Face Lift

Well, our little diamond got a major face lift this week. It really put some life back into her exterior appearance. She got a standing seam metal roof, which replaced her leaky, mossy asphalt shingles which had no grain left on them! We started to tear up more of the wood flooring in preparation for tiling the hallway/laundry room this weekend. Keep checking in for updates!

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Homestead Progress Update #2

To say that we have been busy would be an understatement. However, we are absolutely loving living out here at the homestead. Lots of progress has been made in the past week. I have been able to get a lot of painting done and the large undertaking of replacing the wood flooring on the back half of the house (previous water damage) has begun! We will be replacing the pine wood floors in the bathroom and laundry with tile and carpet in the back bedroom. We opted for tile because these are high traffic areas and the previous wood flooring showed a lot of traffic wear. The carpet was my request....there is nothing worse than stepping out of your warm bed in the morning onto a cold floor. We have wood floors in the living, kitchen, and full upstairs, so thankfully Andrew was willing to compromise on our bedroom. We have contractors coming out tomorrow to replace the roof. We are having a metal roof installed. I am so excited to see the before and after of that!
Here are some pictures of our progress....

Josie's room is 95% done!

My hard working handy man...

New bathroom color for the upstairs bath. (Before and After coming soon!!)

Progress on my kitchen cabinets. SO happy with the way they are coming out!

Homestead Update #1

We have discussed what we want to call the new house...(ex: cabin, cottage, homestead, acres, etc) But for blogging purposes, we shall refer to it as the homestead.
I have been running back and forth at least every other day to move items and/or work on the homestead. My main focus was getting Josie's room primed, painted, and settled by the time we officially moved in (10/06/14). Yesterday, I headed out to the homestead extra early and stayed late to finish moving large items into her (freshly painted) room. I decided to paint her room a different color than her mustard yellow room at the old house; mainly to have something fresh and new and so I could transition the new color into a toddler room someday. I went with a denim blue color and am very happy the way it turned out--BONUS I found the can of paint in my basement that I had previously bought at a local Ace Hardware scratch and dent sale! (Who knows why I bought it at the time). I did not get a picture of her room. I will post a before and after pic sometime after we get settled.
Now, my main focus is to finish my kitchen cupboards. I LOVE my cupboards, but unfortunately realized shortly after our commitment that they had mildew stains. I have done extensive amounts of research and washed/sterilized them inside and out numerous times. The only option other than replacing them was to thoroughly paint them with Kilz Primer and hope the first few coats covered it. It worked! I am ready to paint my top cupboards and will move on to the bottom cupboards for primer. I decided to do half and half so I could at least utilize half of the cupboards during the start of us permanently being there rather than searching through boxes for every meal.
We had the plumbers out last week and after 7 broken pipes, I think (fingers crossed) that the water is good to go. Waiting on the water test this Friday to ensure it is safe to drink and bathe in. I need a shower.

Here is MY wish list to complete this month: (in order of importance)

Finish Cupboards
Prime both bathrooms
Prime Laundry/Hallway
Paint kitchen and living room
Prep for DIY Kitchen Back splash project (yay! I am so excited for this)
Find area rug for living room and Josie's room.

Here are some progress pictures with the cupboards...

Our first look at the kitchen.

Taped off all the window panels---NOT FUN.

During Painting.

3 coats of Primer and Walls and Ceilings Primed.
What a difference some paint makes!

Looking forward to showing you the dramatic Before and After pictures!