We just finished our biggest project so far - the hall bathroom. It was quite a learning experience, but also very satisfying. I finally had some time to make a list of all we've completed since December.

Exterior
- changed trim from butterscotch to cream
- painted front door red
- customized some house numbers to replace old ones
- replaced entry way exterior light with more welcoming one
- pulled out tons of dead or overgrown plants, mountains of bricks and pavers, a broken water feature, a concrete crocodile and sold a broken hot tub
- replaced above items with Archer's birthday apple tree, three blueberry bushes, a raspberry bush, five strawberry plants, Quinn's wildflower garden, Quinn's birthday maple tree, my great-grandmother's hostas, Jonathan's grandmother's calla lilies, pale pink peonies from our old house, and some other little plants
- took apart 20+ year old deck and put it back together to fill in the hole where the hot tub was
- re-purposed stones from water feature into a little area for our fire pit
- repaired gutters
- de-thatched and reseeded front and back lawns
- had a tree removed and some trees pruned

Family Room
- added giant bookshelf, armoire for tv storage, large couch with hidden bed, and a matching chair
- painted fireplace brass details black

Kids Rooms
- added full closet organization system
- added curtains and art

Kitchen/Dining
- bought 1960's chandelier on Craigslist for $25 and cleaned it up, painted it, and hung it over dining table to replace one (of three) ceiling fans
- fixed refrigerator
- replaced dishwasher
- replaced kitchen faucet
- removed two sets of cabinets for more open feel and natural light
- added curtains

Sitting Room/Office
- replaced ceiling fans with drum lights
- hung a giant map on the wall and built a frame for it
- added curtains and a loveseat to sitting room
- added a used school table and school chairs, some storage, and a magnetic whiteboard easel with calendar to office
- created a chicken wire bulletin board

Mudroom
- removed old pantry cupboard
- added some cleaning supply storage and a coat rack/shelf

Garage
- took some old things down and built a new large work bench with storage on lockable wheels

Hall Bathroom
- removed everything from walls - wallpaper, shelves, lights, mirror, towel racks, base molding, 
- re-textured and painted walls
- added new vanity, toilet, mirror, molding and lights, made a towel rack, scrubbed the floor for hours, recaulked some spaces 
- all we have left is some built-in shelving to build

Master bedroom/bathroom
- added curtains and art

Throughout house
- spray painted multiple light fixtures white and replaced most outlets and light switches with clean white ones

These pictures are from Christmastime after we had made some big changes to the family room. Compare them to the listing photos from the last post.

This next photo was taken yesterday of our sitting room/office. Not the same angle, but it can be compared to the second to last photo from the last post.

And now, for some bathroom before and afters!

It has been so fun to work on all of these projects with Jonathan! Quinn has contributed her wonderful color opinions and Archer has actually helped quite a bit. He makes sure to have the same tool as Jonathan at all times. "I go get mine hammer just like mine daddy!"