Multiple updates!

So again, the two-day project turned into a two-week one-- but still satisfying nonetheless! When Bryan was at work I took over our tiny laundry room, tore the doors off, sanded them down and painted them... painted the walls, and put up more shelves on the back wall. I think our laundry room is officially ready to hold more Costco-trip spoils.





So! We still need to re-install the cabinet doors and finish putting on hardware, but after that it's DONE. So excited to have more room!! (And drawer pulls- we don't have any in our house, so my knuckles always have a few raw spots where you have to reach under everything... no fun.) So every tiny project moves our little house closer to this decade. Every bit counts I guess!

Walter; the graduate.

Just a tiny post-- we are quite proud of our puppy, who just graduated from his puppy obedience class. Awkward picture, but adorable nonetheless. Bryan swore when we go Walter that he would NEVER wear clothes, but I guess graduation is a nearly appropriate use of things-on-dogs...

Time for an update.

I'd say one of the best things about our little house is the ability to update things without having to overhaul everything. Take our laundry room for instance: First of all, happy that we have one. Second of all, it happens to contain our (old) kitchen, which means it's full of cabinets. But alas, these pieces are a bit outdated:



Notice. Super-sexy contact paper. They don't do it like they did in the 70's anymore, that's for sure.



Needless to say, even with the abundance of storage we managed to fill things up quickly. That's what happens when you move your wedding gifts straight from the boxes they were in into the nearest cabinet. So with spring fast approaching and my need to clean kicking in full-force, I decided it was time for an update! I've been tearing into things pretty quickly here, more pics to follow...

...and we're DONE.

Woohoo! After one final visit from my parents; for finishing bits and final sealing-- our bathroom is pretty much finished! (Looking past the few parts that need touch-up paint. There's nothing wrong with admitting you're a little lazy on a Tuesday night.) We are super excited to be done with it, and that we decided to put wainscoting up. Overall we love it and were happy we got to do it ourselves.

This tiny house seems to have all sorts of things to tear apart and redo... and it's becoming quite clear that this bathroom has started my brain thinking of all sorts of new things. I'm thinking the laundry room is next...

Drywall...

In concerning that tiny 1" gap by the vanity: Drywall is difficult. And time consuming. My gracious father was so sweet in coming over to help me tackle the intricate beginning parts of drywall; I then spent the upcoming days sanding/spackling/sanding/spackling/then sanding again. Who would have thought so much dust could travel so far? Our house was looking like an abandoned barn for awhile-- luckily all turned out well and wainscoting followed. I had to get record of all the help we got, also-- THANKS DAD! (Seriously. What would we do without you?)

Final pics to come!

Meeting Stella, take II.

Poor Walter; seems like he has no luck with the ladies. After one failed attempt at making Walter and Stella, Brittany's pup, over to visit, they seem to finally be getting along. (Even though 'getting along' means Walter chasing after her drooling like an idiot, and Stella ignoring him... I'm not quite sure he understands the little things like size differences) Either way, we got a few cute shots out of the night!

Also, pork tenderloin and wine plus great friends equals a pretty awesome night. This weekend is looking to be starting out well! (Thanks for coming over Anna, Brittany and Chris!)

Tomorrow is a lesson in dry-walling. Hopefully all the extra work will be worth it in the end!

Remodeling the bathroom: Day 3

So, final day of our super-awesome extended weekend: Grounting, painting the wainscoting, and figuring out how to fix the small hiccups we have encountered.

Grouting went well today-- with the help of dad, we mucked up just about everything and turned out really liking the result. It's a bit difficult to see how everything is going to look together at the moment too, with our "it's a boy" crazy color scheme (we are very excited to put the wainscoting up to cover the yellow-duck look we have going on) but hopefully we should have things in line in a week or so. (I figure if I post about it, we will have pressure to actually finish!)

Next step-- figuring out how to fill the 1" gap between the wall and the sides of the vanity. Darn. We were thinking we had this whole thing so figured out. The previous owners had done a 'handy' job of jamming molding into the cracks of a typical 31" vanity... however, with my Mr. Fix-it dad urging us to come up with something professional looking, we are searching for the perfect cure.