Work In Progress Wednesday - Big Changes

Some more big changes this week to our house. When we bought the house there were several missing doors... it's been quite interesting keeping our little explorer out of the pantry and out of the kitchen cabinets since we moved here and he was mobile. Also, there were big holes & rotten wood in the front of the house behind some bushes. We knew that we would have to replace all of the cedar and stucco so we decided to change it to low maintenance vinyl siding. We interviewed several siding companies and finally found one we were very comfortable with and wasn't charging an arm & a leg.

Over the weekend Mark was going to put the handles on the kitchen cabinets to find out that the screws weren't long enough and Home Depot didn't have anything longer so instead he babyproofed all of the lower cabinets. Home Depot had a sale on bi-fold doors so he bought enough to replace all the missing doors and installed 2 of them. YAY, my pantry isn't an eyesore in the kitchen anymore and Isaac can't get in. Also, the front entry closet was installed so that isn't an eyesore in our living room anymore. Now we just need to figure out what color to paint them as they are only primed doors.

Yesterday the siding supplies were delivered and the crew came to work all afternoon and evening on it. The finished the big part in front of our bedroom last night and this morning they finished the patio and side of the garage. I still can't believe how fast that was. The also install our new front door lanterns. We're excited to get the new windows installed and get some shutters and our house will look totally new, not to mention much more energy efficient.

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We have many more major projects on our list but we can finally see some progress and feel like we're making it through our list. It's amazing what new siding can do to a house.

Looking forward to updating you on some more big projects next week.