One floor connects the kitchen and main living space

The construction photos start beneath the finished surface. Part of the floor is open to the joists in one view. In another, the crew has fitted sheet subfloor over it. Once the boards came through the kitchen and up to the island, the same view read as a single work and circulation space. The window-lit main room gives the clearest view of the floor without protective covering.

Fitting the kitchen while other rooms were being finished

The pale worktop wraps the dark island and comes back beneath the window on the sink wall. Across from it, white upper cabinets frame the cooking area. A photograph with the sink cabinet open exposes the connections that disappear behind its two dark doors.

In December the team recorded the backsplash installation, faucet, drain and refrigerator water hookup. The electrician fitted the under-cabinet lights while the crew worked on baseboards, doors and closets elsewhere on the main floor. Those jobs show how much of the renovation extended beyond the room where the appliances sit.

Where the main level meets the stairs

At the lower landing the finish changes from tile to wood at the first tread. The crew finished the stair skirts, grouted the landing and prepared the risers before pre-cutting the treads in January. The two photographs of the flight show the structure with the treads removed and the same climb with wood surfaces against painted white risers.

From the open floor to the kitchen and stairs

Exposed floor joists in the main-level room during construction — Before the finish boards went in, the floor structure was open in this section.

Fitted sheets of subfloor with tools at the joints — The sheet layer bridges the joists and prepares the room for its finish floor.

Wood-look floor running along the island with floor protection at the wall — The board direction connects the cabinet run to the main circulation route.

Open dark sink cabinet below a window showing the plumbing connections — Below the counter the open doors show the drain and supply work.

Renovated main room with broad wood-look flooring beneath a wide window — The unobstructed room shows the grain and colour across a larger area.

Stair flight with treads removed and edges taped during installation — With the treads removed the original stair structure is visible.

Sunlight on wood stair treads with white risers and painted stair skirts — The finished flight rises from the tiled landing.

Large floor tiles beside the taped edge of an unfinished staircase — The landing tile was in place before the treads were finished.

Tiled landing above the exposed front of a stair — The landing ends directly at the first change in level.