Well....after literally doing renovation since we bought our place....we are coming to a close! Our home has been almost totally redone from top to bottom and outside. Painting, new carpet and lino, redone upstairs bath, baseboards and window trim, close organizers, new front and back doors and a finished basement....oh, yeah we gutted the kitchen and restocked it with new cabinets and appliances...our place looks like a million bucks....(too bad it isn't worth a million bucks!); we also sodded our backyard, added a garden spot and put in a few paving blocks....
We have put in a lot of blood, sweat and tears and pulled a lot of late night and neglated kids along the way, not to mention the cost. But it has been worth it for us. We have learned alot...thanks for the help (my dad has shown Spencer the ropes of basement finishing, cabinet installation, not to mention all the trouble shooting that he has done for us via the phone). My brother helped us paint when we first took possession of our home and it has since been repainted by my brother-in-law. Another Brother-in-law helped with the electrical in the basement.
After all of the reno's are home is livable for us and enjoyable. One of the most important things that I have learned is that I don't ever want to do this much again...for any house in the future that I will live in!
The only things left are the last of the touchs up that never seem to get done. Oh well....
