we have been doing numerous projects around our house and i couldn't be more excited about the progress we've made so far. new paint, new trim, new couches, new wall decor, new pillows, new accents, new blinds and window treatments. i am SO happy. i am even happier because dan has a fire under his ass. i refuse to let anyone into our home (besides our parents) for the entire month of april so we can finish the last minute things to "recreate" our living room. which was outdated when we bought this house, and three years later, yes still outdated.
i'm IN LOVE with our new couches. our previous nasty, bulky green couches were from i'm guessing 1997? from when my mom was married to dick, and we lived on fourth street. i believe they were bought for dereks graduation party... lets see that was when i was in third grade. that's disgusting! the couch is at the dump and the chair (dan couldn't part with it) is in the basement for dans nights that he spends on the couch. ;) the only major thing we need to do for the living room is painting the fireplace. the fireplace that i dream of someday taking out of our living room because it is old, unused and ruins the "flow" of our living room. but for now, its here. we're going to have to give our munchkins to one of our parents for the day and night if we want this painting project to run smoothly. we've talked to some "paint experts" on what we're going to need to do. it will be a big project.
the paint in the living room is something i'm still not quite in love with. i LOVE LOVE LOVE it during the daylight. with the natural sunlight shining in. but when i turn on the lights and it's dark.... i'm not a fan. i knew i should have gone alone to pick out paint. it's about two shades darker than i had originally wanted... dan wanted this color. whatever. it's paint! i guess in two years or so if i still don't like it i can always change it. i will tell you that when we start our kitchen re-vamp in the month of june i will go ALONE, sans kids and husband to pick out the paints we will be using. i have never been more excited to a trip to menards/depot/any diy store. i've been dreaming of new cabinets and counter-tops since, well you guess it, three (now almost four) years ago. plus new flooring and decor. we were planning on dan doing all of the work, but we are going to "hire out" for the cabinets .. something that is rare occurrence for any construction worker. we just don't have the time to dedicate to this major project. this house won't look anywhere near the house we purchased. i might even have dan swayed to get new appliances; a new fridge and stove. our fridge has been a sore in our behinds for the past four months. it just stops working. we are going to fix it this one last time and then purchase a new one if the problem continues. can you believe my husband is putting money towards appliances? maybe it's because i found his new "must have" tools in the garage the other day and was somewhat unimpressed? either way i will take it! currently all of our food and drinks are in the basement. i should be so grateful that we have an extra fridge down there so i don't have to put our food in a cooler or something but running downstairs for the smallest thing is getting irritating.
next on our list: landscaping and yard care. i need this new, and much hated, snow to melt so we can start the revamp for the yard. i have my mom on board to help do some front landscaping and dan is going to sod the backyard. dan has plans to expand our garage this summer as well?? i am not sure where he seems to come up with these ideas or the time to do them. we'll see if this actually happens. we do need more room for all of our outdoor extras. a front deck is something we've talked about for years as well... i don't know how that will fit into our summer plans. but it is still in the back of our minds.
i am hoping that we will someday move away from this little house, as it is getting smaller and smaller as the boys grow up. i know that this "revamp" will help with our resale value and we can come one step closer to a larger house or a big move to bozeman. :) i can dream, right?
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