Recent Projects

Our list of outdoor work has been finally working on getting crossed off! With so much garden stuff this summer, I have been busier than I planned, and Josh as well! But we got to these projects recently! :)

Josh built me this amazing Clothesline this Spring, and I finally got a picture of it posted! It has been so nice to have! Plus I painted it this snazzy white color!

We received this porch swing as a gift (Amazing!) and all it needed was a new coat of paint! Hence, I got to paint again! :) I am so excited to have a swing to use!


Josh's brothers came over one weekend and helped Josh cut most of his woodpile up and stack it into his Woodshed. So we are all set with cut wood for the year! Thanks guys! :) They also helped re-paint our Tool-Shed, which was in a sad state!


Looks amazing! Brand-new!


Then, with our Tool-Shed looking so nice, we re-painted out garage trim as well.. and cleaned the steel siding. It hadn't been done in 12+ years, and it makes it look like a new building! I got to paint most of this myself and it was so fun! I love paint to make things look fresh and new!

Sharing a Room

Due to our Nursery redecoration project, Josh & I decided to move the girls together in Leah's room. They now share the room, which they LOVE! (and I do too!)

The 1st week was hard.. Bekah would often get out and want to come see us, but we stuck to it and kept putting her back in her room. This week it is VERY good.. they usually go to sleep without too much trouble or fuss. and they still love sharing a room! :)

So fun!

We unbunked our bunk beds.. and they each have a twin bed!

The somewhat organized closet! :)

Our New Nursery!

Before:

(Notice the old, yellow&pink sponge painted walls!)

And... After:

We painted the top half of the wall a beautiful buttery yellow, and the bottom half a lovely sage green.

Then, Josh put some pretty wood trim to cover the lines.. and finish it off!
He still is putting up the rest of the trim on the walls.. :)



My end table, rocker, and dresser/changing table.

I am in the process of fixing up the closet as well.. will post pictures when I get that finished!
It has rained so much here in the past week that I decided to tackle painting the nursery earlier rather than later.. so now the majority of getting ready for our new little one is done! :)

I LOVE the new nursery! A great way for me to stay true to our "Pooh" decor, yet make the nursery "new" at the same time! (and save $!)

Our New Laundry Room

Josh re-did our Laundry Room over the weekend, and it looks fabulous!!!! And it all started with a broken washer! ;)

The washer we had fianlly died, it was old and we knew it was coming. So we went and found a killer deal on a brand new set.. which we are thinking of as an investment! :)

But we had to get to the pipes in order to set them up, and the pipe broke! So, hole in the wall later, we decided to just re-do the entire room.. updating it's look and use!

Here are some before/after pictures!

For our new front-loading washer, I wanted a pedestal set, so they would be off the ground and easier to use. But they cost $400! So, Josh just designed and built me his own!!! Way to go honey!

Our Before Pic.. , but after taking the ugly cabinets down off the wall

Plain white walls.

And now...
AFTER!

Our new Washer/Dryer set! YES!

Beautiful new Laundry Room!!!!

Beach Babes & New Living Room

Having fun at Long Lake Beach.. :)

Bekah.. finally enjoying the water after hours to get used to it! :)

Our new Living Room set.. very cute!

Finished look!

Our House.. I am just so proud of it and keeping it looking nice! :)

Basement - Final Steps

Sheetrock dust everywhere!

Putting insulation on the cement walls & framing the walls

Sheetrocking & painting the walls blue

Doing the suspended ceiling to cover the yucky wires & wood

And finally.......

Pretty much complete!

Just need to make a door for the electrical area (covered by a blanket) and finish under the stairs area for the girls

Josh's woodworked hallway

The stairway still to finish/paint as well

It is soooooooo nice to have it finished and have our 60" big screen TV accessible!! It is like having a theatre in our house! :) Very fun!

Basement Project - Step 1

Josh has been finishing our main basement room for a few weeks now, and although it is now finished, here are some of the pictures I have uploaded of the progress! This is from week 1.. enjoy!

Sorry this is sideways.. this is the stairway to basement

Main Room

Room from Back Corner

New House Pics!

Finally! I have time to post some new house pictures.. here are some from 3 rooms of our new house.. more pics will come! I just LOVE having it all set up,. and it is soooo fun to see!!!

Our "Green" Room - 1st Guest Room/Office

Double Bed with quilt

Bookshelf from our "Blue" room - 2nd Guest Room/Sewing Room

Beautiful window

Double Bed with quilt

Our Dining Room .. painted alternating walls of Cream and Blue

Our Kitchen... newly painted Red!

Wedding Fun!

Well, Josh's sister Hannah is now officially no longer a Helweg! It was a GREAT Wedding/reception/dance on Friday and a very fun, eventful day! I will admit, having both Josh, Leah and I in the wedding party was a bit hard to handle with everything else going on.. but all in all it was a great day!!!!! I am so excited we could share in their day!

(Bridesmaids MaryGrace, myself, Flower girl Leah and our baby Bekah!)

Also.... I will be blogging more about my new HOUSE! Yes, we are finally moved and settled in.. these last few weeks we have been turning our house inside out and cleaning everything!! It is so fun to watch my house come together! I am soooo excited! Watch for pics soon! :)