Ye remodelling has begun - slow and steady will win this race!

Let's just say, we thought we had everything planned out. The truth was, we were so far off the mark it was ridiculous. 

I began by getting quote to redo our bedroom bathroom, it is small. Ballpark with the first few quotes - between $14,000 and $20,000. WOW! That was with us providing the shower, loo, sink cabinet and tiles so basically the labour for repairing the floor, under the shower, and ripping out and putting the stuff back in. Me and my (hopeful? Definitely lowball) idea of $5000 for it was waaaay off the mark. I do have one more man who is going to come out and take a look as soon as I figure out when, who I'd already mentioned the previous quotes to and he'd said his prob wouldn't be as high. So, it may be that the bedroom bathroom will end up being professionally done. We shall have to see. 

Meanwhile, we have made a beginning on the kitchen, and ordered the walk-in bathtub for the hallway bathroom. I am already looking forward to soaking in it, lights out, candles lit, soft music playing. That will be my new bedtime routine in a few weeks. I'm thinking, it will do wonders for my blood pressure.

So, the kitchen is going to be a major makeover. My grandson, Dylan, replaced part of the ceiling for us, where we'd got damp spots from a series of leaks before we redid the roof. Hubby has now pulled off the wall panels over the original fireplace area where there is now a gas heater. He is going to insulate it and then put up drywall. Eventually it will have tiling there, above the lower brickwork exposed wall which I want left "as is".

I like exposed brickwork. We are planning on mimicking it somewhat, at the other end of the kitchen, where we'll have the same tiling as a backsplash to the stove and between cabinets and a fake brick arched area over the stove to hide the hood. Methinks it will look pretty. My stove choice is an antique white (to me, it looks like cream, but who am I to judge!) and my cupboards will be a dusky grey blue. I can't think what they call the colour off hand. Eventually, the walls will be painted a very light baby blue and I'll have blue curtains, I'm thinking blue/white check but shall have to see.

The walls, as we take off all the old panelling, we'll have to get an electrician in to rewire everything as - with this being an old house - the circuit gets overloaded if I have the air fryer and microwave going at the same time. Added to which, the wiring to the middle light fitting (of the 3 in there) has given up the ghost so it needs to be done, and that's something we will need a professional to do.

But we have made a start. The next few months will be a journey - hopefully a good one!