AGH Renovation Progress (as of September 2012)

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New Amazing Grace Home

A Christ-centered home for pregnant women

Refurbishing progress since purchaseNovember 2011





Part of our Metro Women’s Center Board & Center Director



Reviewing the purchase agreement.Special thanks to Dave Capetz, Affordable Real

Estate Options, for his professional help and Godly

counsel through this process!



At the closing!



The following are picturesof the interior of the home

when MWC acquired it. Theoriginal owners built thehome and raised their five

children here.



Living Room



First Board meeting at the new home!



Foyer



Stairs to upper level of home



Upstairs alcove



Kitchen



Dining Room



Steps leading to theoffice area.



Laundry Room



Bedroom for one woman – soon to be blue!



Bedroom for two women.



Bedroom for one woman – soon to be sunny yellow!



Resident bathroom



Resident Manager Bedroom – soon to be painted Gohbi Desert.



Resident Manager balcony



Resident Manager

bathroom



Let therenovations

begin!



Strippingwallpaper . . .



Wallpaper is gone!



Don Diehl, Dad’s Interiors, donated time and expertise to paint the house!



Foyer completed !



No more gold-foil wallpaper!Pastor Larry Brogen did the drywall

repair throughout the house.



Angela painted the front doors and we usedbrass polish on the hardware.



Diane repainted all thewrought iron railings

and the registers.

They look brand new!



Kitchen being dismantled.



Dismantling successful!



Clarence Carlson, Master Electrician, came fromHibbing and supervised our electrical work!



Our electrical crew: Diane Eliason, DanielCarlson and Rick and Holly Barnes

(journeyman electrician), and many others!



Holly rewiring the kitchen.



Making progress, note the new light fixture

in the dining room!



Kitchen cabinets storedin garage awaitinginstallation.



New countertops!



Donald and Mike,professional kitchenremodelers, volunteeredto install the kitchen

cabinets and counters.



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First cupboard hung!











Kitchen floor ready for new laminate!



Thank you to Gene Dahmes and grandson, Cody,for volunteering to install the kitchen floor!



New kitchen floor!



New trac lighting in kitchen!



First appliance installed!



All kitchen appliances wereprovided by A. C. CarlsonAppliances at a huge savings-$1,000 for all six appliances!

Oh h d ! Th li i ll d



Oh, happy day! The appliances are installedin the kitchen!



Alan Helfinstine removing old tilein the laundry room.



Laundry room is painted.



Laundry roomcabinets installed.



Old Door being replaced by Diane and Daniel.



New door looks great!



Louis Stoll leveling the laundry room floor.



Measuring the vinyl for the laundry room floor.



Laundry room floorinstalled. Vinyldonated by FlooringExpo, Maple Grove!



Washer, dryer and dishwasher

donated, too!



One more Bagster full – that’s five!



The office paneling was sanded down andprepped for primer and paint!



Office transformed!



Dale Anderson donated a sofa/sleeper for the

office at the home. Steve Douglas and AlHelfinstine hauled it to the house. We had prayedfor a sofa/sleeper for the respite house parents!



Office area set up!



Becker FurnitureWorld donated awhole house fullof furniture!



Wonder what’s in here?



CouchLove Seat

Dining TableSix Dining Chairs

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Meredith and Vonne vacuumed and tested out the newcouches! It’s finally looking like a real living room.



Thank you, Becker Furniture for cozy furniture forthe home! Even though they did not know our

colors, the furniture is perfect.



Dining Room Table and Chairs also donated byBecker Furniture.



Friends of the ministry donated these kitchenstools. We were amazed to discover that these

stools perfectly match the chairs from the diningroom set donated by Becker.

God is in the details!



Working? Yes! Kay and Meredith lined cupboardsin the kitchen and scrubbed the floors!

Pots on the shelves and



spices in the cupboard.YOU could come for dinner!

Becker Furniture World also donated:



Becker Furniture World also donated:Four Twin Beds and framesFour Dressers



John Baxter getting ready to paint!



Soft grays, yellows, blues and greens aremaking our house warm and inviting for

the women who will live here.



Al Hawkinsapplying a softgray paint to thebedroom walls.



We have dubbedthis room the treeroom because of thewallpaper. It is theonly wallpaper thathas survived therehabbing process.



Anita Mohinani getting startedon the saphireberry (blue) room!



