March Renovation 2023

 This is the month we finally got to say goodbye to the bright yellow dumpster that had been sitting in the driveway (well, we actually had to get 4 different ones) since the previous April. The last steps were lighting in the dining area and finally, ripping up carpet in the bedrooms and replacing it, after sweeping, scraping and scrubbing all the grossness underneath the old carpet. The boys room got a complete makeover. They planned out how to rearrange their furniture and since we had to take their bed apart anyway they were able to give it a fresh coat of (better colored) paint. They filled in walls and even painted the room. We helped of course, but they took full ownership of the whole project.

December Renovation 2022

 Kitchen cabinets and flooring completed the final stages for phase 2. We were still without water in the kitchen until right before Christmas but we were able to make Christmas breakfast in our new kitchen (Minus the hardware. but who is keeping track of the details?).

November Renovation 2022

 Getting ready for kitchen cabinets. That demo was fun and very therapeutic! But man, all the little details in the process became pretty stressful, during an already stressful time of year. But we survived. And wait until you see the final product! But you'll have to wait. You know nothing is easy...or quick. And then we had the demo of the flooring in the better part of the rest of the house so that the flooring that was installed in September would match throughout.

October Renovation 2022

 With our COO issued just days before getting a call of a placement for 3 teenagers we immediately put our addition to use! And all three siblings could stay in the same room. My heart couldn't have been happier! With the permitting done we could move onto phase 2. Knocking down a couple of walls to open up the kitchen, dining and living areas and installing custom bookshelves around the door. Once again living in chaos, but this time with three more bodies in the mix!

September Renovation 2022

 September brought in 30 boxes of flooring! Phase one was almost complete! We didn't know that the baseboards needed to be installed BEFORE the flooring was installed so we spent all night the night before getting that in. Jude has literally helped with at least a little bit of every step of this process. The first phase only had flooring being installed in the new room and laundry room until we could get our kitchen cabinets installed which would be several months later because backorder. *sigh* BUT...We had our COO by the end of the month!