Well, Collin and I finally sat down and planned all the improvements we hope to make to our house, and how we're (hopefully) going to do them. So hopefully within the next year or so you'll see us with new carpet, replaced/or painted trim, new doors, new outlets and switch covers, new light fixtures, and a sprinkler system! Our house wasn't a "fixer-upper" when we moved in, although there are definitely lots of things that need to be updated. And we figured putting it off for a year was fine... but now we better get started!
So, our first project started last weekend. We changed from this:
to this:
... as you can see, it was light when we started... and dark when we finished! It was a 2-day project! I actually did the kitchen window and the back door on Friday, which actually took me like 5 hours while Collin was at a coaching clinic. Then Saturday I, uh, had to take some time to go shopping and stop by a craft fair before I got back to work.... so I didn't get started on the living room until about 4:00. Collin came home from the clinic and we both dug in...we had to make a trip to get more paint and another brush, and we briefly considered getting a new door for a closet, but ended up just getting some Beto's and coming home to keep working on the job. We watched 2 movies while we painted.... and painted.... and painted! And it was just the trim and baseboards! But now our whole living room, kitchen, and dining room are done... and we just have the hallway, bathrooms, and our room to finish. Okay, when I write that it actually makes it seem like we still have half the house. Dang it. Oh well. I'm excited about it. It makes our house much brighter and newer looking. I'm really excited to start replacing the doors too. So stay tuned, I'm sure I'll be posting more of our hard work!
This is a shot of the back door I spent 4 hours on! (if you're interested, that's 2 discs of Friends and an episode of Ugly Betty!)
to this:
... as you can see, it was light when we started... and dark when we finished! It was a 2-day project! I actually did the kitchen window and the back door on Friday, which actually took me like 5 hours while Collin was at a coaching clinic. Then Saturday I, uh, had to take some time to go shopping and stop by a craft fair before I got back to work.... so I didn't get started on the living room until about 4:00. Collin came home from the clinic and we both dug in...we had to make a trip to get more paint and another brush, and we briefly considered getting a new door for a closet, but ended up just getting some Beto's and coming home to keep working on the job. We watched 2 movies while we painted.... and painted.... and painted! And it was just the trim and baseboards! But now our whole living room, kitchen, and dining room are done... and we just have the hallway, bathrooms, and our room to finish. Okay, when I write that it actually makes it seem like we still have half the house. Dang it. Oh well. I'm excited about it. It makes our house much brighter and newer looking. I'm really excited to start replacing the doors too. So stay tuned, I'm sure I'll be posting more of our hard work!
This is a shot of the back door I spent 4 hours on! (if you're interested, that's 2 discs of Friends and an episode of Ugly Betty!)
1 comment:
Wow! The new trim color looks great!! I LOVE the smell of fresh paint...makes me want to get out a paintbrush and get to work! Great job!
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