Almost Done

Well, we are pretty much finished with our little remodel. We decided at the last minute to do recessed lighting in the living room and just finished it on Saturday night. We still have to paint the kitchen walls, patch one more hole in the ceiling, and do a little more decorating, but I feel like it's a real house again. Check it out! Kyle did an awesome job. I posted some before and after pics.

This is a before picture taken from the hallway into the living room and kitchen entry...Kyle got the girls some ear plugs. They used them for a few days and then, like I said before, they just got used to all the loud noises and power tools...

Here's some demo pictures...

We took out this little closet and decided to make an angled wall to help open it up. This also shows the old opening into the kitchen (3 foot)...
One of the messiest parts was removing the drop ceiling in the kitchen. It was awful. Kyle tried to explain how messy it would be and how dusty and dirty it was, but I had NO IDEA! I'm glad we did it 'cause it looks awesome now, but I would never do it again. We took two truck loads to the dump and we were dusting for weeks...This is Kyle's first ever framing job. He did great. Just don't look close! :)

This is that great plywood floor that Hallie got to crawl on for 3 months. Lets just say she's got tough knees now...

We moved the doorway into Brinlee and Raigen's new room. By now Kyle had gotten really good at framing...

HERE'S THE AFTER PICS.

This is a view from the kitchen to the front door...

This is Brinlee and Raigen's cute pink room. We haven't decorated yet, but it is still really cute...

Happy New Year

Like always our life is crazy. We've been in the middle of remodeling our house since the start of October and, lets just say, it's taken longer than we thought. Living in a house during demo, framing, sheet-rocking, mudding, sanding, painting, and flooring is so stressful. Our house is so little that we've all been right in the middle of it. The girls don't even flinch to the sound of a nail gun or air compressor anymore and Hallie was amazed when she felt how nice it is to crawl on hard wood and carpet instead of plywood.

Kyle laid the hardwood entry and hallway for me for Christmas. I had to work Christmas Eve so when I came home Christmas morning it was a good surprise. It looks awesome. We finally got carpet in this morning and the girls are loving it. We still have to paint Brinlee's room and lay her carpet and then we're DONE!! Yah! I love it and I guess all the stress and work was really worth it in the end. Thanks to everyone who has helped us. We couldn't have done it without you!!! We'll post some pictures when we're all done.

We did manage to find room for a little Christmas tree and a place for Santa to come. Christmas was fun. This was the first year Brinlee and Raigen really got into it and Hallie, like any baby, had fun with the wrapping paper and boxes.

Brinlee spent some time at Wal Mart with me trying to pick something out for daddy. When she saw this football she got so excited! She kept it a secret all the way until Christmas even when daddy tried to pry it out of her. So cute!!