Extreme Makeover

When Chris heard that Paul was coming up, his gears started turning...What to do? What to do? They usually do a house project, hang out, and some relaxing together when he comes up. This time the list was loooooong... Let's just say not a lot of hanging out and relaxing, and yes a lot of house projects tackled! Chris got gravel delivered and filled up pot holes on our road, as our glasses have been falling off our noses every time we drive down it...It was like a washboard. Filled the holes-Check. Chris also had a dump trailer delivered and planned to demo 2 sheds and have that taken to the dump... One shed, the carpet and pads, a burn pile later, and trailer picked up and taken away-check. Tiling our family room, kitchen, fireplaceroom, and hallway- CHECK! WHEW! Owen did pretty good through it all-the first 2 days he was getting used to the interesting noises...
You can lay tile right over linoleum but we decided to get rid of this stuff..ICK!
It didn't come up as easy as we had planned...
Paul laying the first of the tile. He did the majority of laying, and Chris did the majority of the cuts. I helped a little with the scrubbing and cleaning of the mud, as did Janet.
Here is the before picture.
And an in-betwen after. The tile needs an initial scrub to get the grout off, then an additional scrub because the grout is so sandy, and then at least one other mopping. Then a professional cleaner (versus just clean water), and then sealing it. We are on the "at least one other mopping stage" to date.

There will be many more after pictures but so far it is still a little grungy. Chris has started putting baseboards back on, but he was back to work today and tomorrow. I'm in the rug shopping business lately and will post some pics when we get it a little cleaner.

A HUGE THANK YOU to Paul and Janet for all of your help in our home (and life:)) improvements! We couldn't have done this huge project without you. We miss you so much and can't wait to see you again soon. And Paul, next time, NO PROJECTS! We promise!

***Recent blogs made possible by Owen sleeping poorly last night and taking a 2.5hour nap right now!!!! WHOA!****