Doors and Trim

It has been awhile since the last update, so I have a lot of pictures to show. The main things that have taken place at the house have been the addition of doors and the trim work around the main floor. Dad has spent many hours working on installing the new doors, as he had to trim them down to fit the 2x3 walls (doors are made to fit 2x4 walls). This constituted a lot of extra work for him, and we are so thankful that he knows how to do what he does! Dad also spent a lot of time measuring, cutting, and nailing on trim around the doors, windows, and baseboard. It looks absolutely awesome!

The inside of the windows will have the old paint sanded off and repainted before we are finished. We are also going to make screens to fit these windows so that they all have new screens. Since we could no longer order the screens for these windows, making our own from a kit purchased at Menards is our only option. The new screens and new paint will really spruce them up! 

Dad's super saw...what wouldn't we do without that thing?? :)

Dad also got the screen doors put on the exterior of the house as well. It really adds to the look outside the house and is also nice to be able to have the big doors open and still have the screen doors closed.

After the trim and doors, the next project was finishing the closets. Chad and I went to Menards to pick up shelving, closet rods, and hooks for the coat closet. It looks so pretty having those put together. We will have some finish painting to do, which will really add a nice finishing touch.



We have also begun working on the basement. If funds and time were of no object, there are a lot of things we would love to do down there to make it a really cool area. However, since funds and time are an object, we have opted to choose a few of the more important improvements needed and focus on those. First and foremost, the bathroom had to be redone. It was a hodgepodge of copper piping, plumbing, sheetrock/paneling/foam, and just an all around mess. We did not want a crappy basement bathroom to detract from the rest of the house. We now have the entire bathroom gutted with the exception of the toilet. What a mess!

Up next: more working on the basement bathroom, finishing up some outside work, filling A LOT of nail holes (Chad loves doing this, so that is good!), and much more painting. We will have a lot of cleaning to do as well, but I am actually looking forward to this part. It will be the easiest cleaning ever, since there's nothing to clean around, and it will really make the house shine when finished!

We are hoping to get the house listed on the market sometime in June. Depending on how everything goes with the basement, I think it's an attainable goal...but we are going to have to be really focused in order to get it done. Off we go!