Progress-

We hit a "mile stone" today- the little Hamlet is now ready to move furniture in. The floors are done, the baseboards are in, and  I spent a whole day touching up the paint, cleaning off the glue etc. etc.

Here are a few before and after's so you can see the Progress- I'm so excited to be at this point!

Before- Living Room

 

After-

 

Okay, so I'm not a big "fan" of ceiling fans-  But I like to keep the Man happy =) ( I have a plea to send out to all you design engineers- please come up with some new designs for ceiling fans!}

• We painted the walls
• laid new floor
• new tile on the fire place
• replace the sliding door with a French door.

• added new molding.

Budget helps-

• purchased flooring during Memorial Day weekend sale- at a savings of 40%
• found a discount molding warehouse in Bakersfield-{thanks Sam} got the molding for the whole house at 1/3 of the cost- {comparing prices with Home Depot} the only draw back they are sold in 16 foot lengths - so it was a must to have a trailer to haul them.
• Did ALL the work ourselves.

fireplace before-

 

After

 

All we did was replace the tile with new tile- with very little money you can have a whole new look- There was only around 10 square feet to do- so we splurged a little on great stacked tile. But we still refaced it for about $100-

 

If you want to change the look of your living room for very little  money - refacing your fireplace, replacing a slider with a french door adding new paint- has a huge impact for relativity little money- We bought an in stock french door for under $600.00 and installed it ourselves- {They want more than the cost of the door to install it for you.}

 

 

 

 

 

Bedroom before- {I know I have a better "before" picture somewhere- can't seem to find it in my files =(

 

 

At least you can see it in the "beginning" stage- Bree and I will be working together on this room next month.

{the ceiling fan in this room is much better- at least the lights aren't blasting you in the face like a UFO landing.}

 

There you have just a little look at where we are- now the fun part starts- I have tons to share- step by step- stage by stage-

Progress...... a good thing.

It is a  Beautiful Life-  I'm grateful for a sweet husband that has the skills to help make my vision come true.

Happy day.

I'm linking up with Melissa and others and sharing what makes their lives beautiful.

 

For more pictures of the Hamlet- click here