Supplies

So no changes in the actual house but we spent a lot of time at Home Depot this weekend.  We picked out and measured the appliances we want (refrigerator, stove, microwave & dishwasher) so that we can start getting an idea of how we want our kitchen cabinets to lay out.  We got Brazilian Cherry hardware floors for the dining room and kitchen.  We got "tile" for the entry way and guest bathroom called Cordova.    We also made an eco friendly purchase - a two flush option toilet!  You push one button for #1 and another button for #2 - to save water!  We were paying for everything and I looked over and there was the paint section . . . oops, that was one of the main things we wanted to purchase so that we could paint before the flooring went in.  I pulled some samples and that's my project for the week to decide on colors; at least for the kitchen, dining room, living room and guest batheroom - this way Aaron can lay the flooring once the painting is done.  My job sounds pretty easy compared to everything Aaron was telling me he had to try and get done this week.  Goal for the upcoming weekend is to have the walls washed and painted. 

We also got our engagement pictures taken on Sunday afternoon.  The photographers that we are using for the wedding came out and we went down to the pasture south of Bennett.  Besides the wind the weather cooperated and I'm hoping we got some great pictures. 

March 20th

We also decided to pretty much gut the kitchen.  Aaron was excited to take out the cabinets and use them in the garage.  Come to find out, the cabinets were built to the wall as a whole unit and not individual pieces.  He was able to save one cabinet but they rest of the cabinets ended up coming down with the help of hammer and force.

Kitchen

We have electricity now so we'll be able to work later than 7:00 p.m.  It's all so exciting.  Next task is to clean the walls so we can start painting before the new carpet is laid.  

The work has started . . .

We started working on the house March 19th and 20th.  It's amazing how many times we can change our minds in a day (near alone a minute)!  Our task was to pull out the carpet in the Dining Room, Living Room and Spare Bedroom.  Our goal (right now) is to put hardware floors in the Dining Room and Spare Bedroom and new carpet in the Living Room.  With the help of Ashlee and Elaine the carpet, padding, staples, etc. were removed and below are pictures:

Dining Room

Living Room

Spare Bedroom








Our New House

We closed on a house in Cope two weeks ago and we're very excited to turn it into our home.  There's a lot of work that needs to be done before we can acutally move in.  We thought it would be fun to blog about it so that you can see the before pictures and the work in progress pictures. 

Below are some "before" pictures of our house:

6876 Monroe

Living Room

Kitchen

Dining Room

Guest Bathroom