Saturday, January 21, 2012

Who Was I Kidding...Oh Myself

Yes, I was kidding myself. You see I look at lots and lots of home decor blogs, pinterest, before and afters, DIY craft blogs, etc. and I theoretically think it would be fun to do that, but really I don't have time. So I'm scratching the "house made pretty" blog idea from my to do list, so I can actually accomplish some of my more pressing to do items. I guess that's one way to accomplish something, right?

In the last four weeks we have been SUPER busy. We were very busy before that too (well at least Matt was). Obviously we celebrated Christmas. It was great. The kids loved it. We stayed in Vegas and celebrated with Matt's family. I have a picture or a hundred somewhere that I will hopefully post a little bit later.

The day after Christmas we started the big move...oh my was that an undertaking. With Christmas shopping, the kids being out of school and having a really helpful two year old I wasn't as packed or prepared as I should have been. Plus I think I might be a somewhat organized hoarder. We started the move on Monday and we got the last things out of our house on Wednesday. Matt did lots of little fix up projects on the old house on Thursday and it was painted on Friday. The really great people who are renting from us moved in on Saturday. It was a whirlwind to say the least.

The new house is great. There were still quite a few things to finish up in it in the first few weeks that we lived here (the first week we had one working sink in the whole house and it was in the master bathroom). As of today all of the sinks in the house are now working. We have blinds up, (almost everywhere). The house functions. Not everything is unpacked (1/2 of the three car garage is still in boxes) and we need to purchase quite a bit of new furniture. But we are getting comfortable here.

My favorite part is the kitchen. Everything has a place, it's so great and I am so happy with how it is turning out. There are some paint touch ups that need to happen and new barstools to be bought, I haven't decided on the backsplash, but overall it is more than I hoped it would be. Here are a few before and afters....



5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Love it! More pictures! And your Christmas picture was cute, the calm before the storm:)

Kelly said...

You are seriously the luckiest duck I know to have a husband that can do all that! I LOVE it! How long did it take him to get all this done? If he needs business, seriously send him my way, I really want crown molding...french doors...etc!!! I am sure you won't let him out of your sight for a while as you've got lots of fun projects for him. But when things calm down let me know, I am going to contact him. I miss you Amber, so glad you are happily moved! So FUN!!!

Katherine said...

Gorgeous!
I hope you plan to share more photos!
Your fridge and stove intrigue me - you will have to fill in some details when you find the time (ha!)

Erin said...

Love it!! The after is beautiful! Can't wait to see the rest.

Us5McEuens said...

Wow! The kitchen looks great. You guys did a great job. I like the new paint, we will come by to see you guys next time we are around.