Addition Post #7

This post really doesn't show any progress on the addition, but it does show how it is  beginning to impact our living area! I am glad this is going to be short term because I don't know how long I would be able to handle this kind of living. We are in the taping, mudding and sanding stages...exciting yes, but this also means dust...lots and lots of dust. We do have everything taped off with plastic, but when I got home from work, this is what I found...

Blinds down...and laid on the trunk, curtains down...still on the rod but laying on the couch.

I don't remember if I had posted a picture of the hole that was in our living room. Not a huge hole, but it is now mudded up...ready to be sanded (yep more dust :) ) and then textured and painted.

This was a spot we had fixed up...it is right by the vaulted ceiling so we got a nasty little crack where it had been taped during the original build...now it will be beautiful again!

 

Progress is being made...we feel like we are living in some hot summer days! It is very important for the house to stay warm so that they mud dries!! We have 5 heaters going in the addition and it is HOT...which means the rest of the house stays pretty toasty too! It could definitely be worse...but we are excited to be through this phase of the build.

Addition Post #6

Things are moving along over here with the addition...I went to Home Depot and Lowes this weekend and got all our tile, light fixtures, mirrors etc. I'm holding off on posting any pictures of those things until they are finished...there has to be a little bit of surprise! However, we have walls...real walls!!! This is a picture of the extended "game room" upstairs...

 

 On the left of the picture above you can see the wall diagonal...this is where the house used to end...the door on the left is going to be the new bathroom and the door in the center-ish is the new guest bedroom!

This picture was taken inside the new guest bedroom...looking at the closet...it gives a little perspective with the ladder in both pictures.

This is another picture upstairs...again the ladder in the picture shows some perspective, that little door on the right is going to be a closet for storage. Yippee for storage!!!

And this is our master bedroom, well...part of it. On the right is a door to the back deck, the left door is to our bathroom and center is the fireplace...expect there is a tone of stuff in front of it so you can't see it at all...but again, something has to be a surprise!!!

Addition Post #5

I decided to take this picture before work the other day because I realized that we hadn't taken any "before" pictures of the inside of our house prior to the build...kind of a bummer...but at least this is one of our bedroom...

 

It definately doesn't look like this anymore!!! This was the day all the tear down happend, and sheetrock went up...now it's all taped off with plastic while the mudding and sanding occurs...which is a bit of a process...so we will be living in the crazy for a few days/weeks!

I Heart NY...

While it has always been MY dream to go to New York City...my precious husband received this text on Wednesday afternoon...

 

You might remember that last January Ben got to go to Nashville, TN for a coaching conference...well, this year HE gets to go to NEW YORK! While I am filled with jealousy I couldn't say no...so over a text I said "sure...I guess" and this is what I found later that night when I got home...

 

I considered momentarily about going with him...since it is falling right over mid-winter break and tickets were shockingly reasonable, but then realized...I LOVE NY but I don't wanna go with a bunch of football nuts...AND Ben will be in conferences most of the time...so...I won't go this time, but hopefully my hubby will take me there some day!

Love Is In The Air...

Christmas is over at our house...which means Valentine's Day is in full swing. We don't go too over the top but I do like to add a few little touches of red and pink.

 Our kitchen window...this is one of my first Scentsy warmers...I still love it!!

 

 Heart towels...

 

And a little touch of Valentines in the computer stand shelving...

So thankful to have the love of my life to share this love season with! Happy Friday!

Addition Post #4

Okay...finally, an update! In all fairness I had some great pictures of the house...but this silly blogspot isn't letting me upload pictures from my computer! Weird!!! Only pictures from my phone...and normally when I get home from work, it's already dark, so the pictures on my phone have been limited. But tonight when I got home...I fell in love with out master suite! This will be our fireplace...I know it's hard to picture, but this is the first time I have really seen my "vision" start to take shape! I am so excited to have this part done...it will be awhile (clearly) but it will be beautiful. This weekend we are going to go look at tile/slate options...just to get some ideas, my OUR hope is to have the fireplace have stacked stone (or at least look like stacked stone) from the floor to the ceiling...can you picture it????

Now I haven't taken a picture of it, but I promise I will soon...the upstairs is starting to well...get a little messy. Upstairs, the sheet-rock has been taken off the entire wall...that being said my precious husband has decided it is no longer a suitable space to play XBOX. Guess what that means...yup, the XBOX is now down stairs. I think he thought I would really be grumpy about this, but seriously, if you saw the rest of the crazy, muddy mess around here, you would agree this is minor!

I think I say this every time I post about the addition, but...I AM SO EXCITED!!! Can you imagine my excitement level when I get to decorate??? 

Classroom Make-Over

Over winter break I had some time to enjoy Pinterest...I came across a picture of an "office" that had 3 shelves above a desk, and I decided "I LOVE THAT!" My dad had recently built my mom a new wall unit in her living-room which eliminated a need for her computer desk. I asked if I could "store" it in my classroom. Dad had a bit of extra lumber left over from mom's project so he cut out these shelves. A somewhat quick trip to Home Depot and I got six shelf brackets for less than $2.00 a piece! This project cost less than $10.00 (thanks to my handy dad and generous mom)! I had pretty much everything you see on the shelves already in my classroom...a few little added touches and it came together beautifully!

I was then inspired by my wonderful co-worker (Sarah) to revamp my many binders! In teaching there are a few basic blessings: 3" binders, gallon zip lock bags, and sticky notes! Binders are a blessing but also a curse...I like things to be organized and unison...so when I found a card stock book of animal print at Michael's I was beyond excited! My mom and I got all the binders recovered and now they are functional and pretty! Perfect next to my zebra chair (which was my splurge this summer, I couldn't pass it up!)

I decided I spend more time in my classroom than I do at home...so it is important to me that it feels "homey" and is a place I enjoy...and trust me, I enjoy it!