Year of the house....

Phew where does the year go! I can almost start my count down to halloween! (or should i say the countdown to start decorating for halloween!!...(in case you don't know, fall goes up on Sept. 1st...Halloween goes up on Oct. 1st!.......and christmas, well THAT goes up thanksgiving NIGHT!!!! it's a whole party thang..)

This year the family is coming to our house for christmas....so besides a countdown for the holidays, a countdown for "get yo' booty in gear woman and get some stuff done to your house that you have been putting off forever" list(s) kick in too... and um.....it is a LOOOONG list... there is NO WAY it is going to be all done before they get here but I will give it my all... and all that my wallet will give :) :)

First thang is first. We start with the floors and baseboards.

So we bought our home 3 years ago...and as it usually does, life happens and besides painting and refinishing our cabinets, not a lot has happened.

The floors were neutral color and in fairly good shape when we moved in so we had them in mind to do but not immediate. Well, 3 years later, dr's tell us carpet needs to go when possible as bad as hunter's asthma is and with a 3 year old, sippy cups of juice, and just a plain ol' busy life...thats just what they did....they "got gone" fast!
Here's the tile scheme:

Before/demo picture....(didn't take a whole bunch....nothing NEEDS to be remembered... :)

after.....

(picture frames are now symmetric on both sides adding a 4th incase this bugs anyone else :) ..maybe just me...and family pics inserted so the "rent-a-fam pics" that came with frames are gone)

hunters little art corner.....it gets used.. A LOT

(office fixture...still unpacking this room :( ...)

aaand we mounted the TV above fireplace...hubby has decided we now need a bigger tv...shrug...

loving the after shots... is it REALLY necessary to have to live through the "during". Can we just skip to the end......

We still have the bedrooms and baths to do.... now we just need the time...

In all the "rearranging" commotion in this process i discovered a wall that none of our current art pieces look "right" on. (uum the office looks like the art slots at stores....just flip through the twenty or so not hung and find what you need...I am officially out of walls... what can i say...i heart my art....)

so what do i do....see something on pinterest that sparks an idea and there I go...making something that does work!!

May I introduce our GINORMOUS menu board...

(still working on the frame.... i have to find someone that has a miter saw or just bite the bullet and buy one... i still have my headboard and dining table to make so I know it will get used TONS...)
I ended up making two because someone else was having way to much fun on the first one....

so now the first one is in his toy room. (the "toy" room is the future room of baby number 2...WHENEVER they decide to come along....when this happens....lets just say it will become the year of hunter's room....building stuff that will fit what we need in his room to fit a baby in the other)

then came hunters bathroom....

it has been painted, fixture changed, mirror changed, and finally accessories switched out...flooring is in its future...and tiling on the wall..42" up on the wall to be exact but who's thinking that far ahead. :)

(still have some spackling to do where the old fixture was but you get the idea)

Now its time for our bedroom. No pics yet because it has not been started but it's "a-comin". Paint, flooring, baseboards, fixtures, headboard (building because i cannot find one i like)...like i said...may i skip the "during" and just see the finished? :)

and the WONDERFUL hubby gave me my birthday present early....6 months early! (to some this is no shock...hubby and i have this thang that we are always way too excited about each others gifts so the minute we get em....we usually give them to the other.....no matta how early....eh whattya do...we love it!)

I got my farmer's sink for the kitchen!!!! this gives me time to get it installed and find a fixture we can both agree on! whoooo hoooo!!! I hated to give you a picture of a box so i will give you one from the store...

needless to say I....am.....excited.

and last but not least we bought a refridgerator for the garage....I'd say we are definitely "gearing" up for christmas....(see why we are calling it "year of the house")

So that about wraps up the last month in the Stinson household. It has been a hot mess here let me tell you but it's getting there!

Sending all our love from texas!!