The house is looking wonderful. We have managed to get some of the bead board and base board up so we are certainly getting more of that finished look. I still have a considerable amount of painting to do and I have got to get the bathroom sanded. note: If you are remodeling or just slapping on a fresh coat of paint and you think, "Hey, we should try the textured look on the walls." STOP IT. Just stop it. The previous owner of the house used that paint with the sand in it and my daughter is going to get friction burn on her body just trying to get out of the shower. It feels icky and sharp and it looks dumb. No, it doesn't look like your at the beach. Everyone knows they are in a bathroom so just don't. So I have the lovely task of scraping it all off with my Dremmel Tool then washing the residue crap left behind then I can finally paint it. Now that I got that off my chest I can move on.
I have discovered that I am not as handy as I thought I was and after many broken screen were violently hurled down the stairs with threats of fire and a mallet I decided that I will keep the harder stuff for my husband to do. I can paint and I can do the landscaping and gardening. That said if anyone knows a smart way to rinse and bleach old edging gravel we have not figured an easy way to do it but I refuse to spend that much money on.... rocks. I did build a decent Trellis for the garden that came out nice and I intend to build a raised bed in front of the porch with relative ease.
All in all it is starting to feel like a home that we built and that feels good. I highly recommend hitting up Pintrest and checking out some DIYs to spruce up that yard or home. Now is the time.
Good luck and happy gardening and if you ever want to know how I did something or have a question feel free to comment below and I will be happy to answer.
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