Sept. 15th @ 5pm

So it's official, we get our house back on September 15h at 5pm!!!! We are so excited to be moving back into our home and I can't wait to get in there and get to work! In fact I have been working on things for the last couple of months in preparation of moving back in. I have made some curtains, re-upholstered some chair cushions and made a chalkboard among other things.

I plan on taking pictures on Sept. 16th when we do our walk through so I can show everyone the damage that we will be dealing with. When we did an inspection in June we realized it may take awhile to get our house back to where we want it. But we're ready! I have my hand dandy Handy Man (Hubby Francisco) and all of my ideas raring to go!

We know it will be hard to see our house again in a not so great looking state, but the idea of making it uniquely ours again makes us excited and yes I will say a little nervous. I think Francisco is more nervous that I won't be able to stop with the ideas and wanting to change something in every room. I thought I would share with you my list of what I want to do in each room of the house and I will try and take pictures of the progress as we go so you can see us implement them.

So here's the list, I may switch it up at some point, 'cause hey that's how I am, plus I also forget things so I may have left some things out.

Kitchen (We don't plan on doing much here as long as the paint is still good, in the beginning that is the list for this room is more for in the future)

-Paint cabinets white

-Back splash, maybe wainscoting

-Counters

-Grass shades on windows

-Change faucet

-Upgrade appliances to Stainless

Dinning Room

-Board & batten throughout room

-Curtains

-Update light fixture

Living Room

-Paint, maybe a creamy white

-Built-in entertainment center in white

-Make slip covers for chairs

-Curtains

-Area rug

Guest Bath

-Tile floor, grey 12x24, it's awesome!

-Switch out vanity for a pedestal sink

-Board & batten

-Paint, b&b will be white, above it??? Any ideas?

Example of Board & Batten

Office

-New carpet

-Board & batten

-Paint, b&b white, above dark grey

-Curtains

Spare Room

-New carpet

-Board & batten

-Paint, b&b white, above leafy green or blue

Master

-New carpet

-Paint, blue or a sandy color

-Make upholstered head board

-New dresser and night stands

Master Bath

-Nothing as long as the paint is still good... for now.

Laundry Room

-Paint? That's a maybe on that.

-Hang chalkboard that I made.

Exterior

-Paint trim around front door back to white

-New flower boxes under kitchen windows

-Make rocker

-Put fancy house #s on the front door

Example of what I am going to do to the front door.

So that's my list so far! It will be a lot of work but we are up for it, I think. We did already have a vacation planned for the end of Sept. to Hawaii so only 2 weeks after getting the house back we will be gone for a week. I think will need the rest, but it will be hard to leave if we are making a lot of progress.

Right now I am trying to focus on packing up, I always feel, and yes I have had this feeling a lot since we have moved a lot, that I have plenty of time, but then moving day always sneaks up on me and I realize I haven't done as much as I thought I did! We will be spending most of our labor day weekend laboring over card board boxes.