We’re still catching up, so here’s another brief update, this one with photos from the twelfth week of our remodel.

As I mentioned in the week 11 post, work on the second floor of the house left the first floor largely open to the elements. Seeing as it’s December in California, the predictable happened in week 12: it rained. This left the house in bit of a state. The living room was a muddy mess, and the hall carpet in our master bedroom was completely sodden: we left squishy footprints in our path when we walked through the hall to see what had changed in the bathroom. By the time we returned the next week, that section of carpet had been removed entirely. It’s becoming very clear that we’re going to be replacing big chunks of flooring materials even in rooms we weren’t expecting to be significantly impacted by construction.

Mess aside, the most exciting change in week 12 was the addition of a bit of subfloor upstairs, so you could climb up a ladder and walk around a bit if you were feeling daring. Julie was the only one brave enough to do so this week, but that would change in the weeks that followed.

Somewhat surprisingly, the crew added what appear to be placeholders for the washer and dryer connections in the laundry room. They’re not actually connected to anything at this point, but we didn’t expect to see anything that looked that finished at this stage of the project.

Gallery: Week 12: Rain