Wednesday, December 24, 2008

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Merry Christmas!! It is Bentley's (Our Pug)First Christmas. We are slowly getting some projects down around the house. Jessica is rounding the corner of her Master's classes. So life is a little stressful for her and can't dedicate so much time to the house at the moment. Bruce applied for a job in Salt Lake. We are kind of waiting to hear about the job too. So that could change how we end up finishing... some things. We still want to put in the quality time and effort, but he are hesitating on finishes. We don't want to out do ourselves vs our Comps in the neighborhood either. We will keep you posted on the latest news.

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Trees Coming Down... its a big Mess








It's been a very long weekend. Bruce spent ALL day friday in a man lift. Today we went and rented a Chipper. Where it may have costed us thousands of dollars hiring an Arborist. We are probably in this project $750.00. We will post pictures after the mess has been cleaned up.


Sunday, October 19, 2008

Say goodbye to the Dead Trees!





We have two dead Aspen in our back yard. In addition we have two Pine Trees that will have to be removed they are growing into each other. Bruce is going to rent a man lift next weekend to cut them down. Our back yard is a mess! Getting rid of the dead trees is just the begining. The yard needs a serious Manicure!! The old basketball hoop will have to be removed.

Saturday, October 18, 2008

Lowes Clearance Weekends!!

Bruce went to Lowes yesterday afternoon and discovered a treasure upon his shopping experience. He found Bathroom Vanities on Clearance. We purchased a double sink Vanity for our Master Bath Remodel. The Vanity was originally tagged at $568.00 dollars we got it for $279.00 that means we saved 50% on the Vanity. That's money in our pocket! It pays to shop the clearance aisle at lowes every weekend. (picture will be added later)

Friday, October 17, 2008

1st Anniversary in our Home Renovation Project

We have been in our house a full year this weekend! I can't believe it. Some days it does not seem like we have done very much. When you look at what we have done- we have made BIG changes. Before we moved in the house the house was never updated. Check out just some of the changes we have made over the year!

Before... Outdated and Bland



After... BLACK AND FAB!!


Our Updated Laundry/Craft Room...



After... a Fire Fighter Bedroom fit for a boy. (PINK CARPET WILL BE GOING)










Before - Green and Pink Girls Bedroom



NEW BLACK PAINT

We got rid of Grandma's Blue and White door and we painted the front door BLACK






Added... a NEW Mailbox








After... A new Pantry















Before- One REALLY ugly powder room.








After.... the Pantry turned into a 3/4 Bath


Before it was a Pantry...








After.. A touch of Country French.



Before - Outdated Dinning Space



































Saturday, October 4, 2008

Master Bedroom Demo Continues




The top picture is of all the drywall we threw out the window. Now you can see from one bedroom to the other. The picture above is looking into the master bedroom.