We have a large loft area at the top of the stairs we've always called the "Library". The plan when we added the second floor was to fill the room with book cases. We are finally putting up that book case. There have been many designs (9 to be exact), but finally settled one and are ready to build.

The carpet on the stairs was in really bad shape. Rather than re-carpet we decided to cap the stairs with oak. Many plans were considered but we decided to go with an oak tread cap product we purchased from the local Big Box store.

The first floor full bathroom is the only room in the house that wasn't updated at least once. It really needs a full rip and replace, but we opted to do a light fixup to make sure it was completed before Gina's graduation party. No one thought to get a before photo, but it was in pretty rough shape so I'm not mad about that.

Moving on up! Here are the photos of the second story addition.

Here is some of the projects related to the second floor addition that I tackled myself. Think of it as a Reader's Digest version of the Second Floor album, which has a lot more detail on the overall addition process (including the work the builders performed)..

Justine moved back into the house with her dog, Apollo. He was a nervous pup with several destructive proclivities that prompted us to update the family room.

There is only one room in the house that hasn't been updated at some point (first floor full bath - badly needs it). We didn't take photos of most of the updates, but here are a few that made the camera rolls.