We've been MIA for 3 months. Holy shenanigans. We have, however, been keeping busy. In addition to home improvements, we've spent the last three months traveling for the holidays... which included trips to Disney World and New Orleans, AND I'm currently incubating a
bambino, so needless to say we've been busy. :)
We have definitely been able to work on some projects around here, both large and small. We'll start with some of the small ones. We FINALLY replaced the broken bar on the outside lamp, and I painted the lower portion. The top still needs a good coat of spray paint, and we need to find the pieces that go inside in order to have it operating. You'll also see a change in the seasons! ;)
Ugh, I seriously wish I had a before picture of this door. This is the door that leads from the inside of the house to the garage. It was BEAT TO HELL... and that's putting it nicely. There were
scuffs and marks ALL OVER this thing. I talked Bryan into picking up some of that
Glidden door paint that you see on the fancy commercials. IT'S AMAZING STUFF. I did one coat of white over EXTREMELY black marks, and it looks AMAZING! Well worth the $22/quart!
Our biggest project so far has been
re-tiling and painting the spare bathroom. I realize the
befores are pretty dark... but the paint is grey, and this was taken after we had already began taking things apart.
(Note how non-pregnant and skinny I am!)
Nice and fresh! Left to be done is replacing the screen,
kick board under the sink, and the toilet seat... oh and new caulk is needed around the sink area.
(Note how pregnant and non-skinny I am! My belly button looks like it is going to poke someone's eye out... ha!)
A closeup of B's beautiful floor.
A current thorn in my side. It's organized, but it's not cute. I'm seriously considering getting some large baskets to house towels here and putting all the bath toys under the two sinks (which need organizing anyway).
Our big project this past weekend was working on our master bedroom. This blank area is where the previous owners had a mirror attached to the wall. We could not for the life of us get it down, so we simply painted around it. Fast
forward to a couple of years ago (we've been here 7 years come May), and the damn thing just came off, so this is what we've been looking at... sad I know. Add in a random dresser from the girls' room, a chair, a chest, a set of plastic drawers for linens, and a portable heater for the baby's room, and you have the master bedroom/catch all. I guess life just caught up to us, and we simply didn't make time to fix the things that were wrong. Now we're doing it all at once...
oy.
This is the only before shot I have of our room... and it's a good one for sure... all the mess and shenanigans are hidden. ;)
We kept the same color... just a fresh coat was put on, took down all of our personal family photos, and took out everything that didn't belong. We still have the same duvet cover, I just haven't put the down comforter back inside it yet.
There's that chest hidden on the left hand side. It'll be taken out this coming weekend when Bryan can put it in the garage to be put in storage. I can't wait to move, recover the cushion, and put it under a sweet little mirrored hook thing I have... it'll be so cute near the entrance to a front/back door/mudroom!
The door to the right is the closet (which is also a project for this coming weekend), and to the right is the master bathroom (which needs more help than I even care to
acknowledge right now).
Speaking of taking down all personal photos... I really miss them. :( We still have personal photos out, just not with people in them. I'm starting to feel like I'm in someone
else's home... which I guess is the goal.
Fresh paint and lacking personal photos.
This coming weekend's big project is repairing the flooring in the playroom/breakfast nook. This is the most recent before photo I could find, but it doesn't even look like that anymore... most of the toys have been taken upstairs into the girls' closet/garage.
Damaged floor from our dog who used this as his potty while we were at work...
ahhhh work... work outside the home...
ahhhh... that seems FOREVER AND A HALF ago!
And now this is the current state of my dining room...
In order to get one room done, you have to totally destroy another. Our bedroom is looking great, but now it's all shoved into our upstairs hallway. Our
living room is looking great, but now it's all shoved into our garage... it's a vicious cycle I tell you! :) Hopefully we'll have some more updates to share after this week/weekend... it's getting closer to listing time!
Both the front porch and backyard got cleaned up nicely...
The driveway got a makeover.
This is how Saturday morning began... a view of our dirty little secret. When you choose to have 2 kids in 2 years, quit your teaching job, and become a stay at home mom... all of the belongings in two bedrooms and a classroom get put into the already occupied man cave garage. This room used to have such swagger. Pool table, bar, dart board, big screen tv, and enough bar paraphernalia/signs to fit right in downtown. and now... say hello to our hoarder's paradise.
Our new bff... the storage unit.
After spending the day going through everything loose in our garage and getting it packed up, this is what the unit now looks like:
And some work still needs to be done in the garage... but HOT DAMN... we're good. :)
We've also been in contact with two different realtors... shopping around. We have two listing numbers... both very comparable, so we're thrilled. We've sent out our follow up questions and then will make our final decision. The hope it to be listed shortly after Easter. There are a few more small projects on the list, photos needing to be taken... but we're feeling great! :)
