Progress at #fixerupperdetroit: A Photo is Worth a Thousand Words

This is what our living room looks like currently: a staging area to get the plumbing done, and possibly storage for items that have arrived ahead of their associated appliance.

More living room things: I don't actually know what this is, but it's new and looks important.

This is where the toilet will go in our entry-level lavatory. So excited to see it peeking out.

Our kitchen has had all the plumbing removed for months now, so seeing new plumbing run through it is definitely a plus!

This was an effort at a panoramic of the kitchen. Note the new floor joists (in real life they're straight and tidy - the curvature is a product of the photo setting) and plumbing.

More plumbing and vent lines. It's like there really is going to be a bathroom there someday :)

Another panoramic, this time from the hallway that runs along the living room, past the new lavatory, into the kitchen. Once the lavatory is done, pictures like this won't be possible, as the framing will be filled in. That beautiful lady is my wife in her Easter Sunday best.

I know it doesn't look like much, but our upstairs bathroom needed new plumbing work, so there has been a hole in the floor where that white cylinder is. Now we're getting it set up to put the toilet back.

More new stuff - in the attic, under the eaves. I don't know what this does, but I'm glad it's here!

A bucket with plumbing supplies. I know it's not exciting, but I promise the good, the bad, and the ugly. This is what's going on for us.

This room is being cleared out gradually. It will eventually (in a few years, once we save up more money) be turned into part of a master suite. For now, it will be set up as a temporary walk-in closet and dressing area so that we don't wake each other when one of us gets in late or has to leave early. (That seems to be the story of our lives lately.)

Another panoramic - standing in the living room. This includes the dining room (center front), Rebecca's study (center back), and a peek into the kitchen (right).

Yeah, I know this looks really gross. It's our basement bathroom, which wasn't in great shape. We're moving the laundry hookups out of here and had to add a support for the kitchen floor. I'm not sure that we'll end up with working plumbing to this for now, which is fine, since who really likes using a basement bathroom anyway? It can be redone in a few years if we need it.