Our Nest

So I mentioned back in October that we had been working on some stuff in the house. Well, since that time the house has been a mess of one way or another. Now, there are still little things that need to be done, and one big thing to get the main level of the house finished, but its done enough I can now share what we have been doing. Dinning room before with the ugly carpet and wallpaper. The dinning room now.. New baseboard, new curtains, no wallpaper. There will never be wallpaper in this home again! It was two weeks of hell to get off!

Ok, this is extreme, but its the only before photo I could find of the kitchen. St. Patrick's day.. the little green men trashed the kitchen.. but stay focused... look how messy above the cabinets look.

The kitchen with the new, cuter than appliances, on top of the cabinets. It just looks cleaner.

We also added a curtain above the sink.

The boring room. AKA.. the kids computer room/library. See.. I did finally get them each their own PC, its worked out very nice.

Another shot of the boring room.

My desk.. cat included.

Our fire place before the paint or the mantel.

Our spiffy new mantel that my dad built us, along with Sirj's TV and the new equipment holder he put together last night.

The next big project is to get rid of the carpet on the first floor and replace it with bamboo hard wood flooring. So.. (hint, hint.. mom/dad) that is what I really want for my birthday :)

Then on to the basement.. hopefully to be done as our family Christmas gift.