I seriously cannot believe we have been in this house for three months already. To be completely honest, I thought we would have had a whole lot more finished by now. Its a little disheartening, but I also know that we have gotten a lot thrown our way..badly, and unexpectedly. The leak was the main thing that has set us back, but also just doing a reno with a baby..its harder than we thought! Thankfully, the leak has been sealed by Experienced Plumbing Leak Repair In Nashville Tennessee and we can get on with decorating and making this house feel like home! But also still so fun! I thought I would just share some updated photos of the house currently. The part that kills me about all the work we have done so far is that it isn’t stuff that is super noticeable. Painting a wall? That’s something that everyone notices and says “oo looks great”. Adding detailed and beautiful trim work to all the doorways, not so much. It’s funny like that! After falling in love with some of the shutter blinds from West Pier Shutters when looking online, we have finally found a local company who can do us something similar. They are coming out to measure up the windows this week, so we should have some lovely new blinds in very soon. It’s been a slow process but we are just excited to be making progress because, in the end, we know it will be beautiful. We spent ages thinking about what we should get done to the house. We were thinking of replacing all the Windows and Doors to make sure it was all to our liking. We also wanted to make sure that it suited our style, however, after much thought we’ve decided to leave that for another day (which I’m sure will be very soon)!
Here is what everything looked like a week after living here.
Some projects that are either in the works or are finally completed:
Subway tile kitchen backsplash {tutorial coming for the freaking EASIEST backsplash install ever. I’m serious-it was so so easy!}
Door trim
Window trim
Chair rail in main living areas
Crown in main living areas {mostly completed}
Baseboards in main living areas {mostly completed}
New doors installed {all finished except for master bedroom}
Braylens nursery
New windows all installed (this was something that I really placed some consideration to, whether I wanted double hung windows, single windows, wooden frames or plastic… it was all quite a hard choice to make!)
Hardware installed on kitchen cabinets
And finally…finally installed a cabinet and counter in the laundry- but im showing yall how we did that this week, so im saving those photos for then:)
No, no, no, that is not where the Chesterfield couch is actually going. It will eventually be in the front living room, but we still have no floor in there right now because of the leak!
The playroom has officially become the storage room for all things decor, furniture no longer being used, etc. Its a madhouse in there!
And just in case anyone was wondering why it has taken us three months to do the list above..I’ll give you one guess:
Such a great house! I love your kitchen. Can’t wait to see more as the months go on. Three months isn’t a lot of time so don’t be hard on yourself! 🙂
Thanks!! We cant wait to tackle more! Maybe I am just used to the speed pre-baby of projects;) Thanks for the encouragement..it means a lot!
The house is looking good and will be there for years. It little boy is going to keep changing and growing enjoy him. My baby boy will be 23 next week…..ugh! It really goes by way to fast. I’m enjoying seeing all the changes in your home and family. Have a wonderful holiday weekend.
I know, I need to remind myself of that often! Cannot believe your baby is 23. Crazy how time flys! You too:)
Looks great to me! It is nice and clean with no obvious hazards. I think you’ve gotten spoiled based on your old life. Kids slow everything down. So just enjoy your life. All your projects will be done eventually, but Braylen will have only one 14th month, 15th month, etc. Ann
Thanks Ann! Totally spoiled by old time;) We are for sure enjoying it all. Hes the sweetest boy! Definitely trying to cherish it all.
I was going to say the same thing! Look at the things that change, at the thing that don’t – the baby will NEVER be like this again, a floor stays a floor!
Looks freakin amazing!!! Its all so beautiful. You guys are trim guru’s! LOVE the door in the kitchen, so cool. Also, commenting from your previous posts… Bray’s birthday, SUCH a great post. Loved all his pictures and what a great party. You did a fantastic job on everything. Can’t believe he is already one. It really does go by so fast, to fast at times. Thanks for sharing! Keep ’em coming! :))) xo
Thanks Keeley!! We do love our trim;):)
The door is original to the house and we love it as well. Going to stain it darker eventually though:) Thanks. His party was seriously a blast. You are such a sweet friend
It looks fantastic!! Wow, I think you’ve done so much already! I’m impressed. Love the color of the stain on the floors. Gorgeous!! Espciallly with the contrast of the light walls.
I love what you’ve done so far! I’m loving the baseboards and trim. I have to ask where you got your large/tall baseboards? I looked at Home Depot but didn’t see that size and I would like to use that in our house. Thank you so much!