How Did I Get Here?: Our Basement

It all started when we decided to get new flooring for our basement. The same carpet had been there since 1993. We made this decision over a year ago. We pulled up the carpet and bought the new flooring but then we decided it would be a good time to have a bathroom put in downstairs. We already had a toilet and vanity and it was plumbed for a shower, but we only had three walls.

Before we pulled up the carpet, we had to move everything off to the sides so we had piles of our stuff all around the basement. That is why there is a pile of treasures behind this eventful moment.

We had to rent a truck to haul all of the flooring to the house.

We met with our contractor in May 2022 and discussed what we wanted for the bathroom. During our discussion, it was decided we would hire him to put in the new flooring as well. We had planned to do it ourselves but I was a little anxious about that because of the large area. I felt relieved we wouldn't have to deal with that. We were on his schedule for October. He owns a very busy company and this type of work is winter work. The date was then pushed back until November and we hoped it would be done by Christmas. They finally started February 2023.

When putting the flooring in, we had to move piles of stuff from one side of the basement to the other. I am not sure how many times we moved piles.

Mike had to go out of town for three nights and was told things wouldn't need to be moved while he was gone. One of those days we had a pretty good snow storm and as the construction guys were leaving, they told me everything needed to be away from the walls by the next day. WHAT??

So, after shoveling ours and our neighbor's sidewalks and driveways.....