couldn't believe my eyes! I found a totally chipped, half eaten, looked like it had been stored outside, in really bad shape newel post... that was close enough!!!! So I grabbed it and asked how much? I laughed and said Ummm No....will you take half? They said yes!

Then I had to find a few other pieces for the stairs. I couldn't find anything that matched exactly. But I was able to come really close.

My salvage store finds!!

They don't match...but its close enough!

Here at the top of the stairs where the closet came out over, we need to replace the railing. We will use the ones I found at the salvage store up here and take the 2 up here that match and put them downstairs.

We also took the wood off the stairs that we had down to protect it. They are in pretty good shape.


Just starting on creating the bottom newel post and railing.

Keep checking back!!! We are getting really close!

The Kitchen...'Nuff said!

The Kitchen!!!

So far...I am Loving it!!! We decided on simple white cabinets with shaker style fronts. I just thought they looked most like what might have been in a simple country house. We still have a few more to put up and some shelves but you can see the kitchen so far.

The empty space is for the dishwasher...

The island is in!

I went with a dark island for some contrast. I think I am going to like it!

The space under the hood is for the range..Can't wait!!!

I went with stacked cabinets cause I think they add a little detail.

The love of my kitchen!!!! The farm sink from Kohler.

The space to the left is for the refridgerator

I can't wait for the counter tops to be installed!!!

The Porch and some Paint

The Porch!

It is amazing what some paint can do, isn't it? After we painted the house we were able to finally put the new lights up on the porch. I think that everyone driving by can tell that the house is getting close to being finished. I really like the lights we chose and I feel like they really make the house look finished....Almost

Here are some pictures of the progress we have made, It seems like it was just yesterday that it looked like the first few pictures.

Overgrown front yard with no porch!

Tearing out the massive concrete porch...

No front porch

Getting the supports in for the porch.

The beginning of the porch

Ugh...the snow!!!

Before the second front door was put in.

Ta Da....We restored the second front door on the front of the house

After paint but before the light were added.

What a huge difference

We have light!!!! We actually have a matching pendant that hangs form the ceiling??? I don't know where that picture is?

The outside is coming together. I will update soon so you can see the pendant.

Inside Paint!

I have been busy painting the inside of the house. I have to thank everyone that has helped me, I really appreciate it. I chose an almost white paint for now. The walls are so wavy, I feel if I painted them a dark color it would really show off the uneven walls. So we are sticking to white for now until we can put up some crown molding.

The boys room is coming along... some of the walls still need to be painted but you can see the progress.