Still fixing what was broke!

Our home continues to go through various stages of getting fixed.  I'll try not to break it next time I have the chance.  ;)

The front entry way was completely sealed off from the rest of the house, but zippers made it accessible--kind of.

Our kitchen with everything draped.  Notice the ceiling where there used to be a gaping hole?? 

The Big Guy Lowe heading towards the front entry way. 

Looking towards the family room from the kitchen.  Again, they sealed off the family room from the kitchen but it was accessible through the zipper. 

Should be finished soon.  I hope.  :)

Fixing our home

So, when I overflowed the water in the utility sink in our upstairs laundry room, I damaged more than just my arm...our house got hurt also.  :(

Amid trying to make sure that my arm was healing correctly, we had to help our home get better too.  That started on Saturday when they sealed off our kitchen and laundry room and set up huge blowers to attempt to dry the areas out.

When it was discovered that there was soaking wet insulation in the ceiling of the kitchen, it had to come down.  We were pretty sad.  The repercussions of my "mistake" were definitely growing.  :(

This picture shows the restoration company just beginning to cut our ceiling and take it down.

Once the ceiling was down we needed to meet with the contactor to determine when everything would be fixed.  At least for a little while we had our kitchen back!  We were so grateful for all the yummy meals that our friends brought over during that first week of me being hurt and our kitchen being out of commission!!

We made sure we enjoyed our new "high" ceiling while we had it.  Haha.

We'll see how the next phase of construction goes.  Wish us luck, eh?

This is what our house used to look like...

It doesn't look this way anymore, but I'm getting ahead of myself!  Let me start over.

We've really enjoyed our home during the past three years that we've lived here.  We've made changes here and there, landscaping outside and tons of work on the inside, but we finally decided it was time for us to get the house painted.  Did I mention that we've never really liked the body color?  The brick is nice, but the body color is a dull beige that sometimes seems to have a pink undertone.  Yuck!

The Big Guy Lowe and I started looking at colors around the beginning of summer.  Talk about HARD!  We felt that we finally chose the right colors, so it was time to begin.  GULP!

We decided to have my brother, Michael, take charge of painting the house and he decided to bring along his "lackey"...more commonly known as our dad!  It cracked me up to hear my brother and Dad joke around with eachother the entire time they were over.  I love my family so much--both the family I have now and the family I came from.  I have been greatly blessed.  Thanks Mom and Dad.

Before the paint could be applied, the house had to be power-washed and prepped.

Some wood needed to be replaced.

The windows needed to be covered.

The pergola needed to be repaired...

all the way across.

Only then could the painting begin!  We held our breath until we were sure it was the right color. 

Then the trim, the accent color and the pergola were painted.

Until we had our final product!  Before I unveil the house, let's take another real quick look at what it used to look like...

and what it looks like now.

We LOVE it!  Thanks Michael and Dad for all your hard work.  It was great having you here and your craftsmanship is excellent!  We'll let you know when we have another project.  hehe  ;)