Sunday, March 13, 2011

Time to buy a lawn mower.

....and a grill.


....and spend this next week doing some more of this....


...because we just bought a house!

After being transient students for the last 6.5 years between Provo, Salt Lake City and Lubbock, we have finally arrived at a point in our lives to chill for a bit, and buy a house.

We closed on our house a week ago, and in that week, we have scraped off all the popcorn ceilings downstairs, and spent all day yesterday painting and repainting them. WHAT A PROJECT. Thanks to some awesome friends (Julie and Bo) that watched our kids, we were able to get a lot done. We are in our other place until the end of the month, so we have a couple more weeks to tackle as many projects as we possibly can before we move in. WE ARE BEYOND THRILLED.

Next up, painting all the walls (including that orange-ish brown-ish wall in the picture).

This is the reason I have been so absent from my blog! I was shocked that my last post was 2.5 weeks ago!

Stay tuned to see more projects and more of our house!

11 comments:

Connie said...

Woot-woot!!! Welcome to the wonderful world of homeownership!!!

Peterson's said...

Ooooo, paint the banister white.

Jordan G. said...

Congratulations! You are going to have so much fun making your house a home. I can't wait to see what you do with it!

Ashley said...

Oh my goodness! That is so exciting! I can't wait to see more and more of what you do! I hear scraping the popcorn off ceilings is a messy nightmare, so smart of you to do it before moving in!

Heather said...

Please share some before/after pics!! I LOVE looking at home re-dos!

Janadt.Huggins said...

Awesome!!! I can't wait to see your house all fresh and painted and just how you like it! How fun. Congrats!!!

Bracken and Bracken said...

So exciting!! Advice from someone who was in the same boat 9 months ago...do as much as you can before you move in because the work WILL slow down once you're in, no matter what you think ;) we've been at a stand still for so long now!! Good luck!! Can't wait to see pictures :)

Unknown said...

Congratulations! We are so excited for you all. Enjoy!

Lacey said...

Ooooo! I can't wait to see more!!

McMemories said...

YAY!!! Super exciting!!! XOXO

Kat Curtis said...

Hooray!! I can't believe you scraped the popcorn off of the ceilings too - that is a HUGE project. Not to mention painting. We are so excited for you guys. Backyards are the best things EVER.