Friday, April 15, 2011

Another project....check, check, and check!

Last week I was able to scratch off  the last project off my home improvement list I started 6 years ago! My list has been hanging inside one of my laundry room cupboards and as we tore them out it was hard to throw my list away.  We have done so much and it's been a fun process (at least for me, Troy may beg to differ....). So the last item was to replace the cupboards and countertops in all 3 bathrooms and the laundry room, and to tear out the wet bar in the living room and replace it with a built in bookcase.  
David Kerksiek from Beaver redid my sisters kitchen/bathrooms and he also did the cabinets for the addition on my parent's house, so I asked him if he would come and give us a bid and some options for what we could do.  Everything turned out so great and we love it.  The bookshelf is amazing and so much more than I expected, and David was excited at the finished product, as he had just purchased some new equipment and wanted to try out the patterns.  I was just glad that with our extremely uneven, not even close to being square walls, that everything fit just right.  So if anyone needs new woodworking done...here is my shameless plug for Kerksiek Wood Design, they are awesome!!
Laundry room
One of the bathrooms
bookshelf
Love the detail.  David's newest design.
The plumbing in the bathrooms has been a bit of a challenge getting them hooked back up, since they raised the counters up, Troy has had to replace pretty much everything underneath because now it's too short.  Also all the mirrors had to be cut shorter, and we had to move the plug and jetted tub timer up a few inches so that the mirror in our bathroom would fit. 
This leads us to really the very last project, that wasn't on the list but, it's time to replace the tubs and showers.  We had Rebath come and give us a quote, and I think that's where we end our thoughts of using Rebath....I'd rather hire someone else than deal with that JERK!  But that project will have to wait until next year perhaps! 

I also just have to throw in a few extra pictures.  This one of the newest addition to our family.  She came cheap at just $2.99 from the Dollar Store, and calls me 'grandma'.  Camrie loves 'Baby W' as she has named her.  Baby W goes everywhere with us, and there is drama if she is left behind.  She is so cute with her and it's fun to watch her be the momma.  


The next is of Tanner's body being traced so he can decorate it for this week's celebration of the young child  at DRMC's Child Development Center.  Both he and Camrie, (and ultimately mom) had fun scribbling and decorating their sillouettes to hang on the walls outside their classrooms.  The kids always have such fun projects at school and are so proud of them.


1 comment:

Carol and Bruce said...

Way to go getting all those jobs done, it looks amazing. I love that wood work. Your kids are adorable and I love all the pics and and am stealing some for the calendar, okay?