Hardware Store Trip

We got pretty lazy with Nona's grooming and dressing during this house project. She dressed herself and I captured it all on a trip to Lowe's one morning. Every time someone said "hi" at the store she would just spin for them and then slide on the floor. It was really impressive! 

Next Door Kitchen

I love how the kitchen turned out. We knew we didn't have very much time so we decided to keep the original custom built cabinets in the kitchen. I scrubbed, sanded and painted the cabinets. We changed out the counter tops and back-splash and got all new appliances. We tore out the flooring and put in this tile. We doubled the size of the opening of the kitchen. I love the tile work for the back-splash. It was a ton of work because Phil had to cut so many of the small diamonds and glue each one in. I also love the layout and having it so much more open. It is my favorite room of the house and came together really well for being so quick.

Next Door Floors

 Phil used some reclaimed wood from a project in Tacoma he is working on to make the mantle. We painted the brick and the fireplace insert to just clean it all up. We still had a ton of dust on the floor from cutting the trim inside because it was so late at night we didn't want to bug neighbors.

We took out all the old carpet, pulled out the tack strips and staples (which was a ton of work), cleaned the floors, sanded, then stained the floors. I love how they turned out. It makes it so much warmer in each room. The last picture is the bedroom and I love how it looks with everything done.

House Next Door

We finished off the unfinished basement so we could add a couple bedrooms and an open room. Bryce and Andra were moving in as we were finishing and moving out the tools so I didn't get finished pictures without their stuff in it. It was a ton of work framing, insulation, drywall, mud, paint, trim, flooring. We really like how it turned out and great to have all that additional finished space.

The House Next Door

Our neighbors, Ed and Lindy Firch, decided they needed to move to an assisted living center this year after Lindy fell down the stairs. They are both in their 90s and have managed so well even taking care of their large yard all these years. We have mentioned many times over the years how we would love to buy their house if they were ever ready to sell and their sons didn't want it. So we bought it with some friends, the Phillips, and had 6 weeks to fix it up. It needed new plumbing, electrical, paint, bathrooms, kitchen update, windows and garage doors. We worked super hard and both Phil and I have tennis elbow we are dealing with now...seriously it is hard to get old! 

Here is one of the bathrooms we tiled. It was bright lime green and old. We gutted it and put it back together.