Well Hello!

Hey All...Sorry it has been soooo long since we have updated the blog. And by sooo long I mean, over a year...ridiculous. Well, we have not posted in a LONG time partly because not ALOT had changed with the house situation, but things are beginning to progress!!

Since last blog the following has changed...

-David and our very generous friend, Matt Davenport, moved the back door of the house (in case we decide to add on). They ripped out the back of the house and put in back together in no time...amazing!

- David and Matt did a little rewiring in the kitch and put in a few can lights!

- Dave is going to make our kitchen cabinets. He made his initial/trial cabinet a couple of months ago and it LOOKS amazing. I am so impressed...once again his talent confirmed! The initial cabinet made was for our kitchen sink. We went ahead and put it in...so nice to be able to wash a few dishes in a kitchen sink instead of the pedestal sink :) He is in the process of making the rest of the cabinets!

- This past Sunday, David and a dear friend, Brad Allison, raised up part of the floor in our kitchen that used to be the back porch. They busted it out in a few hours! Thank you for all of your hard work and stink...oh I mean sweat :)

- We also had the entire house rewired! We now have can lights in the kitchen as well!

These pictures were all taken from my phone, so are not the best quality. I cant find the charger to my phone. They are also out of order, but stinkin blogger is hard to deal with when imputing pictures. I have not gotten in down yet...well I guess I have not had practice in over a year. Maybe I should practice more often :) I'll see what I can do...

Great work Dave...I love you!! Cant wait for the house to be DONE. We are already planning a MASSIVE BASH for when this house is finished!!!!!

We now live in a Bedroom...Yeah!!!

All of David's hard work has finally paid off and has allowed us to have a beautiful bedroom!!! So we are no longer hanging out, sleeping, and eating in one room...we have a room to hang out in AND to sleep in now! I have posted some picture of the process of the room, from hanging the sheetrock, to the finished product! We have to give a shout out to Mr. Noack for assisting Dave in the tapping and floating process! He came and helped give Dave some pointers and ways to make the process go faster, so thank you soooo much Mr. Noack for your willingness to help and for sharing your talent with us!! Also, we want to thank Brad Allison for assisting Dave in putting on the final touches of the bedroom...Thank you Brad for all of your help and mad painting skills!!!

The next steps....

The remodeling of the kitchen is now officially underway! Matt Halsell came from the Big D and Brad Allison came as well last weekend to help Dave begin ripping out the cabinets and wall in the kitchen as well as begin putting up sheetrock! I think they realized it would be hard work, but I actually think it was a beating, so THANK YOU guys so much for all of your muscles and sweat!! Dave said the process went some much faster having Matt and Brad help out! Matt took some really great picts from their process, but I still need to get them from Matt. I will post picts as soon as I get them!

So...we are officially kitchenless for who knows how long??? I am trying to be realistic and say probably 6 months of so??? BUT...no worries because Chef Molly Peck to the rescue! Our dear friend Molly has recently started her own business. She is an amazing chef, and when I say amazing I mean...TASTY, YUMMY, HEALTHY FOOD!!! She currently offers one meal a week including a main dish, sides, and an scrumptious dessert! Molly will deliver the food to your house in Austin and surrounding cities (well...we dont make her deliver all the way to Taylor bc we live stinkin far, so we pick it up)! She also offers many others services such as catering, personal chef services, cooking classes, etc! She truly is talented...check out her website http://thevanillaorchid.com/ So, we still get to eat really amazing meals without a kitchen...Perfect! Thank you Molly for all of your hard work!!

Our Thumbs are Green...

Dave and I planted a garden this weekend...so time will tell how Green our Thumbs really are?? We enjoyed getting to plant our 1st garden at our new home!! We planted the garden next to the shed...that yes...could fall down at any moment?!? It will eventually be torn down...no worries!

