Well, we have been pretty busy the last few months, as we have been working on finishing up some projects around the house. As of right now, we only have about five things left on the To-Do list, three for later this year (wall molding in master bedroom, outdoor grill station and a antique door for shed – replacing the new one that was originally installed) and the other two projects will be next year (water cupboard for the outside hose and small wall to hide trash cans). Of course, all of our outside projects will have to get HOA approval, so we will need to make sure we have all the drawings completed and submitted before we start any of those. We also have a couple minor painting projects: the front door and the bathroom vanity in the master ensuite, as well as one small wall left in the main bedroom, but Mom will probably finish that in the next couple of weeks.
Mom and Sam have been working quite hard on the landscaping and gardens, but we won’t have an update/photos on those for at least a couple of more weeks, as we are waiting on some of the flowers to get bigger and bloom.
The downstairs living area also saw some improvements – new curtains in the living and dining areas and a new light to highlight the paintings in the living area which we will also show in a future post. Below are the photos from some of the recent projects we have completed.
Project 1: The last of the boob lights were finally replaced! The downstairs hallway and the stairway landing all got the same light fixture.
Project 2: Laundry room cabinets are finally finished. When we first moved in this was an empty room, with 2 sets of the wire shelves above the laundry units. We added the cabinets and the counter tops. The last piece was the ‘glass’ door that holds all the drinks (above the small fridge).
Project 3: Kitchen sink – this was a big project and we needed all hands on deck to finish this one. Because of the design of the island, the sink is a little smaller than normal. In addition, the old sink had a divider in the middle, which made it impossible to get large pots in the sink to clean. We replaced it with a new one which was quite a bit heavier and a huge upgrade to the old unit (also much more quiet!). We added and new faucet and an additional water filter w/spigot while we had everything disassembled.
Project 4: Window seat/bookcase in Master bedroom. We had a large area of the bedroom that wasn’t really being utilized, so we added a large window seat with a bookcase and a hidden 43″ TV. The window seat has 2 large compartments for storing extra blankets/junk, with the another large compartment that houses the TV. Since it’s under a set of double windows, it’s actually large enough to completely stretch out and take a nap. Nana, helped on this project as she made the very large cushion for top of the window seat and she altered all the curtains in the room. Finally, we will add some trim molding to the front of the window seat box, but we won’t do that until we work on the wall molding. FYI, the 6th photo is what the room looked like when we originally toured the house.
Project 5: Flashing for the side of the shed and gutters for the front/back of the shed. Mom will also be getting a rain barrel for Mother’s Day that we are going to put on the back side of the shed (side shown in photo).
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