The new house...

The pictures are probably really out of order...but we love our new house! Lots of little things that we want to change and we are just enjoying make this home "ours". This weekend Jake is converting one of the spare bedrooms into our Laundry/Food Storage room. I'm so happy...California has a weird thing about keeping the washer and dryer hooked up in the garage....I mean, really....the garage?!! Garage is for dirty tools and cars...NOT clothes! So it will be nice to have the indoor laundry room. Then I think our next BIG project will be re-finishing the kitchen cabinets. I actually don't mind the white that they are now...but we peeled back some of the paint and saw what a gorgeous wood they are underneath! I can't resist but to re-finish them!! It's been a while since I have re-finished any furniture (2 years) and so I'm really excited to get back in the game! :) I'm going to strip all the white and pink...yes, PINK! paint and then stain and gloss the natural wood.

Our current dilemma is where to put our huge tv! The "designated family room" is the area next to the kitchen, but I want that area to be the dining room in the near future. So we are kinda stuck with having the only option be in the master bedroom. Which also brings us to another project we want to do soon...putting tile in the "family room" are to convert it to our dining room. Luckily, I know how to tile! Yes! My mom and I tiled her whole kitchen and dining room when they were building the house. So we'll rip out the carpet and lay some tile and then put our new gigantic table there (that Jake will be building....right, Jake??).

And then there is the yard! Front yard is green...but don't be mistaken...it is 90% all weeds. :) So in October (once it cools off) we are taking out the weeds, maybe bringing in top soil and seeding the front lawn. We are also taking out the tree that is in the corner of the house (it's roots are bringing up the sidewalk and could ruin the foundation also). The backyard will have a cement patio and then a little bit of grass and then some rubber mats on the side yard for the kids' play set. Exciting huh?!?! I am stoked! It's so much fun to have all these projects to keep us busy each weekend...we are really enjoying it.