So this past weekend the itch was finally scratched! All summer this room has been driving me crazy. The carpet is had and I no matter how hard I worked at it, the room never felt clean. Being our family room, we spend a lot of time here and it definitely needed something. Last time I was pregnant I high-lighted my hair blonde....Jeff was not a fan. This time we agreed it would be better to change the color of the room, then the color of my hair!
Out with the old.....
We started our project after dinner Friday night when Jeff came home from work. The kids were anxious to help. That was exciting!
I don't know if this is o.k, but it made me laugh. Painters crack I guess.
This picture is funny too. I painted like this for like two seconds but all the pictures of me painting were taken during those two seconds. What a multi-tasker! We got all the painting done Friday night. It went really smooth. We let the kids help with the first coat and then after they were in bed Jeff and I did the second coat and the baseboard.
Saturday morning we were back on the job. This picture is out of order but these kids are so fun. Braxton was calling this seat the "bleachers" and him and Adelle would sit there, temporarily and watch Jeff do the dirty work.
The carpet came out after the painting. This was Braxton's favorite part and he was very helpful.
Saturday night...notice kids are in bed again....we completed the project. We had a pretty good system. I would puzzle the laminate and click it in place, one row at a time, and then Jeff would measure the difference and go out to the garage and cut the last piece. Then he would place it and I would have the next row ready. We had such a fun time working together. Jeff is really handy and precise and I am all about being productive and getting things done so we make a good team.
Thank goodness he did the measuring and not me. I don't think "good enough" would have turned out as well.
Hooray. It's one in the morning and we are going to bed. Project room is complete! We are exhausted!
I love it, love it, love it! It's so refreshing and clean and all that I hoped for. Way better than the blonde highlights if I don't say so myself!
I will post more pictures when the walls are decorated more. This is it for now!
Jeff came home with an excavator from work the other day. Braxton woke up from nap and I had him look out the front window at the excavator. "Is that my birthday present," Braxton exclaimed. "No, Brax dad brought that home from work." "Oh, mom will you save your money so I can have one of those for my birthday?"
They were cutting down trees at work and Jeff, being the resourceful man that he is, asked if he could have the logs to use for firewood. So the project begun. First, unloading the logs off the trailer. This made me a nervous wreck! Jeff was really hot up there doin' his thing, I will admit, he really new what he was doing. At the same time, a little too confident swinging that huge bucket around. Needless to say I only got a couple pictures.
I love this picture. My little working man.
He was happy as a little clam out working all day.
These logs were really heavy but it was his job and he was proud to do it.
Adelle just hung out. Enjoyed the scene and whatever snack was available to her.
After the logs were cut with the chainsaw we got to chop them with the saw. Jeff made it look really easy so I gave it a try.
Not as easy as it looked but I gave it a good few hacks.
This is Braxton watching me with the ax. I think my son is a little schovanist. He watched me like this the whole time and finally he goes, "mom, what are you doing with that thing?" I had Jeff capture it on camera. So perfect. Needless to say I went back in the house after a lame attempt with the ax and made lunch.
