Well, as you can see I have been busy supervising the remodel of my
living room. My son has been doing a great job. His dad would be
proud. This project has taken over my life for most of April and into
May.
This picture is of the finished fireplace and getting ready to tear part of the wall out.
This is looking into the garage. Kyle is building the framework for
the shelving on one side of the fireplace. Using a manly tool, the
sawzall. Rips through anything.
When we got the other side built, I wanted to put a hidden place in the
bottom so as to put a safe for valuables. Tanner thought it looked
like a very good hiding spot to sleep in. So I let him for one night.
He is on his knees so you can see how deep it is. About 2 feet.
Well, it is mostly finished. About the middle of April, my daughter,
Anna, calls and says that the offer of help remodeling my kitchen was
still available as the baby was old enough to travel. So I got busy
figuring out what flooring and cabinets I would like and could afford.
Meanwhile, Kyle hurried up to finish the living room before we started
on the kitchen!
Everyone comes home for Mother's Day. Got to see my grandkids (that
will be a later post) and the next day started on the kitchen!
Everyone got to help with the floor. Ripping out the old stuff was interesting.
My kitchen was in the mostly finished living room. The fridge was to
the right of the picture and some things were outside. We ate out a lot
that week. And Monday morning they also replaced the living room
window and kitchen window.
The old cabinets came out on Monday along with the floor. Tuesday was
putting in the new floor and painting the kitchen. The original color,
when they put it on the wall, was too pink! So we had to repaint early
Wednesday morning so the new cabinets could be installed.
Whew! Starting to look like a kitchen again! And could put stuff away
out of the living room. But wait! What's this? The cabinet doors aren't
the right ones! And the one base cabinet is the wrong size! Good
Grief!!!
Finally! After several reorders and several revisions and a new door,
and new entryway tile, and new sink, and new molding throughout the
upstairs......
We finally have a finished product! It has been an interesting few
months, April through June, but the end results are beautiful. The
house feels bigger, airier, and nicer to be in. Thanks so much to my
kids, Kyle and Anna and her husband, Preston. And to Trevor and Tanner
for helping to babysit the girls while we worked.
Actually, this picture was taken before we got the doors on the other side of the fireplace.
So I got done with this just in time for school to be out, get three
kids to Utah to their sister's for the next 6 weeks and get ready for
StampinUp Convention! Next post! Thanks for stoppin by!
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