Before and After- Grant's Room

This is a picture from the selling brochure. This room wasn't terrible, we just wanted to give it more personality to match Grant.

Here it is! Sorry for the unprofessional pics- it looks way better in person.

The room was painted a very pale blue so we livened it up with the darker blue on the bottom and then added the same blue just two shades lighter on the top. We replaced the carpet, base board, and casing for windows and doors. We also added chair rail to divide the blues. We also had to replace all of the outlets switches, outlet plates, light switches and light switches to white because everything was in a beige. I didn't take a pic of the door- but it was stained a dark brown and so I sanded it and painted it white and then replaced the gold colored door knob with a brushed nickel. Grant loves his room!

Gotta love Fall!

So far the Fall has been just beautiful. The weather has been between 65-80 and the trees are amazing. Last week we went out to have a porch pic nic and afterward the kids decided to run around and try to catch the falling leaves.

Grant checking out the differences between some of the leaves. It's interested what grabs his attention.

Little PB & J cutie face

Yes, that is a sandwich in Grant's mouth.

I made piles of leaves and told the kids to go nuts and jump in them. They decided they would rather sit in their "nests".

Some fun things we have been doing this Fall are: finding different types of leaves; tracing leaves with crayons and hanging on the window; making different spooky paper cutouts to put on the windows; going for long walks (before the winter comes); raking leaves; raking leaves; and raking leaves; and painting pumpkins

Before and After: Dining Room

Chris and I like working on different home improvement projects so we wanted to share one of the rooms we have finished.

The Dining Room. Below is a pic from the brochure from the home owners before us. The dining room was carpeted and painted with a faux gold sponging effect. Yikes! So we decided to change a few things. OK everything! We feel pretty good considering the only thing we paid someone else to finish was the flooring.

Below is a picture of the dining room after we closed on the house. The only difference is that we removed the carpet and replaced it with a darker/auburn hardwood. Looks better already.

Then we decided to pull off the existing wood trim and dated chandelier. We replaced all the wood trim (window casing, crown, chair rail, and baseboard) with a wider profile (in white), replaced the chandelier, light switches, outlet switches, painted the ceiling/walls, and added shadowboxes (faux wainscoting). Also, there were 5 outlets in that one room so Chris took 2 of them out and I learned how to patch up holes in drywall. So far I have been doing all the painting and Chris has been doing all of the carpentry stuff. And we are really enjoying working together. We love it and can't wait until we can find the right curtains and fill it with a dining room table :)

We have also finished Grant's room and the Living Room. So I'll post those pics sometime next week.

It's a girl!

We found out yesterday that we'll be having another baby girl! We are very excited to add a Maddie Jr. and glad to see that so far everything is normal and healthy. When we told Grant the news he told us that he would have preferred a brother- but I think he'll warm up to her. It was tricky to get really good profile pics because she was soooo wiggly during the ultrasound- but it was fun to see her move. Below is baby profile, head down. My due date is Feb 4th.