When we first looked at our house, there were a few things I wasn't excited about, but I knew that the house had the bones to easily transform those places eventually. Our laundry room was one of those places, and in August, it finally reached the top of the list. I wanted to move our hook-up box down, and I wanted to install a sink. We got bids from several plumbers, and after choosing one, we were under construction within the week. I originally wanted the sink to be where the washer hookups were, but based on how the pipes and things were in the wall, we couldn't make it work.
So, the sink needed to go in between the dryer and the wall instead. They cut into the wall, had to install a vent, and rough plumbed for the sink.
And moved the washer box down.
They ended up cutting into the ceiling in the garage to add the new pipes and water lines, which was awesome. We weren't sure how we were going to get into the wall without cutting into the floor below.
Taryn and David came one Saturday, and David helped Brian take out all the shelving, and start patching the sheetrock.
After getting a few bid from a handyman we had used in Fox Hollow, the handyman gave some tips to Brian on how to patch it himself since the handyman was several weeks out for scheduling (and I don't think he really wanted to do it). He gave Brian the confidence to tackle this on his own, and it saved us a good chunk of change. I know you can't tell from this picture, but Brian did an amazing job!
Somewhere in the middle of the short window our washer and dryer were unaccessible (planned carefully to not impact our laundry schedule), Gabe said, just before bed mind you, "What about the throw up in my room?" I though it must just be a little bit because he hasn't really told us that he threw up, but when we went up to his room to tuck him in, we found a huge mess. Apparently, he woke up around 5:30 or 6 in the morning, and threw up. He didn't come get us, only casually mentioned it when bedtime came up, and it was pretty bad! So, we got to work cleaning up dried vomit from his bed, night stand, and carpet. As I was trying to wash out his quilt and bedding in the bathroom sink, I said to Brian, "Do you know what would be really nice about now? A laundry room sink!" Thankfully, Serene let me come use her washing machine the next day when I came out to help her think through furniture for her new house. It was also validating; a lot of people thought it was not worth the expense of adding a sink in the laundry room. I beg to differ!
In the middle of this, Brian also went to help Dustin and Serene add can lights to her studio.
Brian and I got our laundry room painted, and we started putting our cabinets in. Thankfully, I measured correctly, and they fit!
We installed the sink cabinets first. We had to make sure that a hole for the vent was cut out for proper airflow.
Michael and I helped a little, but it was mostly Brian.
We got bids for the countertops, and then they were installed.
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