Today I decided to mix things up a bit and go to Lowes. I probably should have stuck with Home Depot because Lowes didn't have two of the lights I was looking for and the cashier forgot to give me one of my bags so I paid for spray paint that I didn't take out of the store. I'll be going back tomorrow to pick up my paint to redo the vents. Today we worked on hooking up the washer and ...

Today I spent the entire day at the house working. But not working on the house, working on my computer. I had to wait for our washer and dryer to be delivered, so I set up shop in our family room. Try not to be jealous of my amazing view. :-) This afternoon the guys came over and started building the wall. They won't actually get the wall completed before we move in, but we ...

I mentioned last week that the painting delay gave us time to do some extra projects. Extra projects like rip out another part of the wall and build a room. :-) I guess I'm a girl who loves demo because we keep doing it. Before I share what we started on Saturday, a quick drywall update. The orange peel has been sprayed on all the walls that had wallpaper removed as well as the ...

I was able to finish taping off the walls and ceilings, although I ended up with a migraine so that's all I did. As I was taping with the paper I realized it reminded me of wrapping Christmas presents and instead of a new toy, when I rip off the paper I will have new walls. :-) DH and the boys started cleaning out the garage since our kitchen cabinets will be delivered on Tuesday. We ...

Our new handyman is doing a great job. Today my oldest daughter and I went over to the house to tape off doors, windows, and ceilings to protect them from the orange peel overspray. This included the dining room, hall, entry, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. We almost got the entire thing finished. I'm headed back in the morning to get it finished up. Our guy gave us this paper and tape ...

Check out our renovation project plan here. I'm sooooooo disappointed. Today we had a handyman come to the house to install trim and see if he could help fix the awful drywall job. The longer we looked at the job the more issues we found. It will take a few days to get the house ready for painting and we have to pay a second person to redo the job. We are also going to put orange peel on ...