Oops! I really missed the deadline on this one as we’re almost a week in to March. Read on about what we got done LAST month. Shortest month of the year but we got an extra day thanks to leap year. We still managed to squeeze in a fair bit of work. I’m definitely looking forward to spring so we can get back outside. I really want the yard finished and to make progress on our screened-in porch as I…
Whoa! A whole year of monthly progress. It sure looks and feels different around here. Definitely has a “home” feel and less “still under construction” like it was even just in early November. The new year has reinvigorated us to begin knocking out more interior projects. This is what we were able to get done for the first month of 2020. Finished the bottom set of stairs up to the landing Miss K turned 11 and for her birthday got…
Well, I’m super late with this post, mostly because the holidays are such a busy time for everyone. I had predicted we wouldn’t get much done around the house this month and I was right. There were just too many festivities to spend our free time on. But we did get a few things started/completed this month. We had almost two full weeks off but unlike last year, we knew we wanted to relax in addition to making progress on…
Winter came early here in central Illinois by snowing on Halloween. Then again on Veteran’s day. We were glad to have finished the outdoor work (mostly) the first week of November. The only saving grace of an early winter is being able to start using our fireplace! Moving inside for work means some great wrap up of projects that languished as finished outdoor work. Here’s what we got done in November: Finished exterior fascia, soffit and siding the gables Finished…
The classic 80-20 rule posits that you can get 80% of the results in 20% of the time. The last 20% takes 80% of the time or effort. I’m not quite sure if that applies to a project like this one, but the long deceleration is unmistakable. After the first week of August I almost immediately dropped from spending 40+ hours per week working on the house to spending an average of 12 or so. Furthermore, as we’d long known,…
Sorry for the delay folks. Fall= crazy. Also time change is kicking my butt. Ugh. Fall. It’s so beautiful and so.stinkin.busy. I feel like we didn’t get very much done this month. But what we did accomplish is still moving us in the right direction. Our focus has been on getting the house ready for winter. Finished siding on garage, breezeway, and back door area Installed shelves in the 1st floor linen closet Unpacked like 8 or 9 boxes of…
Well August was our first month in the house. And we definitely slowed down on our progress compared to before we moved in. But slow and steady wins the race so bit by bit we’re getting there. But here is what we WERE able to accomplish this month: We got our car into the garage!!! We finished the hardwood floors in the dining room Hosted our first BBQ with friends Hung temporary blinds in several rooms Installed siding on the…
It wouldn’t be fair to post a “The house is complete” video tour because we’re a fair ways away from that. Though I still reserve the right to call us ‘done’ at some point and do another video tour. Still many major projects in the works. I took this video about a month after we had moved in, so you’ll see what the current living situation is like. It’s easier each day and some projects we’re chipping away at- others…
Well, we got moved in. And then allowed ourselves small perks like sleeping in and taking our foot off the gas (just a little bit). Much of the first part of the month was spent trying to get settled. But the month has looked a little like this: Installed closet shelves/rods in: kids closets, linen closet, hall closet, master closet Finished grouting kids shower Hang doors- yes we moved in with no interior doors installed and it took us about…
I wrote awhile back about the psychological transition of the property from being “the job site” to being “the new house.” Of course, if you’ve been following along, you know we recently moved into the new house and are finally living here (yay!) But even a momentous change like that isn’t instant, at least not in our minds. For anyone who has ever moved homes may recall, the first days or weeks can be rather chaotic and overwhelming. We experienced…