it's nothing but a duck toilet...

Before

 

...and now! Three weeks into the renovation

The framing for the new kitchen and pantry is complete

and the Pella Impervia windows have all been installed.

this is the view of the pantry:

The rough electrical is underway.  The electrical service will be upgraded next week.  We will hopefully be finished with electrical so that we can move on to insulation and boarding next week!

where the built-in shelving in the hall will be:

The rough plumbing was completed and we passed inspection:

because the house is on a concrete slab, and the plumbing runs below the slab, i made sure- when redesigning the kitchen layout- to keep the sink in pretty much the same location... to avoid having to bust up the slab and re-route the plumbing

The plumbing vent had a long way to travel, because of the windows.

in the meantime...I started to install the  floating flooring in the bedrooms...Home Legend click-lock bamboo that we got at Home Depot (special order)

I got one bedroom finished!.

...well, at least the flooring is in!

remember this pool? 

Home to frogs, ducks, mosquitos?

well, we got a couple of quotes to renovate it and after we got over the initial shock, we decided that we have to take care of this mess and do it right so that it will last many years to come.  So hopefully soon I will be posting photos of this transformation! 

I'll leave you with this....after the duck hung out for a while, it stood at the edge of the pool, turned around, and pooped!...into the pool water! guh!  as if it wasn't bad enough!