Because the weeds outside are so high.
Please don't fret, we haven't gotten to that yet.
I have lots of pictures for you to see,
Of the things that have been coming to be.
An extra toilet and sink have been more desired,
Than the neatly groomed yard that keeps getting higher.
We'll do what we can, but don't get too excited,
Little by little, we'll get the yard righted.
(Cheesy, yes, but what can I say.)
You may remember the cobble rock fireplace and woodbox...
We decided to remove it.
The boys were great help.
Now it looks like this. I thought sheetrock dust was messy-mortar dust and chunks are WAY worse.
We gained about a foot in room width. We haven't decided what we are going to do yet (gas or electric fireplace) . But we are enjoying the extra space for now. We removed it in the first place because it was falling apart.
Last year I textured the hall downstairs, and painted. This year, we took it all down:
We had to take it down so we could readjust doorways, etc. We also had to change our light fixtures. We put in small can lighting because the hall closet door didn't want to open with the regular light fixture ;)
Now I get to re-texture and paint all over again!!!
Keith moved the doorway to this room about 2 feet into the room.
Because we decided to make this closet bigger...and also the bathroom.
As we tore into the bedroom and bathroom, we found mold-which we figured was there. So we ripped everything out, including carpet. It didn't look bad, but it had a funky smell. Eew.
Keith had to move plumbing-with the help of someone who knew what they were doing, aka-Keith's Dad.
Because we put a full tub and shower.
This is what was there before:
My pictures are a little out of order, but Keith had to get a jack hammer to get to the plumbing.
Along the way, there are little details, like changing light switches to ones that don't drive me crazy.
We put mold resistant sheetrock in the entire bathroom-to help prevent further issues. Putting up the ceiling was REALLY hard. I don't want to do that again.
The heat vent was in a spot that blew right in your face when you washed your hands-totally miserable. So, we moved it. In the process, we fixed the venting for the upstairs bathroom. It wasn't vented right and never got warm. Now it does!!!
We aren't finished yet. The bedroom looks pretty much like the bathroom. (since I didn't get a picture of the bedroom).
Can you seen the nook where I will have shelves in my bathroom? YAY!
Next we will work on sanding, priming, painting and finishing. All lots of work, but we feel like we are to the easy part now.
Other random improvements:
I had 2 of these in my family room. It always made the lighting awkward, so now we have these:
Oh, so much better!!! I can see and they look much prettier to me.
Anyway, as time, money and energy allow-we get the projects finished. These projects began when there was still snow on the ground-as a result we haven't quite made it outside yet. And we are getting anxious to have a 2nd bathroom again.
