One Year Later

Today is the one year anniversary of Marc and I owning our first home - the place we affectionately call the homestead. It's really hard to believe that it's only been a year, since so much has happened over the past year both to the house and in the house. At the time we closed we already knew that there was a baby on the way and we had big ideas about how we could turn the house into our own. But I don't think we could have guessed just how much we would be able to accomplish in our first year.

Here's a look at where we started and where we are now . . .

Master Bedroom

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• Removed old carpet and had new carpet installed
• Painted the walls and the insides of the closets
• Removed the bifold closet doors and hung curtains, replaced the heater covers  
• Hung curtains 
• Removed the closet doors 

Guest Bathroom 

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• Completely gutted the bathroom except for the built in shelves and hired a handyman to put it back together
• Painted the walls, ceiling and built in shelves
• Replaced the heater cover 
• Installed a double towel rail 
• Added privacy film to the window 

Guest Bedroom 

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• Removed painted wallpaper
• Removed carpet and had new carpet installed 
• Painted the walls, inside of the closet, trim, and heater cover 
• Replaced the door
• Replaced the closet light 
• Hung curtain rod and curtains

Nursery

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• Removed the wallpaper
• Removed the carpet and had new carpet installed
• Replaced bi-fold closet doors with curtains
• Hung curtain rod and curtains 
• Made and installed a roman shade on small window 
• Painted the walls, inside of the closet, trim and heater cover 
• Replaced the door 
• Updated the electrical outlets to tamper resistant

Throughout the year we've tried to do as much of the work as we could ourselves. However, I have to admit that we have also had the generous help of our friends and family. When we were running out of steam we had them to count on to keep the momentum going and for that we'll be forever grateful. Tomorrow I'll post updates on the living room, kitchen and dining room.