Since we have moved into our home we have done a number of projects. It has been fun making and creating to make our house ours! These are all pictures I took quickly one day because I really wanted to put all of these projects up of all the things we have done in the space of a year. (Some I never did get around to taking a picture but will just write about those projects.)
Our mirror! We've had this mirror for a number of months and Michael and I have had many a debate about whether to keep it and how to hang/ frame it. It was a mirror that a friend was getting rid of when she moved and I took it because I have always wanted a full length mirror. (We had a cheap one from walmart once but it broke after having it for about a year.) We debated over the size and wether to have it hung on the wall or have it sit on the floor. (I don't like mirrors on the floor.) Anyways we finally framed it and have it right up against the wall which is perfect! I think it is pretty wonderful having differences of opinions because when you talk it through you end up coming up with the best of both worlds and can end up being better than what either of the two opinions were on their own.
Sandbox! We've had one of those plastic sandboxes with a lid but it would often be open and then get full of water making a mess. My Mom had been to a friend's house where they had one of these sanboxes and then I saw one at a friend's house and decided it would be nice. So a few weeks before Roslyn came we set to work to make it. It was a fun project to do with my boys and I love how it looks in our yard!
Hall closet! This was one of the biggest projects we undertook. One day I was sitting looking at our stairs and realized that we did not have access to the space under the steps! That would be a big amount of storage space, so we broke down a wall, cleaned out the area, sheatrocked, painted, and carpeted. We now have a large closet that holds food storage and all of the boys toys. Sometimes the boys even play in there making it a little toy room!
Bedroom closet and school room closet-We still need to organize this closet but I wanted to take the picture anyways. Michael and I have never had a dresser, except for a little while in our last place. (I had wanted one for some time and our neighbors at the time had one for sale for $5 so I got it.) As you can imagine a $5 dresser wasn't the best so we got rid of it when we moved. I decided that no dresser was better than a broken dresser. Since then I have looked at a couple on crCraigsli but never really found one liked. Finally decided that I did not want a dresser but shelves to put baskets on to hold our clothes. So this project was simply putting in shelves and painting. We also added shelves in our school room closet. I love our shelves. It works perfectly and I don't have to have a dresser taking up space!
Our clock! We've wondered and debated as to what to put over our fireplace. We finally decided on a clock but never found one we loved so we decided to make our own, that way it would have more meaning. Michael put it together and I painted on the numbers.
TV stand- This one also took us a while. It was one of our first projects here. Michael did most of this one and he did a great job!
Our wall in our bedroom- I've wanted to have some sort of timeline showing what we've done and how our family has grown and changed and I finally got it up.
Garden- We've done a couple of gardens now we have one with a small fence around it to keep the squirrels out and it's finally producing something which has been fun.
Fruit trees- We have planted three apple trees, one peach, one orange, and one graitfruit tree.
Another big project but doesn't really count is figuring out how to take care of a pool and hot tub.
Those have been our biggest projects since being here, we have loved learning and working together!
