We sold our house. (*Happy dance!*) We decided to list the house with a realtor the week before leaving for vacation. We got an offer two days later. Actually the day that Shannon and John and Gabe were visiting. (Thank goodness they were so sweet about me taking calls all day.) Then, we did some […]

Back to the progress in week 54. While we haven’t worked much since vacation, there are a few things I haven’t shared yet. The biggest change – our new kitchen tile. (We’re planning to install open shelving in between the windows.) Ryan finished installing the backsplash and grouting the tile. I really like it. It’s […]

Last week, we shared the downstairs progress on our renovation in the first year. This week, we are moving upstairs to see the progress there. We’ll be back to our regular-scheduled programming about renovation progress next week. And at some point, we’ll probably wrap it up because there won’t be as much going on weekly. But […]

It’s been a year since we closed on our new-to-us house (yesterday). Hard to believe. Time has flown. You can read about this HUD house here. On the day we closed. Kinda looked like a murder scene. Ick. But it had lots of potential. Underneath there somewhere. It’s beginning to come out. It just took […]

Wow. It’s almost been a year since we’ve closed on our house. When I’m done with school (NEXT WEEK! WOO!), I’m planning to make a page with easy links to each week of the renovation. I’m sure you’ve been waiting with baited breath. But, this week…  we made more process. And we’re getting there. Ryan […]