First, I wanted to thank you for all your
encouraging comments and say welcome
to my new followers.
I treasure you all! Your support
has kept me going over this past year.
Wow, what a year it's been....
encouraging comments and say welcome
to my new followers.
I treasure you all! Your support
has kept me going over this past year.
Wow, what a year it's been....
In the past year....
December 2010
January 2011
In January we purchased The Cottage...
We spent the next month taking the interior
from this
to
from this...
and
from this
to
this
and from
this
to
to this!
By mid January we decided
to to put an offer in
on what would become our new home
The Provision.
January - February
Once our offer was accepted we
spent January and February
getting the big house ready for market.
Everything was staged to sell!
The Family Room
The Kitchen
The Dining Room
The Guest Room
By the end of February we had
closed on The Provision.
March
March was spent
raking...
removing carpeting...
and demoing a basement rec room!
April
In April we landscaped the cottage.
Began gutting the Provision.
And filled up the first of many dumpsters to come!
May
In May demo continued inside the Provision.
Our big house went under contract!
And we hired two contractors to
repair termite damage,
add and subtract walls
and flip the stairs.
June
While we continued demo inside
our contractors installed our new windows.
We also closed on the big house and moved
the family- two adults
two teens and two big dogs
into a two bedroom apartment.
July
July meant the start of trade work.
The house was upgraded from an oil furnace
to gas. Since all the walls were removed
we also had all new ducts and returns installed.
All the existing plumping was pulled
from the house, so new plumbing
was also added this month.
New wiring was started this month too!
While we outsourced the trade work,
Wayne and I assumed the position
of general contractor for the remodel.
During these months we spent looking
for deals on cabinets, plumbing fixtures,
flooring, doors...etc!
August
The minute we passed inspection...
Our Insulation specialist was
there installing insulation.
Then a team of drywallers came in and drywalled
the whole house in a day and 1/2!
The drywall finisher came next and
spent 3+ weeks finishing it out!
September
Wayne and I started tiling!
Kitchen/ great room floor was installed.
Kitchen was installed. (we outsourced this)
And trim around the doors and windows were installed.
My job was to Spackle, caulk and paint
EVERYTHING!
October
October brought more tiling projects.
The Kitchen Back Splash
The Mudroom Back Splash
and
Master Bathroom (both floor and shower)
Kids Bathroom (both floor and shower)
The upstairs was finished and carpeted.
Wayne built the stair railing and window bench.
The original hardwood floors were sanded
and poly ed.
And the new treads on the stairs were
stained and poly ed.
November
In November, we finally got to move from
the apartment to our new home!
We had wanted to have all our projects done before
the move, however once the last set of
inspections were passed.... it was time.
Wayne and I finished the mudroom cabinets
after we moved in!
December
Having a minute to breath,
I made some JOY ornaments
to pass out with cookies to my
new neighbors!
Since it has been such a long year,
we were just too tired to
drag out all our Christmas decorations,
but the few I did,
added just the right festive touch!
It has been a big year, one I hope not to
repeat this coming year! Doing 10 years
worth of DYI projects in
a year is crazy tiring!
But the result has been a true blessing!
God has been Good!
Oh, we still have a list of projects to do...
the landscaping,
window boxes,
boxes to unpack,
a basement room to build,
a basement and
storage barn to organize,
a storage barn to paint
The Cottage exterior to paint,
etc.....!
Must rest up...
Hoping your New Year is
full of your own Blessings!
Happy New Year!
I am linking up to
over at French Country Cottage
and to Metamorphosis Monday
at Between Naps on the Porch.
