Home Update One

It's been just over 4 months since we've moved into our home and I thought I would share an update. W O W! Does time ever go by fast! 

In some ways it feels as though we have made NO progress in making our house a home but then the little voice in the back of my head says......it was summer, you enjoyed and made memories with your 3 year old......you've both been working fulltime hours......and then there was that flu...and that other bug...and the other....

You get the point!

SO with out further adieu, here is our list of home project accomplishments thus far: 

 

1. My wonderful husband, Pier created a shelving system for our make-shift p a n t r y.

Before

It's a fairly deep cupboard, and while I could fit lots of my baking and pantry items inside, I was really keen on utilizing the vertical space as well. Thankfully, Pier is a jack-of-all-trades handyman and he was able to easily put together some shelves.

Colden helping Pier

While it certainly utilizes otherwise wasted space, the eventual goal is to put some sliding rack drawers in, so that it will be easier to reach items far in the back.

The finished project

2. Pier primed the entryway (which, by the way, I have the most a m a z i n g DIY plans for!), the bathroom and our hallway

 

3. My hubby also painted the exterior of our house. If you recall from the pictures the siding at the bottom of the house used to be a bright, sunny yellow.....well, NO MORE! It is now a elegant and timeless white to match the rest of the siding. Unfortunately, we didn't pick a very good day to paint, it was scorching hot (like +35 degrees Celsius) and Pier ended up with an awful sunburn. There is just a smidgen of yellow left at either end of the house at the very, very top (not visible from the front of the house, thankfully) which will wait until next year, when the season is not winter.

 

4. Pier created a shelving unit for all of his movies (Seriously guys, he is AMAZING.) Sadly, I was a horrible wife and blogger and didn't get O N E single photo of him making it. But, sometime in the near future, I will post a picture of the finished project!

  

5. We have a fence! This is one of the projects I was MOST excited for! I had this vision of Colden frolicking and playing all summer long in our huge yard, while the fence safely secured him from the road. Sadly, our contractor was tied up and was unable to get to our project until later in the fall but we ran and played anyway and we have a fence for next summer!

 

6. We replaced the shingles on our garage and on Colden's playhouse. (Hopefully that will help stop water from getting in to the garage. Fingers crossed.)

 

7. We have two brand new decks!
1) At the front of the house, Pier demolished the concrete steps leading up to our front door and then our wonderful contactor built us a new porch complete with railing (where I can put potted flowers, come spring!) and steps.

2) We also had our contractor build a little deck that we will keep our bbq on and is big enough for a small patio set, if we so wish.

  Notice the last remaining bits of yellow paint!
 

So although we haven't painted the main floor, or unpacked all the boxes or gone shopping crazy (yet!) I am super proud of what we have accomplished and am very excited for the next projects to come!
Hopefully before the New Year we will have:
- finished unpacking ALL the boxes
- painted the upstairs
- my entryway DIY will be started, if not finished
- had a consult with a contractor regarding next years big RENO

What were some of the first projects you tackled when you moved into your home? How long did it take you to make your house a "home"?