I Got In Trouble

Well, not really, but Keith told me I needed to update the blog. I looked at him in shock, because I didn't know he cared...or checked!

So here's something new-for Keith. He wanted to see the updates on the bathroom and bedroom.

Extra Bedroom

Our bathroom

I can't remember how to turn pictures once they are uploaded.

Because we moved doorways-we had to redo the hallway.

We installed can-lighting. After we put the closet door in, it wouldn't open all the way because of the light that hung down. Since we had to redo the hallway anyway...can lighting!!

Primed floor and walls in the bathroom. Keifer was able to use it before anyone (the potty chair).

More extra bedroom pictures.

Base coat of paint in bathroom. Ooh-its getting exciting!

I had the base paint on all ready for my 2nd coat, when "someone" decided to do a little extra work around the surround. Urrgh!

The hall is finished! (With the exception of molding-we'll get to that-someday)

I painted the surround, again.

The color I wanted in the bedroom-I put in the bathroom. Once it was on the walls, I heard Keith say it looked more blue than he thought. I told him it was always blue. Oh well, I love both the bedroom and bathroom! Keith moved the duct work in the bathroom. I know, he's amazing. Now the bathroom doesn't get too hot with the air blowing right in your face-its just perfect!

My brother, Rick, helped Keith do the tile. I love it and they did a great job. I'm not just saying that, either.

A toilet! Finally, Keifer isn't the only one who gets to use the bathroom.

Vanity! We ran into technical difficulties here. We planned on using the original sink top. It didn't fit the new base. We measured width, not depth. Oops. Oh well, the new one is really nice.

Bedroom/Sewing room. Still lacking molding and closet shelving (again-we'll have that someday). But there is floor and its quite nice (Thanks, Dave!)

My picture isn't that great, but its laminate and Keith installed it all by himself! Apparently he wanted me to help, but it didn't look like he needed it, so I did other projects. Oops. :)

Here's my bathroom with the trim and towel hooks. Oh, and Nerf guns, I thought it was suppose to be mine and Keith's bathroom, but oh well. I can handle a Nerf gun or two. We are TOTALLY enjoying the new bathroom. 

I finally hung a picture in my bedroom! Grandma Lila didn't have a place for it in her house, and it just looked like it belonged in mine. Thanks Grandma! 

Now maybe I'll get out the dog house since I have some updated pictures. Keith always enjoys hearing comments about the house, so feel free to comment away!

Trying to Return

My account on our computer went all freaky on me a few months ago, and I stopped using it. I haven't been able to pin down my IT Specialist to finish fixing my problems so I could blog. I'm giving up on the IT guy (for my computer problem only-I would never really give up on him.) I'm hoping to update the blog now that I've got myself up and running a little on my own. Good thing I've hung out with my IT Specialist a bit, or I wouldn't have known where to start. Posts of projects/events are coming soon.....

I Should Have Known It Was Love....

I ran across my yearbook from my Junior year. While reading through the signatures, I found this one: "Peggy I haven't talked to you in a while. Lets do something this summer. Keith III"

This made me laugh SO HARD! The love of my life had such a way with words! Hee heeheee.

We really aren't lazy....

If you've driven by, and thought "My, Oh My!"
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.