Workin on the house

Demolition of the house...

I realize that most of these pictures might have been seen before, but I'm going to put my explanation to it here... Yes, when we bought the house, we thought a little paint here, a little tile there, and some good elbow grease and cleaner would do the trick. We knew that there were things that were wants, and things that were needs. We'd made a list, budgeted things out, and then we got the keys to the house. That is when reality set in. Our first day, we discovered that the carpet was not salvageable. The previous owners had obviously invested in about 50 gallons of Febreeze when we came to look at the house. Also, after vacuuming the room for over an hour and emptying it 8 times, it became apparent that there was nothing we could do. Dan had to leave after 10 minutes because the pet hair was so thick in the carpet it was giving his allergies a hard time. So, we tore out the carpet and decided we could live with the counters the way they were for a while. That is, until we discovered that the leak under the sink had rotted out the bottoms of the cabinets. They had done a pretty good job covering that up. So, we tore out the cabinets. Scott Warner is in the kitchen remodeling business, so he came out and figured out what he could do for us. After tearing out the cabinets, we found that there was mold in the sheet rock...that went all the way down into the downstairs bathroom. So, bye-bye sheet rock in the kitchen and bathroom. See a pattern here? Long story short, we've replaced the windows, (thanks, G & G), we're re-carpeting the whole house, re-tiling the kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry rooms, putting sheet rock up in the kitchen and bathroom, filling holes throughout the whole house (Oh, yeah....pictures were hung up over holes in the walls...and they glued stuff to the walls that made holes when we tried to take them down), re-painting the whole house, and I'm not even going to go into the condition of the yard...(they stopped caring when they accepted our offer and used it as a dumpster). So, as you can see, our little project has become a HUGE deal, and we are so very grateful for those who have offered their help in getting this place livable again. We had several people show up to help us tear out the crap, and help us rebuild. So far, we've only had to hire out for one thing, and that is the carpet! We are so very blessed with the different resources of our family, and we want to thank everyone who has been a part in helping us get into our house. More pictures will come!!

Rylee's Birthday party