So far we have planted:

-tomato plant
-eggplant
-brussel sprouts
-lettuce
-red pepper
-onions
-rosemary
-basil
-oregano

We will probably plant broccoli, cabbage, and carrots as well, but home depot and lowes had slim pickins. We will keep you posted on how Green our Thumbs are???

Turning the soil

Making the rows

A TREASURE we found in the garden??

Rows ready for plants

Gardening is soo much fun!! Giving the plants a good watering

Yea...we shall see how well is grows?

I also bought 3 cute little succulents from Lowes. I put them together in a vintage pot I found the other day while shopping with Aimee and Brandie!

I love it!

This weekend we also finished tearing the old ceiling tiles off in the guest bedroom! And we cleaned up our mess and this is what the room looks like as of now! All we really need to do in the guest room is sheetrock, tape, float, and paint. Not that this means it will be done soon, because that will take us a while!!

Drum Roll Please...........Bathroom COMPLETE!!!!!!

Wow…its hard to believe, but the bathroom is COMPLETE!! I told David it looks so good, I want to sleep there! It is our diamond in the rough right now! I have to say, if it weren’t for ALL of David’s hard work the bathroom would still look like it did when we moved in. I have honestly been soo impressed with what all he has accomplished. I knew he was a good plumber, but I didn’t know that he was an Awesome framer, tiler, sheet rocker, taper, floater, and painter (I am not too surprised though…he is one handy man)! I can’t wait to take my first shower in the finished bathroom! Here are picts of the before, during and after...

Here are some more pictures of the finished product...

Weekend Progress

Progress this Weekend...

• painted base coats on baseboards
• installed baseboards
• caulked on the bottom and top of the baseboards
  
• finished painting the walls
• installed the light fixture
• caulked around the bottom of the tub
• caulked between the tile and the sheetrock
• caulked around the mirror
• finished a little tiling around the tub

Our to do list in order to have a COMPLETE bathroom:

• caulk the nail holes and touch up the paint on baseboards
  
• touch up paint on walls and ceiling

What a Deal...

Yeah....David found SUCH a deal!! We were wanting to get a farmhouse apron front sink for our (eventual) kitchen remodel; however, the sinks are SUPER pricey, so we were probably going to have to do without. BUT...thanks to David's frequent stops at the plumbing supply house, he found this apron front sink on MAJOR SALE. The sink had been a miss order, and it has a little I mean little scratch on it (which I can barely even see), so I guess they were needing to get it off their inventory. So...Dave bought this sink for almost 75% OFF. WOW...we were super super excited!! Now...we just cant wait to put it in the new kitchen...but I believe we WILL have to wait a little longer!! Thanks Dave for the Great Find!!


We should be posting pictures VERY soon of the completed bathroom. Dave painted the ceiling this week and SURPRISED me one day when I came home from work with PAINTED WALLS!!!! Such a Great surprise. It is starting to look Awesome!! Now...all we have to do is finish up a little painting, put on the baseboards, put back on the bathroom door, and put in the light fixture. SO...we are REALLY hoping to COMPLETE the bathroom this weekend! If so, I will definitely post the pictures!!

Bathroom ALMOST complete

David has been hard at work on the bathroom! He put in all the sheetrock and taped and floated the walls. Today he finished texturing the ceiling and walls and even began painting. I will finish the painting...finally something that I will "hopefully" be successful at!! I am so excited that our bathroom is ALMOST COMPLETE!!! I will post pictures once it is completely finished.

We have also been getting the front bedroom ready for sheetrock. We have been ripping off the OLD styrofoam ceiling tiles and tearing off OLD wallpaper.

We hope that everyone is doing well!!

Ebby tried to help her daddy texture, but she got a little dirty in the process!!

Half of the tiles have been torn off in the guest bedroom

The mess we made...we are pretty good at this!

In the taping and floating process

More of the tape/float

Dave beginning to texture

The texture looks Great Dave!

Dave had to remove the toilet and pedestal to paint behind them...no worries though...toilet is back in place!