Home Improvement Projects

Here’s a few pics of our projects around the house (with lots of smaller ones that didn’t make the cut).  We have really made our house feel like home this summer and its taken a lot of hard work and time from Dan (cause I can’t lift anything, or paint or – well the list goes on and on).  Let’s just say I’ve been doing a lot of supervising and Dan has been absolutely amazing!  I’m so lucky to have such a handy and patient man in my life.  Even today, he spent time cleaning the garage, caulking a few things around the house, he fertilized the yard today, put together a couple little things and after all of that, has the patience and energy to be willing to go put Connor to sleep.  He is an amazing Dad and and amazing husband.  Thanks babe for all you do…. here’s a few shots of all he’s done this summer….
Mailbox

Cementing in the mailbox so it doesn’t fall over on the mailman.  When we moved in in November 2010 and by the time we picked out a mailbox in December, Dan was worried the concrete wouldn’t set correctly.  So the mailbox was put in a hole and the ground froze around it – and held our mailbox in place for the winter. 

Our Bedroom

Our bedroom was one classy location when we moved in.  We had dinosaur sheets as window coverings and the room was pretty bare.  One of my goals was to have a grown-up bedroom someday.  It began with paint and I really wanted gray.  Dan was hesitant and also thought I was crazy for wanting to paint freshly painted new walls.  Nonetheless, he was amazing and did as I asked.  Over the next 6 months, Dan painted the whole room, we bought a new bed and found great window coverings.  I was going to build a padded headboard… but then we stumbled across the headboard below.  It finished our grown-up room!

Our little helper moving in the nightstands.

As for my part – I’ve been buying pillows and lamps for 6 months   Glad they actually look good together!

And -- to top it all off, Dan brought me home flowers one day for no reason!  They were beautiful :)

Outdoor Room!
My next project was decorating our deck – which I dreamed of having as another room.  We are really lucky and have a huge deck – enough space for a sitting area that is outside of our bedroom and an eating area outside of the kitchen.  I wanted them to feel connected but have their own character.  This is seriously my second favorite room in the house (I LOVE our bedroom) and we’ve lived out here this summer!  I have taken work out there to read as often as possible.  We eat dinner outside any time its possible.  We’ve added a couple of heaters since these pics as well as a rug to the seating area…. and continue to love spending time out there!

THANK YOU Dan for all your work --- looking forward to more fun projects around our house!