House Projects: Week 1

We closed on our house 1 week ago and already have a great start to fixing everything up! Thanks to lots of help from my parents, and a few professionals, things are starting to take shape how I imagined. I've learned a lot of things like:

-downspouts need screws at the bottom, which I proudly put in myself

-WD40 fixes a bunch of things, like a screen door that doesn't latch well.

-how to clean gutters (dad helped with that)

-Kevin got all the window locks, handles, door stoppers all random hardware installed.

-Mom got a good way through contact papering the inside of the kitchen shelves

-We have a garage door that is fully functioning on a motor (which we had been hand pulling it up/down prior). Thanks to a quick call to a garage

-Dad removed the ugly 1970s built in speaker system and broken doorbell chime from the kitchen, then we had our contractor drywall them while he was working upstairs.

(before)

(during)

(patched up!)

Bedroom is well on its way! We have a door to the master bath...which is huge for me. We still need to paint and put in new carpet, but we are waiting for the finishing drywall touches! We have a great contractor who is working super hard for us!

(before)

(Door installed but not finished)

Refinishing the floors has begun!!! We can't wait to see what they look like when it's all finished

Kevin and I are now working on painting the fireplace cover to update it from the gold that I dislike so much. I spent 20 minutes googling how to remove them, and thankfully it went just as smoothly as youtube told me it would. It's out drying now but we expect it to be moved to the completed category next week!

(before)

(during)

(watching from the inside because pregnant people apparently can't spray paint!)

Dad also helped us remove vines from windows to allow more natural light to come in, he did a lot of tree trimming that was in desperate need of it. I pulled weeds away from our flowers, all in the terrible 95-100 degree weather we had this weekend. I have some serious workers helping me out!

We are so excited to see what week 2 accomplishes at the house!

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