Blessings From Home

A Work In Progress

We have lived in our new home for nearly 2 months, since July 1st. And since arriving in our humble abode, we have been working fervantly on doing some what was thought to be minor repairs and fix ups, but ended up turning into fairly big jobs. Here is a list of all the things that we've accomplished since moving in...

Kitchen

-Stripped wallpaper off

-Retextured the walls

-Painted the ceiling, trim, and walls

-Painted the cabinets

-Replaced the handles on the cabinets

-Put down new vinyl flooring

-Hung two cabinets and a microwave above the stove

-Had 3 new electrical outlets installed

*Still left to do before we call it quits in the kitchen is...install the dishwasher and paint the baseboards. Then we will be done in the kitchen.

Bathroom

-Installed a new toilet and pedestal sink

-Put down new vinyl flooring

*Still left to do in the bathroom is redo the walls, paint, install baseboards, install a new shower surround, and get a new faucet for the bathtub. We also are looking for an over the toilet cabinet for extra storage. These are things that we are not wanting to do anytime soon, but as we have the extra time and money.

Master Bathroom

-Replaced the wax ring on the leaky toilet

-Put down new vinyl flooring

*Still left to do in here is redo the walls, paint, put in baseboards, paint the sink cabinet, install a shower surround, and a shower, (there is just a bathtub in there now). This is also a room we will work on as we have the time and money.

Other Rooms

-Put new carpet in the three bedrooms that the wood floors could not be saved.

-Installed a new outlet in laundry room.

-Installed a new electric box for new outlets

That is about all that we've gotten done, and there are several things that are on our list that we would like to do, but we are burnt out on fixing the house up, and ready to just work on cleaning and maintaining. A home is a work in progress and we will probably never feel completely done with it. One thing that I am really hoping to work on is making the house more energy efficient by doing things like installing a clothes line, and a woodburning stove, along with a few other things on my wishlist, we'll be on our way.

I'll post pictures as soon as I can get my camera loaded up on the computer.

Blessings, sara

You have been busy!

{ 01:56, Thursday, August 21, 2008 } { Posted by oklamouse }

You guys have really done alot. You do know that you are taking nesting during pregnancy to a whole new level, right? LOL

busy

{ 10:41, Saturday, August 23, 2008 } { Posted by AbiBuening }

Sounds like you have a lot of construction going on too. It always looks nice after we're done though.