Before and After

So I'm finally getting around to posting some pictures.  I've said before, we are still not totally finished with the upstairs.  Our closet doors still need cut and hung.  The bathroom door is the only one that latches.  Trim in the bathroom and dining room and kitchen in random places.  My gallery wall in the dining room- all need painted brown and pictures updated.  But maybe I should stop pointing out the flaws and let you enjoy the pictures of the kids' rooms, bathroom, dining room and kitchen.  Our bedroom and living room is also completed, but I haven't taken pictures yet.  Something for you to look forward to. :) 

Penelope's Room

Oliver's Room

Upstairs bathroom

Dining Room

Kitchen

 It makes me really proud when I look back at the before pictures.  It also makes me wonder how we could see potential in that dump.  We ran into a lot more problems than we were expecting.  And there was so much more work that I could imagine.  Example--- Each piece of trim and base boards were carefully removed.  Then the nails were pulled out and it was sanded.  Each got probably 3 coats of paint.  Then was measured and tried to match back up to where it came from.  It was cut, and nailed up.  Then nail holes were puttied with wood glue and any other scratched from installation.  Then the wood glue was sanded and it was painted again.  AND THAT'S JUST TRIM!  

I seriously cannot wait until the weather warms up so we can clean up the yard.  During the renovations, it was a low priority but now that we are living here, I want it to look nice, obviously. And in the spring we are going to add about half a dozen feathered friends to the family!   

Hopefully it won't be another month until I update. :) 

Day 357

Things have been. pretty busy around here lately, so I don't have any pictures to post.  Just trying to put out a quick update during naptime.

We moved in on day 340 (Christmas Eve).  It was 7 at night and we were still putting together out dining room table and I had just moved our beds in earlier that day.  I had put a tree up a few days earlier so after we got the kids settled in bed, Santa came and we finished putting together some toys.  It was so nice to spend Christmas morning with just the four of us.

We are still moving in and unpacking and still working on things to fix.  Someone asked us once, "When are you going to be done with the house?"  Josh gave the perfect reply- "Well, since we bought the house, we will never really be done with it."  Every homeowner I know has something they need to update or fix no matter how long they've lived there.

The downstairs portion of the house is not completed.  The family  room/play room, laundry room and second bath are still basically concrete floors and framing/drywall.  Josh did finish the floor in the laundry room with leftover laminate that used to be in the living room.

Just the other night we dropped the kids at their grandparents to finish the front closet and put down the kick-boards in the kitchen.  Nothing pressing needs done upstairs. Besides maybe hooking up my dishwasher.  Just cosmetic things like putting doors on the closets and putting up some random trim.  
Here is a list I made of things that still need done upstairs- hook up dishwasher, finish kitchen corner piece, finish pantry shelves, trim in living room closet, Oliver's closet shelves, hang closet doors, new ceiling fan, bathroom trim, bathroom shelves, baseboards for dining room, shelves for bookshelf and hook up ice maker.  See, minor things.

Penelope already tried to climb up on a towel rack and ripped it out of the wall so Josh was patching drywall today.  Work seems to slow since we've moved it, but I'm sure that's because the kids are around.  I was painting the closet earlier this week and Josh took the kids up to play, but they were still so concerned with where I was and what I was doing.  Then when they came down and I was putting things away, they were IN the closet.  Penelope said she wanted to see what I did. Thankfully, they didn't get paint on themselves.

 So there's your update.  I know it's been forever and I will work on pictures soon.  Penelope is begging me to play Hello Kitty Bingo with her so I really must go.