Master Bedroom

So here is the before and after of our master bedroom. When we bought the house the walls of the master looked disgusting. It looked like someone had repeatedly thrown buckets of dirty water all over the walls! If you are just now joining us, you may be wondering why we took up all the laminate wood flooring that was put in throughout the house. Well it looks fine in the pictures but in reality the boards were not installed correctly and there were many large gaps throughout the house that could not be fixed. Also, we preferred the darker wood flooring we now have in our living areas and Randall was insistent that we had carpet in the bedrooms. So in this room we: scraped popcorn ceilings, put in carpet, painted walls, painted trim, replaced light fixture.

Before:

After:

The color of our walls is Benjamin Moore - Gravity. LOVE it. It is such a calm and relaxing color that I am now trying to figure out where else in the house I can put it!

A Productive Weekend

This past Saturday we had a whole crew over working on the house. Work is so much more fun when shared with friends and family. We area very grateful to those who came and helped, thanks guys! The house is in much better shape now than it was last week!

Mom and Dad worked on cleaning the piles and piles of dirt and debris off the floor and gave them a good mopping (although we will have to spend many more back-breaking hours trying to scrape every bit of dried paint off the concrete before the wood floors can go down). But for now they look great to me.... walking in and seeing dirt free concrete floors warms my heart!




Randall's job for the day was cutting and installing the baseboards throughout the house as the previous ones did not survive demo day. Good thing his company is paying for SAFETY TRAINING as it is really paying off..... wait, no.... I'm pretty sure using a trashcan for a saw table and having no protective hand or eye-gear does NOT comply with the appropriate safety measures. His mother couldn't watch and had to leave and pray he still had ten fingers when the day was done. Good thing he is a little handy-man and knows what he is doing!


Our friend Jay came over to help and didn't mind doing super fun jobs like filling the 3,000 nail holes in the baseboards with putty! You are appreciated!


Our friend Aaron also came to help in the fun. Would you want to let these two loose in your home?


And this is officially the first photo of the two of us in our new home. Good job honey. I sure hope we get all this done soon as I'm not sure how much more Randall can take (as evidenced by this photo). But really it has been a fun, if trying, experience and I'm glad I get to share it with him. I can't wait to actually live in the house!


And finally at the days end, brother Caleb, sil Jennie, nephew Reese, and niece Aubrie stopped in town on their way home from a trip. Here is a picture of little "darlin". She was all decked out in an adorable hot pink and black monogramed dress with a zebra print bow! That is one stylin' gal.


Aubrie loves people to talk to her. If you get in her face and talk in a sweet voice she will give you the biggest gummy grin- what a cutie!


Also this weekend my fil, Danny painted the outside of the house. He admitted to doubting my choice in paint color, but in the end admitted that it looked great and I wasn't as crazy as he thought! I will post pics of that as soon as I get the front door painted.....RED!

What a man!

So, the repairs on the house are a little behind schedule. But that is just what happens when you try to plan everything in your life out perfectly. It is good to remember that sometimes you just have to go with the flow and be flexible! Randall has been sanding down the ceilings and walls, getting them ready for another round of tape and bed! I want to pause here to give some much deserved praise to my husband. I feel like lately I have been getting upset with him over petty things and I don't give him enough credit for the things he does do. I have to say, Randall is one of the most hard working people I know (I think he gets a lot of this from his father). He can put in a 10+ hour day at work, adding on a two hour commute round trip, and then he will come home and work as many hours as he can on our house. And that's not it- The thing that impresses me the most is he does it all without uttering one complaint. He has been commuting to Waxahachie now for over a year and not once has he complained about it or about the early hour at which he must wake up to get there by 7am. I sure could take a lesson from him! So, in case I don't say it enough, I appreciate you Randall, and I'm lucky to have such a hard-working, dedicated husband.

(Here he is sanding. I couldn't get a good picture because there was too much dust in the air. I will be purchasing some protective eye glasses and dust masks for tomorrow!)