This weekend we got lots of things moved from the infamous "To Do List" to the lengthening "DONE!" list! In about 2 1/2 days, we painted Brynlee's room, painted Cade's room, got Cade a bed frame and put the crib up in Brynlee's room. Cory also got the doors we'll need to finish the basement; not on the to-do list persay, but still a step to FINISHING the basement!
And speaking of our basement, my sister moved out of her apartment this weekend but can't move into her new place until August. So that leaves her living in our basement for the summer! This obviously will put a damper on getting the basement "play" friendly, but maybe we'll have to focus our energy on everything else :)
Anyway, back to the kids' rooms.....Brynlee's colors are dark pink and light green. We'll put a white chair rail around her room. In Cade's room, you need sunglasses! I got my inspiration from his bedding:
We used bright blue, bright orange and bright green. The green is brighter than I anticipated, but it works for his room! Under the blue, we're going to hang a white shelf and trim and under the orange stripe we're hanging white trim. Hard to explain, but we'll have pictures when it's done :)
Here are both rooms painted and ready for their trim and wall decorations!!!
From the first day we moved into our house, we have had a list of things to change! That list includes, but is definitely not limited to:
-opening the kitchen and adding a bar (CHECK!)
-adding a bathroom to the basement (CHECK!)
-adding storage shelves to the basement (CHECK!)
-replacing ALL the flooring...carpet is old and stained and cheap and linoleum is outdated (HALF CHECK...ALL BATHROOMS ARE DONE!)
-finishing family room area of the basement (HALF CHECK...WALLS AND CEILING IS DONE BUT FLOOR IS NOT EVEN STARTED)
-creating two bedrooms out of the one gigantic one upstairs, to make our house a three bedroom (CHECK!)
-redoing the closet in the second bedroom upstairs from strickly storage to clothes
-tearing out the unattractive hedges under our kitchen and living room windows and planting pretty flowers and plants (CHECK!)
-replace kitchen appliances (1/4 CHECK--DISHWASHER IS NEW!)
-and opening up our staircases (going up and down) from a solid walls to railings and spindles (ALMOST CHECK!)
This last bullet point is the focus of this entry. We have officially started to FINISH our stairs (whose status have been "HALF CHECK" for several months now!) We started to tear out the walls (because demolition doesn't cost money!) but our funds had to be refocused on things like student loans and new vehicles, blah blah blah! But now that tax refund season has arrived, we're back in business! I'm so excited to finish this project! Besides the flooring and basement, the stairs have been my most anticipated project. Here's a couple pictures mid-demolition.
Originally, there was a half wall running down the first flight of stairs and that's the part that we've had torn down for awhile now. In the first picture, you can see that the rest of it is torn off. In the second picture, you can see Cory has torn down a small part of the wall at the landing to open it up there. Next to go is the white wall leading down to the basement.
The next day, we finished "all" the demolition and rewiring and now we're waiting for my dad's help and my mom's advice on putting in the railings. Here's our stairs before the new railings and spindles:
We hope that the 2x4's in the middle of the open area going down the basement stairs can be cut out, however Cory didn't want to attempt that without my dad's opinion. I really hope they can go, otherwise, the look won't be as impressive as I hope! The work will be in progress all this week, as my parents are here for my sister having surgery to get her tonsils out. Stay tuned for more pictures! :)
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