Don't you just LOVETT {our actual street name & best believe I use that pun numerous times a day} when your house comes together room by room. It's seriously one of the best feelings ever. Check out our updated kitchen on our Humble Abode house tour page :)
Enjoy!
UPDATED: Kitchen on our Humble Abode Page
Leaving Our Legacy + Concreting the Driveway
I guess "legacy" is an exaggeration, but whatever.
When we bought the house, we knew we wanted to write our names somewhere to leave an imprint since it was our first home. We said we'd leave it on a brick in the backyard after we turfed but we never got around to it. Then, we said we would write our names in the garage after Ry's dad painted and redid the floors. But again, we didn't do anything.
So that idea died for a little until we decided to redo our driveway.
When my Elantra and his Tundra are parked in the driveway, there is literally no room to walk, let alone try to get our of our cars without hitting the other. We always ended up walking on the rocks on the side to get to the door. It wasn't a big deal at first, but when you're carrying loads of groceries, or furniture (from my Hobby Lobby addiction), and the rocks would end up on the driveway, we wanted to come up with a game plan to fix the whole situation. At first, we were going to brick a pathway like this
(of course, less pretty) but adding up all of the bricks ended up being around $300. Considering what we were trying to do with how many bricks and sand it was going to take, that wasn't too bad. But just for fun, we decided to see what the concreting option would be if we just extended it out a few more feet. We weren't holding onto any hope because let me tell you, concrete is expensive as heck. Like ridiculously expensive. The DIYers in us wasn't ready to take on a concrete challenge anytime soon, nor could we have even figure out how to do it at this scale. After going over the numbers with the concrete guy, it ended up only being $50 more than the brick and we didn't have to put in any blood, sweat, and tears. I'm game. The decision was obvious and concrete we went!
This was also the perfect opportunity to write our names and make our house owning official. We chose to do our hand prints, initials, and date it.
Let's clear the elephant in the room: Ryan's hand turned out like butthole. Sorry babe. I know it. He knows it. Now, the world knows it. Being the perfectionist I am, I was initially a little upset because it's permanent and there's not much I can do to fix it, but after staring at it for a while, I don't care anymore. You can still see his hand print, and it's not about how 'perfect' it is, but the fact that it's our first home and I get to live here with the my cuddle buddy. #score
And we added some solar lights which had to be captured at night to get the full effect. Totally worth running around in the freezing cold in my shorts to get a few pics.
It was definitely worth the extra money and is SO much more convenient.
When we bought the house, we knew we wanted to write our names somewhere to leave an imprint since it was our first home. We said we'd leave it on a brick in the backyard after we turfed but we never got around to it. Then, we said we would write our names in the garage after Ry's dad painted and redid the floors. But again, we didn't do anything.
So that idea died for a little until we decided to redo our driveway.
When my Elantra and his Tundra are parked in the driveway, there is literally no room to walk, let alone try to get our of our cars without hitting the other. We always ended up walking on the rocks on the side to get to the door. It wasn't a big deal at first, but when you're carrying loads of groceries, or furniture (from my Hobby Lobby addiction), and the rocks would end up on the driveway, we wanted to come up with a game plan to fix the whole situation. At first, we were going to brick a pathway like this
(of course, less pretty) but adding up all of the bricks ended up being around $300. Considering what we were trying to do with how many bricks and sand it was going to take, that wasn't too bad. But just for fun, we decided to see what the concreting option would be if we just extended it out a few more feet. We weren't holding onto any hope because let me tell you, concrete is expensive as heck. Like ridiculously expensive. The DIYers in us wasn't ready to take on a concrete challenge anytime soon, nor could we have even figure out how to do it at this scale. After going over the numbers with the concrete guy, it ended up only being $50 more than the brick and we didn't have to put in any blood, sweat, and tears. I'm game. The decision was obvious and concrete we went!
This was also the perfect opportunity to write our names and make our house owning official. We chose to do our hand prints, initials, and date it.
Let's clear the elephant in the room: Ryan's hand turned out like butthole. Sorry babe. I know it. He knows it. Now, the world knows it. Being the perfectionist I am, I was initially a little upset because it's permanent and there's not much I can do to fix it, but after staring at it for a while, I don't care anymore. You can still see his hand print, and it's not about how 'perfect' it is, but the fact that it's our first home and I get to live here with the my cuddle buddy. #score
And we added some solar lights which had to be captured at night to get the full effect. Totally worth running around in the freezing cold in my shorts to get a few pics.
It was definitely worth the extra money and is SO much more convenient.
Friday, April 18, 2014
Today I finally had some time to get some decor done in the house. I decided to start in the dining room since I bought the picture frames a few days ago (Micheal's had a coupon). It's not done yet, I still have to add some more vases and things on the shelves + a plant or 2 on the stand, as well as figure out where the dog food bin is going to go, but it's almost there! I couldn't wait 'till it was finished to share it.
Of course, I'll update it once it's done.
Here are the before and afters
[Source List: Table - Craigslist, chandelier - also Craigslist, {painting process here}, place mats - Ross, salt & pepper shakers - Walmart, fake flowers and silver tin - Michael's, white 18" shelves - Home Depot, picture frames and pictures (came separate) - Michael's, silver vase (on shelf) - Hobby Lobby, silver picture frame - wedding gift, but I've seen similar at any of the stores already mentioned]
Hope you like the progress!
Of course, I'll update it once it's done.
Here are the before and afters
[Source List: Table - Craigslist, chandelier - also Craigslist, {painting process here}, place mats - Ross, salt & pepper shakers - Walmart, fake flowers and silver tin - Michael's, white 18" shelves - Home Depot, picture frames and pictures (came separate) - Michael's, silver vase (on shelf) - Hobby Lobby, silver picture frame - wedding gift, but I've seen similar at any of the stores already mentioned] 
Hope you like the progress!
Sunday, April 13, 2014
I updated our House Tour page with some 'befores' of our new abode.There aren't any 'afters' just yet because we are still working on the major details that need to be done before I can start decorating, but it's all too exciting.
Check it out! xoxo
Check it out! xoxo
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