remodel

Another brief update… {Thoughts From Me}

March 28, 2014 by Dana

This month has flown by. We have been so busy. So much going on. Sometimes Life just takes over and you land where it takes you.

I haven’t been online much except through my cell phone. Our entire house is a work zone. We have the living room torn apart. New paint is on the walls. New flooring is being laid into place. It’s definitely a work in progress and a really long process! Our weekend project has turned into two weeks of work but it will be so worth it once it is done.

I have plenty of pics and even a video of the work being done which I will be sharing soon. I just want it finished so our life can go back to order. I can’t even get to the printer at this point! Accchhhh! Every Homeschooling Momma’s worse nightmare! LOL

So this will be another short post from us to you. Hope you all are doing great. Until the next time…

Remodel and Update {Thoughts From Me}

February 21, 2014 by Dana

Tax money came in so now we are remodeling the house. This is going to keep me very busy for a while. I plan to update as I go.

So far we have been moving everything out of the living room area and ripping out the carpet. It’s going pretty well but still have a little work to get done. Thankfully, the subflooring looks great so far. I’m hoping the rest looks as good when we remove the carpet there.

Picking new flooring has been the hardest part of the remodel. We have no clue what we are doing, honestly. I’m hoping we can find a deal and manage to get them done quickly ourselves. I have a feeling it will be more stress than I am wishing for but well worth it once it’s done.

First thing first: I’m going to paint. I’ve picked a great blue toned color for the living room, a teal for my kitchen cabinets and a deep gold for the kitchen walls. These colors should blend well together and look great for our semi open floor plan. I have also decided that since we don’t need as much room for the living room furniture as we do for the classroom stuff, we will be switching the sides these rooms are currently located in. So the living room will go into the back of the room and the classroom/dining area, in the front of the room. This will also allow more light for the kids to do work and such during school time since the front is often brighter than the back of the room.

This remodel has been long awaited and I am so excited to get started. You probably won’t be seeing a lot of me for the next few weeks though, since I will be doing the painting by myself. Good thing I really love to paint, though I’m sure I’ll be tired of it by the time I’m done with all of these projects!

We also have an upcoming trip for the little man in March. He has a in-hospital EEG scheduled right in the middle of all this chaos! Please keep him and us in prayers while we go through testing with him. It’s a lot to manage.

Thanks all and God bless!

Boys Room Done {July 28, 2010}

July 28, 2010 by Dana

I’m happy to announce that my boy’s room is now finished. I do have a few things to do in there, like reduce the amount of cars they own and rid of half-bodied Transformers that have slipped through my trash radar but overall it is done.

It took three days of work but it was well worth it all. I still have to find their mattress pads for each of their beds and wash their comforters to finish making up their beds but all the rest is finished.

Toy bins

These Pennants were passed down from my Mom.

Winston’s bunk with his animal collection and purple sheet (fav color).

The TV zone

These three cubbies were passed down from Grami to the boys. They were used with baskets for storage by her but now are sitting on top of the dresser to hold the boy’s personal items/collections.

A shot of the stuff inside the cubbies.

I’ve had this picture forever but it never really went with Winston’s old bedroom theme (Cowboys). It fits perfectly with the new sports theme.

This is a before… note the ruffled edge.

Without ruffles. A less feminine curtain for the boys.

The curtains hanging above the play table. Win’s X-men collection is hanging on both sides of the windows and more stuffed things top the windows. A baseball rug brings the sports theme down to the floor.

The kids love the new made-over room. It only took a few minutes for the girls to tear it out for Win.

Next I’m going to work on the classroom/dining room and get things set up for us to begin school work again. I think the rest of the house has become a huge disaster but they always say things look worse before they look better. We are hoping to be able to purchase a storage building to place on our property within the next month since there is not nearly enough space for things in the house. I look forward to that purchase but for now I’m managing to declutter and put things in their place slowly. It’s a never-ending process but I’m finding it fun to work through.

Til next time…

Too Much to Do

July 20, 2010 by Dana

I’m still busy working on the house. This week I have been working on the boys bedroom.

Yesterday I had the kids completely strip the room of all the toys and junk they have accummalated in there in the past few months. Then I vaccuumed and scrubbed everything that was left in there. I also moved the furniture around and created more play space by re-organizing it all.

The kids love the new room, which right now is still vacant of toys and possessions. The rest of the week will be spent going through the boys things and organizing them throughout their room.

I think in the end it’s going to a lot nicer for them and they are going to enjoy playing in there even more than before.

Home Re-Vamp

July 7, 2010 by Dana

That’s right… we are in the middle of a full-home makeover. It’s going a little bit slower than I wish but in the end it’s all going to be more than worth it. It’s a spring clean/remodel in the middle of July. Who could ask for more???

Thus far I have:
     A new closet install in the girls’ room.
     Changed around the furniture in the girls’ room, as well as added a new (to us) dresser (Emmalee’s).
     Decluttered in the girls room and many other areas of our house. (Still working on this one.)
     Re-organized in the girls room, though I’m still working on this too.
     Emptied the “junk drawers”, which have now become the kitchen utensil drawers.
     Cleaned out and organized the laundry room.
     Moved the freezer into the dining/classroom. (Magnet zone for the kids now)
     Cleaned out (meaning completely washed out) said freezer and re-inserted food.
     Moved the trashcan to where the freezer used to be.
     Cleaned out and re-organized the family heirloom glass cabinet. (aka the “good” dishes)
     Gone through 80% of my storage trailer (which soon has to be emptied and returned to it’s owner).

Still to go:
     I need to empty our pots and pan cabinet and figure out where to store those items. (Getting a dishwasher soon!)
     Clean out under the sink storage and re-organize.
     Finish up in the girls’ room.
     Re-organize the spice cabinet.
     And soooo much more!

This is only a start. Once the dishwasher is installed, I will decide whether or not to paint the kitchen cabinets (thinking black to match the appliances). I also have to paint the girls’ room and their bathroom in the future, and finish the boys’ bathroom (we have three bathrooms in our home).

Lot’s to do but at least it’s keeping me busy. Till next time!