House updates!

It's been awhile since I've blogged. I think I start all my blogs off like that, ha! We've been pretty busy around here. I've had a lot of Weddings and really photography in general plus balancing family time with work and play doesn't leave me with a whole lot of extra time for anything. This past weekend was free, I planned a much needed break but a break we did not take! We spent the weekend putting in new doors and trim through out the house, my dad came up on Saturday and put some fabulous carpet in the family room for me. Love you lots dad! Today we finished up some more of the trim and did a little painting. I'll need a few more paint days to put a final coat on the trim but that will have to wait until things slow down in the fall. All that updating inspired me to look up our original home pictures we took when we first moved in and then post comparisons. So check out the befores and afters, I think we've done pretty good so far.

basement, putting up studs:

drywall:
mostly finished:

Hallway when we first moved in:

Hallway now:
Dinning room when we moved in:
Dinning room now:
looking through kitchen into dinning room, before:
Same view, after:
living room before:
And now:
back room when we first moved in:

And now:

love my fire place:bathroom before:and how it looks now:

Things done:

New carpet in most rooms. New flooring in bathrooms and kitchen. Basement drywall, paint, trim, carpet, lights. Kaylee's brand new bedroom in basement, drywall, trim, doors, paint, carpet, ceiling, lights everything in her room but the kitchen sink. Paint on all cabinets in bathrooms and kitchen. New doors, new closet doors, new trim. Back room panel removed, drywall, paint, new carpet, new trim, new backdoor, ripped out fireplace brass ugly thing. New toilet in both baths, new sink in half bath, new hardware in bathrooms and kitchen, new light fixtures through whole house. New windows through the whole house, partial landscape in front yard, every room repainted, some trim repainted, new closet organizers, new wiring, new light switches and covers, kitchen cabinet above bar ripped down.

I think thats most of it that I remember right now.

Oh there still is a list of things to do a mile long! But slow and steady wins the race.

Future projects:

New bathroom counter and sinks and facets

New front door

More landscape work

Deck in backyard

New slider door in family room

New counters in kitchen (and cabinets if I win the lotto)

Ceiling in basement

Finished stair case in basement

New driveway

Finish other bathroom (it's a hot mess right now)

Overhead lights in family room

fix the weeds I try to pass off as grass outside

Well thats all I can think of off the top of my head but it's still a lot.

That was a fun walk down memory lane! Wonder what will be done in another couple years....