After the initial Ida demo, we discovered a water leak from a broken pipe in the second floor guest bath. We noticed paint bubbling in our dining room. This lead to the demo of yet another wall and the surrounding of the bay window. The framing around the window was originally low coming down to […]
The front parlor was the second room we redid. Unfortunately it lost one outer wall due to water intrusion during Ida. This partial demo actually confounded the renovation as we had to match (or fake) the remaining crown and baseboard molding. Luckily and, at least to us observing the demo, surprisingly the cherry floors survived […]
Well, it’s been five and a half weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana. Our mold remediation was completed last week. Currently working from home awaiting the team to come back to take down another wall damaged from a leaking pipe in a demoed 2nd story bathroom. the three trash piles in front of the […]
Tomorrow, September 18, marks three weeks since Ida made landfall in Louisiana as a strong cat 4. The day before she had been moving through the gulf as a category 2 but quickly strengthened while traveling over the warm gulf waters. Now three weeks on, we have power and internet back. We’ve decamped from the […]
Our second major project was to tackle the front parlor. The first story lost most of its personality during hurricane Katrina. The down stairs front rooms were all painted in a very list sea mist green. The floors were carpeted in a light blue. We replaced the floors before we moved in. Inspiration for the […]
The kitchen remains in its original footprint with a swinging door to the dining room and a pocket door to the den. The picture above is how it originally appeared. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the first story including the first floor kitchen (there is a small kitchenette on the second story). I do actually like the […]
Before we could check the room of the list, we needed to choose the paint for the walls and decide on window treatments. Nate and José outdid themselves with the built-ins (see previous post). Nate added variable color LED lighting to the niche. The Ganesh statue was a birthday present from Nate and my mother, […]
After we moved in and got settled, building out the library was high on the priority list. Living around piles of disorganized books is bad enough; not being able to find the resource title you need in the moment is even worse! The “library” was essentially a white box. We replaced the floors with Brazilian […]
As our prior house sale closed first, we were allowed to move in prior to closing on The Refuge. The carpets in the front rooms on the ground floor needed replacing. Though installed after Katrina, they had certainly seen better days. We chose a manufactured wood floor option in Brazilian cherry. We arranged to have […]
