Well, we lived in the house for a couple of years as we figured out what we wanted to do for a remodel.

Here's the house in its "original" state, when we bought it -

We did some "basic" work as we moved in and over the next couple of months. Much of this centered around upgrading the electrical to handle the household computer network, paint and some yard work.
Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

We spent several months working with Rick Hartman, from Hometec Architecture, to develop our plans. After lots of idea drawn on tracing paper, we settled on a plan that would give us one more bedroom, a family room, and two more bathrooms. And would completely redo the kitchen.


Here is a tweak (thanks to PhotoShop) of the front of the house. We've been playing around with colors a lot.
(these aren't the colors we ended up using, either)

Week 1
(July 19, 2004)
Week 2
(July 26, 2004)
Week 3
(August 2, 2004)
Week 4
(August 9, 2004)
Week 5
(August 16, 2004)
Week 6
(August 23, 2004)
Week 7
(August 30, 2004)
Week 8
(September 6, 2004)
Week 9
(September 13, 2004)
Week 10
(September 20, 2004)
Week 11
(September 27. 2004)
Week 12
(October 4, 2004)
Week 13
(October 11, 2004)
Week 14
(October 18, 2004)
Week 15
(October 25, 2004) - vacation!
Week 16
(November 1, 2004)
Week 17
(November 8, 2004)
Week 18
(November 15, 2004)
Week 19
(November 22, 2004)
Stripping Paint Week 20
(November 29, 2004)
Week 21
(December 6, 2004)
Week 22
(December 13, 2004)
Week 23
(December 20, 2004)
Week 24
(December 27, 2004)
Week 25
(January 3, 2005)
Week 26
(January 10, 2005)
Week 27
(January 17, 2005)
Week 28
(January 24, 2005)
Week 29
(January 31, 2005)
Week 30
(February 7, 2005)
Week 31
(February 14, 2005)
Week 32
(February 21, 2005)
Week 33
(February 28, 2005)
Week 34
(March 7, 2005)
Week 35
(March 14, 2005)
Week 36
(March 21, 2005)
Week 37
(March 28, 2005)
Week 38
(April 4, 2005)
Week 39
(April 11, 2005)
Week 40
(April 18, 2005)
Week 41
(April 25, 2005)
Week 42
(May 2, 2005)
Week 43
(May 9, 2005)
Week 44
(May 16, 2005)
Week 45
(May 23, 2005)
Week 46
(May 30, 2005)
Week 47
(June 6, 2005)
Week 48
(June 13, 2005)
Week 49
(June 20, 2005)
Week 50
(June 27, 2005)
Week 51
(July 4, 2005)
Week 52
(July 11, 2005)
Week 53
(July 18, 2005)
Week 57
(August 15, 2005)
Week 58
(August 22, 2005)