16 July 2011

Home Reno = A Lesson in Patience

I've found out that renovating a house can test your patience just about as much as your spouse can. That's not always a bad thing...

We are just about finished with the upstairs of our house (minus finishing out the kitchen cabinets and staining one bedroom floor). Our next project...dun dun DUN........the basement!

It looks like an old hospital room..too sanitary. Needs color ASAP!


The view from the back door, staircase opening on the left

 The old bathroom (it's completely gutted right now)

 The utility room

Looking at these pictures nearly exhausts me. I think our primary goal for the upcoming month is to get the bathroom fixed up. My sister is coming to visit from Australia for a little over a month, so it will be nice to have an extra bathroom while she's staying with us. We are planning on putting a stand-up shower in there, so that's definitely our biggest task. Once we figure that all out, I have a feeling the rest will be easy peasy.

I am so thrilled to have a basement. It will be such a great place to hang out and fellowship with our friends (and for Scales of Motion to have band practice). Did I mention it is about 10 degrees cooler in the basement, too?! Kevin and I have talked about moving down there just for that reason...we might just do it.

Kev and I hope to get to work on it either this week or next, so stay tuned for some bathroom reno pics!
Sometimes it seems like this house will never be finished, but when I look back a pictures from just a couple months ago, I can see we've come a long way. I'm just ready for the inside to be done so I can focus on making my yard and garden look grand (am I selfish or what?!).

Wishing you all a peaceful and blessed day. Don't forget to drink lots of water!

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