We have been living here now going on 3 years. Such a quaint, beautiful little New England town. To read more on it's history, check out: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belchertown, or the official town site at: http://www.belchertown.org/. This is a great place to live, and a great place to raise a family.
I guess this all started when we got the house in June of 2007. It is a former rental house, so a lot of things in the house were apartment-grade. Right down to the off-white paint in every room. Right away, we started brainstorming about what had to go, what color to paint each room, what to do about the ugly linoleum in the kitchen, what shade of laminate wood floor to get for the living room, etc etc etc. Ad nauseum.
About a year or so ago, we started on our first real project: remodeling the half-bath downstairs. It had a leaky toilet, an apartment-grade vanity (You know... the wooden ones in EVERY apartment complex), and a horrid-looking linoleum floor. Add to that that the floor was half-rotten, and all the trips upstairs, and we knew it was time.
First, we cut out the floor all the way down to the floor joists. I had 2 choices: either cut out the rotten part and patch or go in with 3/4" plywood for the entire floor. I chose the latter, and it is so solid. Plus, I wasn;t about to attempt a 12" x 12" ceramic tile floor on top of a particle board subfloor.
I was starting to look into renting a wetsaw to cut the tiles when a co-worker offered me a wetsaw for free. It was now easy to get the tiles cut to fit.
Now all I had to do was install the toilet flange in the floor, screw it down, install the toilet and sink, and we are practically done! All we have left are to finish the baseboards, install the sink plumbing (drain) and a door. Almost done!
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