Oh What A Day!

Okay...so, this morning I wake up to a call from our renter in Virginia that a TREE fell through the roof at 1:30 in the morning!

Mind you we are in Indiana! I felt so bad... our renter is so great! We could not be luckier to have had God bless us with her as a renter. She said that she is taking photos of the HUGE tree limb that fell through the roof. AND

THANK GOD it didnt hurt anyone. It came inches from her son and actually punctured her sons bed. I am so thankful he is okay. He told his mom he is going to have such a cool story to tell all his friends at school. So at least he is not scarred for life. I could care less about the house. I am just glad everyone is alright!

So on a much lighter, less woody note:

Here below is a before photo of the window in the front of the house.

And Tada like Magic a window...with shutters. And incase you are wondering why there is such a gap at the bottom of the window! Well I am planning on putting a flower planter box!!! YAY I am so excited about that.

Here is a shot of part of the kitchen in Drywall. I am so proud because I have measured and hung some peices by myself. Woo Hoo! Hubby told me that I am getting good so now I have to help hang all the rest!

Now this is something I am so proud of. I made a planter bow for my garden to go in! I painted it, cut the wood and screwed it all together {all by myself}! I got this idea out of the Better Homes & Gardens magazine.

Renovation Cape Cod

The Project worked on today took my Hubby and a family friend to complete, and all day! But the smaller windows are gone and there is a bigger window for above the kitchen sink!!! Woo Hoo!

Above: Here is our Shack before.

Above: Inside view of the kitchen windows.

Above: A big hole in my house...Ahhh!
Above: Ta Da! New Window! It looks a bit small but after shutters, tall lanscape and a window flower box are added it will be much better. Not to mention how much more light it gives off in the kitchen.

Above: Inside View! ;)

{So while the guys were doing that today, I pulled weeds}

Above: I started new seeds today.

***When I went away for a week my husband had been spraying STARCH on them. How a starch bottle looks like my clear water bottle...Who Knows! Anyways...Restarted my seeds today, If I go out of town again I will get a plant sitter! LOL ;)

Above: More! I stole a piece of wood from my hubby to make a table top in the garage.

Above: Also something I had been working on is this massive mound of weeds in the front yard! Still am not done but I dont have much to go!

Above: Looks much better. Cant wait to plant stuff! Woo Hoo!

Above: I know you are not supposed to cover these things up but it is so hideous...Any ideas?

Thanks for looking! I am getting too ancy! I cant wait until all the fun stuff comes! Like paint colors, lighting, and picking out flooring! ;) Until then I think I will keep working outside, and on my tan too!

Have a great night all!

Before Photos of Our Fixer Upper!

Here is the front of our Fixer Upper. You dont get very much for 29,000! ;)

So here are all of the before pictures.
Big huge rock in the front yard!?!

The lopsided Garage, this will be torn down and a two car attatched garage will be added.

Here is my handy man husband trying to unlock the door. By the way these stairs are so off centered. They wont be there for long.

Here is the hubby {Adam} measuring for moving the staircase.

Here is the before of the staircase which will be moved so the kitchen will be huge and the eat in dining area will be open to the kitchen.

The only thing I have to say about this bathroom is YUCK! Everything will be ripped out of here except for the bathtub and the vanity top.

The faucet is brand new looking.

I know, I know I said that we are keeping the bathtub, it looks gross but we will be having it repainted...it is porcelin, it is VERY durable and very easy to clean. The surround is really gross, that will be coming out, and we will be tiling the shower wall.

I am not a huge fan of Cape Cod style roofing but we will be making the up stairs into 2 bedrooms and a full bath by raising the back half of the roof. We talked about eventually putting dormers in the front with window seats.

This is the other side of the upstairs.

This is the scary view where there is no floor looking down into the what will be the formal dining room.

Here is a view from the second story looking down at where the stairs are now. NOT FOR LONG!!!

We were so bummed to look inside of this closet to see that whoever had lived here before must have ripped it out. This is original hardwood flooring. My sister in law bought the cape cod next door and underneath the carpet revealed LOVELY hardwood. It was in such great shape that they did not even have to refinish it.

This is the Laundry Room. It looks so gross, but I am so excited that I will finally have an actual laundry room. It will be very spacious. Enough for the washer and dryer, cabinets and a countertop for folding clothes.

This is part of the basement, We probably will use this side for a storage area.

Here is what was left of the kitchen, but it will be so much bigger because the stairs will be moved.

One thing I love about the property is the land is huge. We will be putting the dogs invisible fence up for now and then eventually a privacy fence, patio, and deck!

Looking at this makes me so excited because the Demolition is already done for us. We are going to have endless possibilities. I am going to be able to pick out absolutley everything for this house. My next post will be some inspiration photos of what I want the house to look like.

We have some work to do. We have done this with our first two homes so we know what we are up for! We are so excited.

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