Becca Linville,NorthlandUniversity, spenta week with ushelping out at

the Center andpainting!



Blue room is coming together!



Meredith paintedthe yellow room.The color helpsthis small roomappear larger!

Yellow room is almost done! Dressers also



Yellow room is almost done! Dressers alsodonated by Becker!



Resident Manager’sbedroom is paintedGohbi Desert! This area

will provide a greatretreat for the staff afterbusy days with thewomen in the home.



All the paint is gone so we mustbe done for a while!



Welcome

baskets filledwith sheets,towels, andother items

have beencreated byladies fromlocal churches

and await ournew residentsarrival!



LeRoy Gilbert

setting theboxes for theceiling fans.



Darlene Gilbert assisting

LeRoy as he marks thecenter of a room.



Ceiling fans installed in all the rooms!

New plumbing work throughout the homed t d b W ld & S Pl bi



was donated by Weld & Sons Plumbing.



Resident bathroom’s old greentub being removed.



Cliff removing old vanity in resident’s bathroom.



Resident’s bathroom ready for a new look!

We aren’t leaving this commode on thebalcon e j st didn’t ha e an other place



balcony, we just didn’t have any other place to put it for now!

All that was saved



New bathtub!



New sink, counter andtile donated forresident’s bathroom!



Fred Koestner helping with thereconstruction process.



Ready for tiling!

Cliff ki tili th



Cliff working on tiling theresident bathroom!

Almost done!



Almost done!



Flooring, vanity and

hardware installed inresident bathroom.

Resident manager bathroom is the next target



on our quest for renovation! Blue vanity is thelast fixture to be removed from the house. That

is Keith under the sink!



We are glad we removed this corroded

faucet assembly!

Shower opening in Resident



p gManager bathroom was enlarged

and is ready for new tile.

Rink



RinkEnterprises

installingnew mudbase in theshower.



Pastor Jim Snow andPastor Gordy Larsonstarting to retile ResidentManager bathroom.



After a long day oftiling, progress canbe seen!



New shower door and shower floor tile.



Diane and Tomreconstructed theold floor in theResident Managerbathroom andreplaced it with asolid new floor.



New vinyl flooring,

vanity and medicinecabinet in place!

We don’t know who let these two characters onto the property but something must be



onto the property . . . but something must bedone about them!



Painting the basement . . .

and painting the Bible Baptist (Otsego) teens!



Even the little kids get to help!



Malachi stopped by to lend ahand painting in the basement.



New water softenerdonated and installed.



New water heater donated,and installed.

Basement floor was a mess, so we



,applied epoxy primer to seal it and

prepared to paint it a silver-gray.

Basement floor and steps painted, andrunners installed!



runners installed!

Cabinets were donatedf b



for basement storage.Beautiful braided rugs

and a nice table turn thearea into usable space

for study or crafts.

Volunteers organize the paper products, personalcare items, and office supplies that have been



care items, and office supplies that have beengiven to the home by businesses and church

groups. We appreciate these practical items!

Old basement door and frame were rotten. Tomand Diane spent many hours reframing the



and Diane spent many hours reframing theopening and cutting the new door to fit.

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August board meeting in the refurbished



basement! We are tired, but so thankful!

There was insulation work to do in thebasement and attic it comes in big sheets



basement and attic, it comes in big sheets.



Tom and Diane cut theinsulation and Tom and Keithworked to install it.



All this insulation was blown into the attic by Tomand Daniel. They had to do major construction in

the rafters. It was a long, hot job. Steve fed theinsulation up to them.

Baker Carpet Cleaning donated carpet cleaningafter the ducts were cleaned and insulation



was blown in.

YUCK!!!!



There is a “hole” under the garage floor thatwas full of junk and grime. Diane cleaned itout and Lewis scrubbed down the walls in

preparation for painting it with Kilz!

Freshly painted “hole” and steps! It smellsmuch better down there!



much better down there!



This landscaping crew worked in 95degree heat to spruce up the yard andgardens! Six churches were represented inthis bunch! Prayer starts the day off right!



First round of weeding is

done and lots of junk tohaul away!

Some trees were removed



Some trees were removed.



Lots of stumps were pulled out!

Brush pile grows . . .



volunteers chip it all away!



Here lies the remains of the brush pile.



People came and got wood chips

for their gardens.



