Nairi 6 weeks old

Project number 1 of new house/ plant some perennials

My lavendar and chives- at the new house


Keira digging the hole for the chives




Mike laying out where the fence is going to go




Our new backyard

Lavender, chives, phlox, tulips and a bunch of other stuff in the back of the car ready to go to the new house. Keira helped me dig up slips from a few of my favorite perennials and we drove to the new house ( which yes we technically don't own yet) and replanted them. I am happy to save the money it would cost to buy the perennials and even happier to bring the same plants that I planted at our first house to our new house. Feels like I am bringing part of our yard with us ( I guess that is technically what I am doing).

5 years ago today

2 jobs, 2 houses and 3 kids later. Couldn't be happier!

Before/After Pictures of Israel's Room

Similar to Keira's room. New flooring, new walls, new insulation, new window. Built-in bed, built-in dressers.

Before/After Pictures of Keira's Room

Keira's Bedroom Before. Hideous floor, paneling and wallpaper. Small window. Smart idea with the built-ins that we reused.

We changed the floor. Added a cave. Added a built-in bed. 2 built-in dressers. Larger double mullion window.

Before/After Pictures of the Upstairs

This is the 2nd floor landing. This became the entrance for the bathroom. We tore out the closet in the bedroom and put in a bathroom. Much improved!!



This is the upstairs landing as well. We took out the shelves and put in custom shelving and a built-in filing cabinet.


This is a during construction picture. The wallpaper was attached directly to unfinished drywall and thus took off the drywall paper as the same time. It had to be taken down. It allowed us to better insulate as well as modify the floor plan.

Before/After Pictures of the Living Room

Before/After Pictures of the Pantry

Before/After Pictures of the Bathroom

When we removed the tile on the walls in the bathroom, the wall crumbled with it. So we had to reinsulate and re-drywall. We also replaced the wood window with a vinyl window since it is located in the shower.

We had Bath Fitters put in a one-piece shower surround which has been amazing!!

We replaced the toilet, vanity, medicine cabinet, vanity light and storage.

We also added a fan/light/vent combo to help vent the steam from the shower.