Living Room Before and After

There was wall paper in EVERY room... this was probably the worst. Worst, only because I don't like wallpaper... This one we did in stages. The wallpaper came down the day we signed, before we moved in. We painted right away too. Steve did the floor and crown molding two summers ago when I was in Utah for a month. He did the railing on the stairs sometime before that... The fireplace was the last thing, I think it was a year and a half ago, I was pregnant with Johnny...

Main Floor Powder Room Before and After...

Yet another bathroom... This one only took a couple days; just paint, a new sink and new fixtures.

The kid's bathroom BEFORE

Not sure what they were thinking with this color... to each his own. The best was the crazy wall paper border that matched the shower curtain.

The Kid's Bathroom

We painted over the crazy green the first month we were in the house. Then about a year ago we turned the single sink vanity into a double, there was plenty of space for two and the single sink in the middle with mirrors on either side was kind of weird!

solar tube

Since we lost a window to the big mirror (and because we like them...) Steve put in a solar tube. The removal of the old window was an adventure... Beave had it out when he had to stop and go to a meeting... when he got home it was dark... we didn't want a gapping hole in the side of our house over night so he climbed his two story ladder and fixed it in the dark. Tall ladder, power tools, dark... yikes! Then he ran to the neighbors for 20 minutes in the middle of it all without telling me, I looked everywhere and was getting pretty scared by the time he got home. Ky went around yelling STEVE really loud for a couple days after that... :) The LAST thing to do in this room is to replace the 80's lights...

the floor

We really like tile around here, we took out the carpet and wood flooring and put down this slate. I love the different colors and textures you can get with natural stone. We have a good friend here in Flag with a tile saw and an inability to say no.... it works to our advantage when projects like this come up! Thanks Max :)

Before and After

So I have lived in Flag for 3 years now and people have been asking for before and after pics of the house for that long... SLO... Steve's current project is the master bathroom, I am going to post the before pics but you will have to wait along with me for the after...
It was interesting looking back at the old pics of the house. Two thing stood out, Steve has been one BUSY guy and I used to keep up with the mess a lot better when it was just me and one mess maker. ;)

The Original BEFORE

Steve bought the house without me seeing it in person so he took lots of pics. This one was from a walk through, before the wallpaper came off...

the bathroom in the bedroom

And this is why we are remodeling the bathroom, down to the bare studs... The vanity in the bedroom was so not ok with Steve. He said I woke him up a couple times a night with pregnancy potty trips. :) We had it like this for 2 years though.

the RED room

The first time around we just painted and updated fixtures... We went with this crazy red in the shower toilet room, it was a fun color. In our wet monsoon months the paint ran a little and looked scary in the shower... red...

Tree House Fun

Steve (as usual) has been up to lots of construction projects this summer. This one is my absolute favorite, I think mostly because it didn't mess up my house!!! It was fun to watch Steve with this project, he is such a big kid! This is the back corner of our yard, the house you can see behind it is our neighbors...