The Remodel

For the last few months, our house has been turned upside down. To make room for Grace's nursery, we decided to move the office downstairs to the dining room. Jake's new room will be what was the upstairs office and then we're switching Jake's old nursery and guest room. Grace's nursery will be the old guest room and the guest room will be in Jake's old nursery. Confused, yet? I am and I live here! The whole project started when Ty decided the new office downstairs needed french doors to make it look like an office. We had those installed and had to add some sheet rock to the wall to make it work. Then, the office needed to be painted so Ty painted it a nice dark olive color and painted the trim to match the new doors. While we were at it, we painted the whole downstairs and stairway which was in a dire need for new paint. I believe it had the original paint from 1982...not too good. The living room is now a nice dark khaki color and the hall and stairs are a light khaki color which match our bedroom color. After all of the painting was finished, we added new flooring. Our entire downstairs was a white tile which was nearly impossible to keep clean. It also had begun buckling in the kitchen because apparently the previous owner of our home hadn't put it down correctly. Ty took up about half the tile which was incredibly hard work. He rented a mini jack hammer and went at it. We decided to pay the tile company to do the other half. We now have new tan tile in the kitchen and laminate wood floors in the living room, hallway, and office. Pretty much a new house! I took some pictures this morning of it. I'll throw in a disclaimer that they aren't too good, but I was trying to hurry while Jake still slept. We're just left with switching the upstairs rooms and decorating Grace's room. I have Jake's new room done but I'll post those pictures later.

The new french doors to the office

The new office...this was Ty's desk growing up that Al made for him and of course his deer head (which ironically he shot on my birthday in 1987--we were meant to be!)The main desk in the office...Ty's lighthouse picture has also moved from over the sofa to over the desk. I'm saving room over the sofa for a really great Jake and Grace picture when she comes. You can also see the pretty laminate floors...they turned out great. Oh, also notice the bear rug...more wildlife--Ty's grandad killed that in Alaska. Jake likes to ride it :)Here's a glimpse of the living room (including the lovely Lego's table--my $20 secondhand store bargain for Jake). You can see the new wall color and the floors. Eventually I want to replace the fireplace cover and change the gold to black.And, the new kitchen tile...I already love it. Cleaning the shiny, white tile was pretty much the bane of my existence...I welcome the nice tan color!