First “completed” room:
The main bathroom
Last "completed" room:
The half bathroom
Most “finished” room in the house:
The nursery
Our favorite room:
The nursery
Our favorite place to be:
Outside in the backyard
Most embarrassing room:
Definitely the basement (so messy!). We can't seem to keep it organized.
Though it used to be the half bath before we redid it...
The most daunting and time consuming room to redo:
The kitchen
The project we almost gave up on:
The kitchen - we hit so many unexpected bumps, but we persevered!
Most laborious and intense project:
The patio, during a massive heat wave, before leaving on vacation...
Project we are the proudest of:
Me: The patio
Mike: The baby’s bookshelf and the radiator covers, there’s nothing like building furniture with your own two hands.
Project we hated doing the most:
Pulling up the pink carpet and melted sticky carpet pad. We still have nightmares.
Weirdest (and frustrating) surprise:
Me: The wood floor stain pattern upstairs where just the outer ring of the room is dark. (WHY?!)
Mike: The 5” nails used everywhere throughout the house, especially the one that cracked the pipe.
Glad we called in the pros:
A tie between the deck...
...And the master bedroom doorway-closet swap
Most unexpected snafu:
The washing machine not fitting through the basement door
Number of major “weather-related events” our house has survived since we moved in:
6 - In 2011 - An F0-F1 tornado, Hurricane Irene, a bad tropical storm, an earthquake, the 2011 October snowstorm and in 2012 - Superstorm Sandy
Favorite learning experience:
Me: Learning how to pour cement
Mike: Plumbing our kitchen sink (skills later used to do the half bath)
So there you have it! It's been a great 3 years. Can anyone think of any other categories I missed?
What about the garden renovation with the homemade raised beds? I think that's a huge accomplishment! GWS
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so wonderful! Congrats on your three year anniversary!It's been great fun watching parts pf the process here..
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Sarah
What a fun post! The bedroom swap-out was a genius move, as well as the door to the back. Think of the all the work you had to do patching cracks in the plaster. Plus it cracked me up that the sunroom doorknobs were installed on the wrong side. You also put a lot of work into installing light fixtures/fans with the crazy wiring situation.
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