Remembering a Year Ago and Our Room pictures-before and after

Believe it or not, last year at this time we were packing up to move into our first home!  On January 30th it'll be a year that we have lived in our new home.  Many days we look at each other and just exclaim that we can't believe we are finally here.  We LOVE our new house and are so thankful for all that God has provided for us.  You can read about the move and see the pictures here. 

I finally got around to taking some pictures of our bedroom.

Before:

 After:

 New night stands from IKEA

 Closet organized!!

 The window treatment will eventually be on the other window too whenever my mom is back over here and can help me sew it......ok, she does the sewing and I watch.

Bathroom {almost finished}

Well, it's been a while since we posted those wonderful pictures of the bathroom when we first bought our new house. You can revisit those pictures HERE to refresh your memory of what our bathroom used to look like. Below are the awesome pictures of our new bathroom. My dad and Tom spent many hours laboring on this project. I can't say thank you enough. I just love my bathroom!

Beautiful hex floor with black tile border--Tom said he'd never do that again.
But it did turn out beautiful! Oh, plus it is a heated floor...a must have in winter.

The base cabinet that my dad built.

Our new window covering.

Tiled shower/bath tub.

My dad built this cabinet bottom, which is a laundry hamper.
He still has to finish the top of the cabinet to set in there for storage.

Memorial Weekend Outdoor Projects-Part II

Before-Garage:


After-Garage:



Before-Backyard/Patio:








After-Backyard/Patio:

Memorial Weekend Outdoor Projects-Part I

Isn't that one of the tallest dandelions you've ever seen? These were the flowers we were growing for a little while in our planters in our front yard. But they bit the dust during memorial weekend. We did a lot of outdoor work and below are some of the before and after pictures we took.

Before-Front Yard:

Ivy growing on the house and the side planter.

Growing dandelions and a pine tree blocking our house number on the lamp post.

After-Front Yard:

No more pine tree, ivy or dandelions

The bushes also got a trim...just for the time being. They will be going once we have the money to landscape.

Before-Side Yard:
This was a monster bush/tree in our side yard. We think it was a shrub that got way out of control.

Our little helper.

Working on cutting it down.

After-Side Yard:

With the bush/tree down, we moved the swing set and it made room for the garden.

View from the street in front of our house.

Garden area marked out.

Long awaited pictures of our house

Well, it's not all the pictures of our house, but here are the few I've taken this week.

Our front door

Our Front Entryway
Door ahead is a closet

Beautiful hardwood floors.

Looking into our living room

Looking to the right in our living room.
We have huge windows that let in so much light.

Looking back toward the entryway.

Pocket door between the living room and entryway.

My piano studio area.

Looking into the dinning room.

Our dinning room
The door on the right goes down a hallway to our bedrooms and bathroom.

Stay tune for more pictures as I get the rooms done and cleaned.