Projects Galore

As I mentioned in my previous post, Tyler moved to Shawnee this past summer. His parents used to be landlords and at one time they owned several rental properties. They sold the majority of them, but had one house that they couldn't seem to sell. With a little bit of convincing, Tyler promised to help fix it up and he moved in. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) I never saw it when the renters initially moved out. They had treated it like a rental, and after hearing Reine (Ty's mom) and Tyler's description of the house, there was much to be desired. To give you an idea, the grass was 3 feet tall and there was an inch of dust on the ceiling. In their quest to sell the house, his whole family pitched in and did a great job cleaning it up and making a perfect, blank slate for someone to make their own. It turns out Tyler and I are the ones who will set up shop. I think we have a knack for finding projects. Since he moved in we have redone the bathroom, repainted the living room, Tyler built a fence, we got a new stamp and stain patio, and installed (with the help of my dad) a new stove, microwave, refrigerator and dishwasher. I saved the best part for last, we are turning the 3rd bedroom into a walk-in closet. That is worth a few posts, so I won't give too much away.

But how did all of this madness begin? We had talked about redoing the bathroom for a while. However, we made the decision when we were wandering around Lowe's (something we seem to do a lot nowadays) on a random Sunday evening. We found a vanity that we LOVED and decided to go for it. And by go for it, I mean paint the bathroom and install the vanity that night. I think it's safe to say that after our first project, we were hooked. We've now switched our loyalty from Food Network to HGTV . We are the ones constantly on the look out for the Room Crasher designers whenever we frequent Lowe's, Home Depot, or Ace Hardware. So far no luck, but we keep finding more projects to keep us occupied. Below is the fruit of our labor, the new and improved bathroom:

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Bathroom Before

Bathroom After

Until next time...