Renovation Adventures hit two milestones this week.

First, the new HVAC system is in and running. It’s clearly too late in the season to use the new cooling, but I’ll be ready next summer. The system was installed by Michael Becker from All Season Heating & Cooling. He’s out of Cloquet, MN. It took about two weeks to finish it all. There were a few days in there where he wasn’t on site. In the end, it’s a top notch professional installation. I couldn’t be happier.

Here’s a couple of before pictures of the utility room above.

Now the after pictures. New furnace and nice clean epoxy painted floor. Notice the missing chimney. I even had him add in the whole house humidifier, which integrates nicely with the furnace.

Now on to the master bedroom.

Each step that I complete is like another layer of myself. Renovating this house peels back the years of old layers. I never know what I’m going to find as I dig in. Sometimes the ugly goes out, kinda like what happens on self reflection. Examine it and clean it up. Patience is needed on the tougher parts. Don’t do it right and the lesson repeats. I don’t know how many times I had to redo things. I knew I wouldn’t be happy if I let it go in a substandard way. Lessons I continue to apply to myself.

Here’s the before and after pictures of the master bedroom and closet.

I’m going to install some modular type stuff in the closet to help organize things. I think it’ll be a nice addition.

If you notice the color outside the window you’ll see why I picked the color on the accent wall. I wanted to blend in the outside with the inside.

Now on to the livingroom.