We have been making long strides in our home-projects this past month. As you will see from the post below, I have my new furnace & c/a. The week after that was in, we had some cement work done that involved replacing a slab in the front of the house, and then pouring a slab in the back between our house and garage. We wanted a place to put the grill, and kinda clean that up back there.
Since the furnace was done, that meant we could finally finish our office. Which included: enclosing the soffit we added for the plumbing to the upstairs bathroom we put in, painting, hanging cabinets, and carpeting, as well as, adding more outlets and moving the cable. Below are pictures of the process.
Drywall is up, and has been sanded and mudded and ready to be painted.
Picture of the room after being primed.
The office finally painted. It was a lot bigger chore than I was expecting. It required 1 coat primer and 3 coats of paint (I was only expecting 2) Plus I had to repaint the ceiling b/c of some patchwork that needed done and I wasn't counting on that. This was the least fun room to paint and one of the most time consuming for such a small room, because of all the edging you have to do around the windows and door ways. I painted it the same color as the living/dining rooms.
Pictures of Shane haning the cabinets. We really needed storage for the office, and with the room being small, we decided the best solution was cabinets. It took a lot shimming b/c the walls are not straight! Shane did an awesome job at hanging the cabinets. I have full confidence that in our next house, he will be able to redo an entire kitchen for me!
Bella checking out the cabinets.
This picture is of the innovative way my husband came up with holding the cabinets up while screwing them in the wall (I am not the most helpful in the heavy lifting department!)
Me painting the cabinets (which also required primer and 3 coats color!). Bella found it necessary to sit on my lap while I tried to paint!
Pictures of cabinets after they have been painted. I chose to paint them the same color of the walls since the room is small, to help the room still feel open and bigger.
Picture of our new carpet! This has to be one of my favorite parts, it is so nice to have that dirty, wood floor covered!
Picture of Shane installing the base-cove moulding.
The finished product! I still need to get curtains for the windows! (I will post pics of those when I get them) All of our office stuff fits in the one desk and a few of the cabinets! Its great! I don't have anything else in the room, and plan to leave it that way for now, b/c someday it will have to also serve as my sewing room! We have more than enough storage! That is one thing that drew me to this house, the possibilities it had to enhance its storage!
It is such a great feeling to have the office done. That wraps up our major indoor projects! Other than shurewalling the basement! Outside, we still have one big project...siding the garage to match the house, and some landscaping! Which we hope to do next summer!
Miss Mady being cute!
Parker & his mommy, Janice
I'm guessing Mady may be telling a story
Mady & her Uncle Tanner playing Jenga
Parker
Mady bundled up to go play out in the snow
Lindsey & Jared (the happily engaged couple!)
Mady in her pretty Christmas dress before we left for church
Mady-2 1/2, Stacy & Janice, Parker-1
Mady's reaction to Santa bringing her a kitchen set!
Shane & KT w/ Bella Bear
All the gifts that needed loaded into the Camry to go to Nebraska! The whole trunk was full, so I had to put our luggage in the back seat!
Arrived safely at mom's and unloaded (mom's house looked so clean and nice before we arrived!)
Dad and Mom!
Missy with her Christmas present from me!
Zoe & Nana hanging out in the toy room! It's where all the grandkids want to go as soon as they get to nana's!
My brother, Jared, and his beautiful family!
My sister, Britni and her beautiful family!
Luke being his cute self!
Matthew opening his gift from us. We couldn't find where he went, and then found him in the kitchen tearing off the wrapping paper and putting each piece straight into the trash, it was pretty cute!
Cousin-love!
Bella seeking refuge on my lap during gift-opening!
I guess all we have to do is just wrap a box with nothing in it, because Matthew had more fun just playing with a box than his actually gifts!
Matthew getting a piggy back ride from Papa Carson!
Missy and Jared
Nathan w/ his Auntie K
An attempt at taking a family picture!
Bella playing with her ball...Shane took this beautiful pic, as well as the one below! I did the editing!
Shane got this funny pic of Bella running after her ball, notice her tongue is sticking out!
This is the look I get when I ask "does Bella wanna a treat?"
Bella and her mom!
A picture of the beautiful center-piece my Gramma Cena sent us the day before! It was a wonderful surprise and a beautiful focal point for the dinner table! Thanks Gramma!!!
Bella napping as we wait for our company to arrive!
(Tanner, Lindsey, Shane & Sharon)
A goofy pic of Shane and I that we took recently of ourselves!
Drywall is up, and has been sanded and mudded and ready to be painted.
Picture of the room after being primed.
The office finally painted. It was a lot bigger chore than I was expecting. It required 1 coat primer and 3 coats of paint (I was only expecting 2) Plus I had to repaint the ceiling b/c of some patchwork that needed done and I wasn't counting on that. This was the least fun room to paint and one of the most time consuming for such a small room, because of all the edging you have to do around the windows and door ways. I painted it the same color as the living/dining rooms.
Pictures of Shane haning the cabinets. We really needed storage for the office, and with the room being small, we decided the best solution was cabinets. It took a lot shimming b/c the walls are not straight! Shane did an awesome job at hanging the cabinets. I have full confidence that in our next house, he will be able to redo an entire kitchen for me!
Bella checking out the cabinets.
This picture is of the innovative way my husband came up with holding the cabinets up while screwing them in the wall (I am not the most helpful in the heavy lifting department!)
Me painting the cabinets (which also required primer and 3 coats color!). Bella found it necessary to sit on my lap while I tried to paint!
Picture of our new carpet! This has to be one of my favorite parts, it is so nice to have that dirty, wood floor covered!
Picture of Shane installing the base-cove moulding.
The finished product! I still need to get curtains for the windows! (I will post pics of those when I get them) All of our office stuff fits in the one desk and a few of the cabinets! Its great! I don't have anything else in the room, and plan to leave it that way for now, b/c someday it will have to also serve as my sewing room! We have more than enough storage! That is one thing that drew me to this house, the possibilities it had to enhance its storage!
Me and Dad the morning they headed back home. I am smiling b/c I have heat, dad is smiling b/c he is done putting in the heat for me! Now he doesn't have a reason to come out to Iowa...guess we will just have to think about giving him some grandkids, so he will have an excuse to come back!
Gramma Cena & Mom relaxing!
Gramma Cena, me & Mom - we really appreciated them coming all the way to celebrate something that meant so much to us!