Weekend of Tiling...

This past weekend was TILING...oh so much fun, ask Jon, he loves it (especially when his new wet saw breaks)...not really.  BUT, it did turn out GREAT.  The kitchen floor is done, grout and everything.  The pictures do not show how pretty the tile really is but hopefully I can get better pictures with my DSLR and post them soon.

KITCHEN: 

The bathroom is still waiting to be grouted but you can see how great it is going to look.

BATHROOM:

Now, I have no pictures of my tile job...not as fancy as Jon's work, that's for sure.  I did peel and stick tiles in our upstairs bathroom.  It is a temporary fix until we have time/money to renovate that bath (a couple of years I hope, I am done with renovations for now).  The tile was a terrible green, now it is a neutral color.  And even though it was peel and stick it took me about 5 hours because 98% of all the tiles had to be cut :(

Next up...KITCHEN CABINETS... (my favorite), can't wait to see them in place!!  We picked out our granite this past weekend as well.  Settled on Giallo Ornamental (this is not our actual slab, just a sample):

Joy

A week later and WE HAVE WALLS!!!

Well it has been one week since my last posting and WE HAVE WALLS!  Once again, Jon is working overtime on this project (I sure do miss him at home).  With the help of CB and Esteban he has knocked out ALOT in a week.  Walls are up in the Kitchen, Family Room, Dining Room, Bathroom downstairs and Stairway.  The only room left to drywall is the family room and that can't be done until the kitchen is done because it looks like this:

That would be our appliances and kitchen cabinets!

Here are some pictures of the amazing progress.  I could not be more excited:

And we have a new front door!!  Love it!  Thankfully it opens to the right, the old door opened to the left, right into the stairs.  Also an perk is...it doesn't lock everytime you shut the door!  The old door automatically locked when you closed the door, thus locking us out numerous times!!

Here is a sneak peak of our kitchen tile.  I LOVE IT...

I am really getting excited watching this all come together.  I feel bad because I can't help as much at this point.  I can't hang drywall or spackle.  So I am TRYING to tackle the upstairs scary old bathroom (a temp fix until we have time/money to demo and rebuild it).

Joy

Sucessful St. Patrick's Day!!

Yesterday was a productive day at the house. Jon, Chuck and Esteban were able to bang out most of the ceiling drywall on the first floor and start the walls in the kitchen. We are thinking we are about 1/2 way through the renovation!! I hope we stay on track. I really want to be in the new house and settled by April 17th...the opening day of Kason's tee ball league. I can hope...right :))

Here are some progress pics:

I was stuck painting the closet in the master bedroom...I never want to paint it again...from the outside, it looks like a small closet:

Don't be deceived though, when you go to the right there is another section with a bench and shelf...what a pain it was to paint...it is not perfect but heck...IT IS A CLOSET :)

Now to leave off here are two adorable little girls (Casey and Hailey) showing their St. Patty's Day Spirit!!  SOOO CUTE:

Joy

Jon ROCKS!!! (New Back Door)

Jon had done a great job and I know he will make our house look absolutely amazing.  That is because he is extremely talented AND HE LISTENS TO ME!  I was surprised when I walked into the house yesterday and found him installing a new back door.  The part that I was most excited about was...THE DOORKNOB!

There are times when I am not sure he listens to me, especially when I am going on and on and on about decor and paint, etc....  Well he was listening because he got a oil rubbed bronze door knob...PERFECT.  The hardware on the kitchen cabinets will be the same color as will the faucet.  I am not sure why I am so excited about this but I am!

The house is finally turning toward getting better, rather than worse!  WAHHHOOO!  Today the dumpster is getting picked up and the electrician starts!  I never thought I would be so excited about this kind of stuff!


Pics of the door and oil rubbed bronze knob :))

  Joy

Starting to get excited...paint transformations

On friday when I left the house I was feeling pretty down...like nothing is getting done at the house and it was depressing me.  It was not so much that nothing was getting done but I had the feeling like it was NEVER going to get done, I would never see forward progress, etc...

Well by the time I left last night (sunday) I was beyond excited.  Check out some of the transformations that occurred over the weekend.

Kason's room-I ABSOLUTELY LOVE the colors in the room, he was so excited to see it done.  I was nervous to work with the blue paint but it really turned out exactly how I was hoping!

Remember Before (note the crack in the second picture...this was the plaster cracking off...by the time we got all the cracks taken care of, half the walls had to be repaired because the plaster continued to peel off.  It was my first time working with spackle and I think I did pretty well :)  I better have, considering we have to spackle the whole first floor and stairway!!  (fun, fun)

Spare Bedroom (the trim/windows still need to be painted, light installed and molding on top put up):

Before:

Master Bedroom (light needs to be replaced)...these pictures are sooo dark, I need to get better ones!:

Before (bye, bye HORRIBLE green- on walls, ceiling, closets):

Joy

Progress- The Closet

Jon has made some amazing progress on the closet upstairs.  Then again, he has made amazing progress on the whole house thus far.

Here are some pictures of the closet over the past few days:

Remember...it used to look like this...not a very good picture of before but it was blue with large cracks:

Joy

Drywall going up!!!

It is only in the closet for now but still a step in the right direction.  Yesterday Jon started on that and I painted the ceilings in our room and Kason's.  I also painted Kason's closet.

By the end of this weekend we hope to have the upstairs done, minus the bathroom.  I can't wait to actually have some areas done!  In a little over 2 weeks...pretty darn good I must say!

Joy

My Birthday!

Well today is my 32nd birthday.  Wow, I can't believe I am 32!!!  Last year I had a very difficult time turning 31 so I was worried about how I would feel today.  I actually feel great!  I am so happy with where my life is now.  I have a fabulous son who amazing me everyday.  A terrific boyfriend who I am beyond happy with, wonderful family and friends and a new house!!

I can't wait to see the house start to come together since demo is done...YES... DEMO IS DONE!  Now for the fun stuff...or so I hope!

I am spending my birthday evening with Kason, we are going to grab something to eat then hit homegoods, the food store and lowes (for paint).  I am sure he is not nearly as excited about the shopping as I am but I have his DS charged up and ready to go for when he has his meltdowns in the store!

By the end of this weekend the upstairs bedrooms should be done...minus the carpet in Kason's room...that will wait until carpet is done in the family room and steps.  Just wish I could do something temporarily in the tiny bathroom upstairs...I went to remove the plastic cup holder off the wall a couple days ago and tore a tile off...it was plastic too...very odd!  I need to rack my brain on this one!

Joy