Our JB....a work in progress too....

Yes...this is the best possible pic I have of our JB receiving a kindness award from school. Really. I am not sure but I think the boy in the back row is holding a light saber.

Kids Bath After - color pine needle

Kids Bath After

Kids Bath Before

This is a pic of the upstairs bath. There was only a cammode and a grade school sized sink. ( Remember those? ) We knocked down a wall and added a tub/shower one piece surround ( which came in through a hole we made in the exterior wall to outside ). I found the cabinet/sink on craigslist. The kids are nature nuts and we decided to go moosey in there!

Mercer Blue...

Ry's Room before...ick

Ry's room before

Ry's Room

This is the smallest bedroom. We refinished the floor. painted and added crown molding. Any ideas for the orange doors?.....Oh...and here's a pic of the guy we are decorating for!

Where we are now

Here is a quick pic of where we are now. The addition has an "Autumn Blend" stone front and we will cover the existing brick with the same in the spring and the siding will get replaced as well. The front stairs...the monstrosity that it is...well...we were hoping to get rid of it and replace it with a beautiful deck like front...but this is a remodel on a budget...so we'll see.

Day One

Well to catch up on the details of our home, I actually have to backtrack to July 2007. That's when we bought our fixer upper. We fell in love with the idea of our kids running in the yard and the dreams we had for each room. We took a leap and bought the home without even having our first home for sale. Then the housing market started to decline and here we were with two! So...on a mission I worked to stage the home and with all the blessings that seem to surround us, we sold in Feb. of 2008. We moved into our fixer upper with only one bedroom livable and a completely gutted kitchen and three kids ( the youngest...just turned 2) and in a major snow storm!!) But the other home sold...so we were....happy. My remarkable husband is working 2 full time jobs...and moved the piano...up a huge flight of stair on his own! ( In the snow storm) I guess I want to say that none of this is easy but somehow we are....happy. So room by room...here we go.....