Monday, April 12, 2010

The New House

Well here it is!

We bought this house in San Rafael after about a year of looking in the North Bay. It's a 1903 craftsman house in a nice little neighborhood right near downtown. We bought it in December and we've spent the last few months doing some remodeling. The pictures below show just some of what we've been up to for the past few months. It's hard to really show you everything we did so if you want to see more, you will just have to come and visit.


One of our first visits to the house before we bought it.

Another view of the house.

Kitchen, dining, and living room area.

Backyard.

Kitchen during partial remodel. We tore out some of the cabinets, built a new island, replaced the wooden countertops, and redid all the lighting.

A few weeks later... with new cement countertops.

New lighting and backsplash.

Remodel of the upstairs which was originally an open carpeted attic master with a bathroom. We added walls to create a separate master with two closets, we added a center landing with a washer and dryer and a heating system, and we created a small 2nd bedroom.

A few weeks later, with more framing

Nearly done with finished walls and a wood floor.

Saying goodbye to the koi pond.


"Goodbye!"

The new layout.

Done!!

Complete bathroom remodel.

New walls.

New tile.

New bathroom.

Momma and our fearless leader, Ray.

Come on in...through the new door.

Boxes, Moving Trucks, and Tape...Oh My!

On a fine Monday morning, we decided to move. We bought a house in San Rafael in December and we spent 3 months doing some serious remodeling. We couldn't believe when the big day arrived where when we were saying goodbye to our wonderful Victorian cottage in the Castro and moving to our Craftsman home across the Golden Gate Bridge. But today was less about reminiscing and more about boxes, tape, movers, and one extremely happy little girl. Who knew that moving was so much fun?

The movers arrive for some rain-drenched moving fun.

Maya greets them.

Movers refer to these as 'boxes.'

Maya still having too much fun.

Maya and the dust bunnies hang out in the empty living room.

Us and our stuff make the trek across the bridge.

Stay tuned for the next part of the moving adventure...