An Ode to Home Ownership: Part 2

We have been proud home owners for 4 months. The projects continue to grow and the fun never ends! We've slowed down on the inside work since we're living comfortably and the weather lends itself to outdoor projects.

Inside Status:

fully operational and stocked kitchen;

home office/ guest bed set up in the family room;

complete and furnished bedroom in which we sleep (future guest bedroom);

complete dining room;

living room being used for TV watching, bicycle repair, and storage;

Two bedrooms are cordoned off as "The Construction Zone". Amazingly, the dust never escapes from there into the rest of the house (ha!). (These are the Master Bedroom and future home office)

The bathrooms are funky but after the replacement of one toilet and a full bottle of draino down the bathtub in great working condition.

Outside Status:

A has been hard at work organizing our outside storage capacity in the car port, the side storage shed, and the garage
I've been hacking at the vines invading from our neighbors' yards.

A is in the midst of patching tar and painting the roof before we add more gravel
Upcoming: pressure wash and paint the house!

A continues to cut and stack fire wood from the oak tree. We've still got the stump.

Here is our first Before and After picture:

Behind the slatted louvers was a screen covered by plywood. No insulation. Now, we've got matching siding, and an insulated wall!

Other highlights from our home:

• We washed the car in the driveway (that's a true benefit of being a home owner!)
  



• I walked into a web of baby spiders trying to clean up the bushes in the front of the house.




• We found the nearest Papa Murphy's and confirmed that a pizza fits in our funky, old, wall oven!




• We're procuring patio furniture and looking forward to some back yard summer BBQ fun.




• The deer continue to visit our back yard. They are adorable.