Hello!!!! It has been a sizzling minute (as my youngsters would say…they hate it once I use their slang so I attempt to do it on a regular basis;) ) since I’ve written a put up for Janae. My youngsters have grown up a lot! I even have an grownup baby!!!!
Most likely certainly one of my all-time favourite photos!
And this one too!
One big occasion that occurred six months in the past was my son turning into a missionary for our church! He’s at present serving within the Nashville space, however is beginning his Visa for Peru! Does it ever get simpler after saying goodbye to your baby???? My coronary heart nonetheless aches!
Now with what I’ve been as much as these final couple of years. Transforming!!! After I say reworking, I imply I’m doing the work of reworking the home. I can’t let you know how many individuals have come into the home and assume my husband or others have been doing the work. Guess what??!!!! Ladies can do this stuff too!!! Okay, finish of rant. (Useful trace: Saran Wrap makes a fantastic hair cowl whereas utilizing a paint sprayer 🙂 )
After I noticed this room I utterly fell in love with this home!!! So that is the earlier than….
And after. I discovered a killer deal on the wooden flooring (pre-pandemic) and paid $2.15 a sq. foot for hickory hardwood flooring.
A special angle of the good room:
If any of you noticed my kitchen transform from my earlier home, you understand that I really like discovering offers on my native classifieds. I’ve a really tight finances that I’ve to work with so I attempt to economize in each means attainable. All furnishings, rugs, and the brand new doorways I purchased off the classifieds! The desk I obtained for $250! It was a really darkish stained desk with an enormous burn mark within the center from a candle. I sanded the entire thing down and restained it.
Trying into the good room:
The wooden casings I made out of alder that I obtained for $0.99 a linear foot! So this wood-cased opening value me about $60.
Earlier than of the lounge:
After! I spent slightly beneath $500 to do the entire wall of bookcases and window seat built-ins.
As soon as once more I discovered these bookcases on the classifieds. I obtained all six for $75!
Constructing the window seats:
A number of sanding, face-framing, molding, caulking, and portray later….
And from a distinct angle:
Seeing this makes all of these a whole bunch of hours and splinters value it!!
(Her kitchen transform put up will go up within the subsequent few weeks too! Have the most effective day!)
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Relating to your youngsters rising up and leaving… does it get any simpler?
Any house reworking initiatives you’ve gotten happening? Any prior to now?
Favourite a part of the place you reside?
What’s one thing you might be enthusiastic about (aside from working:)?