Lewis Tronson, JohnBaxter and Jose’ Ayalaworked to trim hedges,remove stumps andmove rock.



Keith Henderson, mighty stump wrestler!Well, a lot of digging and a big truck helped too!



We had donuts from the Lindstrom Bakery . . .someone couldn’t have one until she washed up!



Rochelle and Jessica

Lunde worked on moreweeding and rockremoval, thanks ladies!



Cheryl cleaned rockand Ruth dug, anddug, and dug!



Jose’ and Eliana Ayala conquered the hedge!



Pastor Lunde, Diane, and Tom workedon this trench all day! The tree roots were a real

challenge but they persevered, and it’s nowcovered up with dirt!



Charles Harvin worked on the flower garden tothe left of the front door. This crew found more

ROCK and some loose change!

LeRoy Gilbert and Dan Larson sorted andwashed more rock. LeRoy is thinking,

“Sh ld I D ?”



“Should I spray Dan, or not?”

Tim Dueck and daughters washed the lastof our rocks while Jack and Cameron

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helped gather rocks from the yard.



Re-grading rock bedsfor better drainageaway from the house.



One more rock bed done!



Dan and Sam finished off the last of the rock work.



Window wells are all cleaned out!

The west side of the house had a waterdrainage problem, so Wes Thompson and

John Baxter (shovel engineers) carried out an



John Baxter (shovel engineers), carried out anattack on the project.

Reinforcements arrived! Thanks Wes, Dave, John,Luke, Eric, Paul, and Kevin! We love men with

shovels and hearts for service!



shovels and hearts for service!



The old railroad timber retaining wall was nomatch for Wes and John. The wall was soon

dismantled and the digging commenced!

Thank you Hedberg Aggregate for giving us agood deal on the block for our retaining wall.



Nick Barker came and built the new wall!



Almost finished!





The finished wallafter the sod was

installed.



Dave and Marcus Sebald came and hauledall the old wood away!

Beautiful hosta garden!





New central air conditioner, donated and installed!



Donated flowers are ready to be planted!



Rachel Calcamuggio ran the garden tiller.



We had fun making everything beautiful!



Old fish pond wastransformed into a

giant planter!



Lots of great helpers!

While we were planting this hosta garden,a bunny came to visit.





One Saturday in August there were more then 15people working on different projects around thehouse! This group represents people from five

different churches, all working together for LIFE!



More completed gardens!



A beautiful butterflycame to visit ournew garden!



Potted up the annuals: papa pot, mama potand baby pots!



Kristina, Shelly, Diana and Lilly workedtogether to paint the garden fence.

Charles Hervin replaced a missing fencesection and Jen Hacker finished the painting!





Thanks Tim and Abby, Quality GroundsLandscaping, for donating lawn mowing and

snow plowing services for the home!

The garden shed needed a fresh coat of paint,so the Hopper family went to work on it .



Ladies from New DayChurch, New Prague,



came and helped us doa first time window and

screen cleaning.

After more constructionprojects, a donor gave

us a gift certificate from



Lions Share Maintenancefor a professional high

powered window cleaning!

Everyone pitched in to help by polishingbed frames, taking inventory of supplies, and

filling in stump holes



filling in stump holes.

The pile of dirt on the right needs to besifted to look like the pile on the left.



Jose’, Gordon and Vonne took a crack at thepile, too. It is getting smaller!



Amanda, Brandon, and Deanna conquered the pile!



Thank you to to Hoffman Sod Farms, Elk River,for donating 450 sq.ft. of sod for the yard!



The sodding is almost finished!





Front view of the home after landscaping work.

Thank you Sunshine Duct Cleaning foryour service!



There was a lot of YUKin those ducts!





Thank you FLOYD Total Security for donating$1,000 towards the installation of a home

security system for AGH.

The nice man from Floyd’s even helped usremove the old mailbox and install a new one!





The Dust Busting Crew!Hannah, Beth, Amy, and Elizabeth cleaned the

house after all the construction mess!



Thank you, ladies,for all your help!



Round Two Cleaning Crew:Lisa and Allie Moore and the Ayala Family, note

the ScotchBrite knee pads on Cheryl fromscrubbing the slate floor in the foyer.



Fireplace was full of old sootand rust. Allie and Elianna

cleaned it all!



We were blessed with a donation of a vanfor ministry use!

Thank you for helping MWC provideshelter for pregnant women in Minnesota.



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