Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Happenings at the hizzy..

Soo... here's what is happening at our hizzy: Last weekend we tile the tub surround in the master bath and had to prep the house for the floors to be refinished. Basically what that meant was that we had to get all the equipment and supplies out of the house, then take out all the carpet, carpet pad, carpet tack, nails and staples from around 1300 square feet. Yikes. Luckily we hired a few day laborers that were wonderful and worked so hard. We also, as you will see from the pictures below, completely cleared out our garage to the street so that everything could be picked up by the city on Monday. On Sunday, our big project for the morning was to completely wrap all of the duct work in the attic so that our A/C can be functional. It was suprisingly a lot of fun. It has been one of the few times where Caleb and I have gotten to really work side-by-side on a low-stress project for the house. I probably enjoyed it because Caleb told me it would be a lot like wrapping Christmas presents, which I am weird and love to do! Enjoy the pictures.. More updates on our chaotic life to come..

Our trash pile.
Our home... It looks finished when you look at the front, which makes me happy. It is very deceiving, though...
The hardwoods, after they have been stripped.
Living room view of stripped hardwoods.
One of the bedrooms, hardwoods stripped.
Before they were stripped... look at the lovely star pattern on the floor.
Another view of the hardwoods, before being stripped.
Nita after a hard day of work!
Geary after a hard day of work, smiling on the outside, hating me on the inside. Haha..
Two hard workers, feeling tired and dirty.

3 comments:

Ashley S. said...

That star pattern was LOVELY! They look great now.

Austin and Ashley Evans said...

Katie, I am so impressed! We are wanting to do the same thing on our next house, so now I know who to come to for advice :)
The house is looking better and better!

Lauren Purcell said...

Katie...it is looking great and ya'll are definitely working hard and all of your labor will pay off...can't wait to see the final results!