The last few days of 2013 and the first few of 2014 we spent everyday working at the house. You don't realize all the little things that need to be done until you get in there and start working!
We have been very lucky to have lots of people come over and help us out! Grant's grandparents came one day and helped us clean out the inside of the cabinets. Lisa came and helped me clean the walls and baseboards, while Trent helped Grant paint a few ceilings. Kevin and Melisa Baker came four nights in a row to paint our bedroom and did an awesome job! They had been wanting to help, and when we found out he used to paint for a living, we took him straight to our bedroom and bathroom to get started! Kelly painted one of the upstairs rooms. Karson helped with closets. Tucker was over four or five days in a row helping paint, clean, pull staples, and anything else we needed. Of course Kem and Ray have been a major help as well, cleaning, ripping out flooring, removing wallpaper, etc. We have awesome friends and family!
Everything is starting to slowly come together. Grant is going to pick up the tile today and the hardwood should be arriving this week as well. The painter started on the baseboards in the kitchen and dining and is coming back this week to continue throughout the rest of the house. I have lots of before and during pictures on my camera, so I will do a post about each room as we finish. Here are a couple sneak peeks at the progress so far!
Kitchen and dining areas so far. We have ripped out all the flooring, taken down the wallpaper that was in both areas, cleaned the cabinets, painted the ceiling, and even put most of our dishes in the cabinets! We are waiting on the paint to be done in both of these rooms and tile will be going down in both places as well.
Our bedroom that Kevin and Melisa painted. I knew I wanted a green in our bedroom, so I finally decided on this bronze green! I love it! Since I graduated high school, I have never been able to have color in the bedroom due to being in the dorms or in different apartments. I think it is going to look great with our dark hardwood floors, black furniture, and bight colored bedspread!
One of the upstairs bedrooms that Grant's aunt, Kelly, painted. When Landon was a senior in high school she re-did her room with this color and it looked awesome! We all loved it and started calling this color Landon Grey. A few of our family members have since used this in their houses. This room will eventually be a nursery, so I went ahead and painted it this color so that it can go for boy or girl.
Tucker has been awesome to help us out the past few days. Grant and I kept telling him he didn't have to come, but he kept showing up! Not many 16 year olds would spend their Christmas break working 12 hours a day! We bought him his favorite chicken nuggets so that he could just throw them in the oven while he's at our house! He was modeling them for me :)
It is so exciting to see some progress being made! Hopefully by the end of January we will be mostly through with everything and starting to get settled in. Yay!
It looks awesome!!!! Can't wait to see it finally finished!!!!!
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