Home Improvement Projects

We decided to tackle a few home improvement projects this fall in the hopes of having everything done by the time Alex arrived. We almost made it: the final kitchen appliance was installed 1 week after his arrival.

We replaced all our white kitchen appliances with stainless steel. We went with Kenmore Elite and are very happy with them. Cooking has become even more fun! We also replaced the knobs/pulls with brushed nickle to match.

In the basement, we converted a 16' x 7' storage room (concrete walls, exposed floor joists in the ceiling, brown peel and stick tiles on the floor) to a home office for Phil. They started construction on Halloween and it took about a month to complete. They could have started in early December and finished the project quicker, but we opted for an early start date and they just fit us in around other jobs. We are really happy with how it turned out. We still need to hang some more artwork but otherwise it is fully functional for Phil.

Since we were able to move the office furniture from the main section of our basement, we now have a large open space to use as a playroom. Kristen's parents helped us paint a "craft table" for the kiddos. We also added some storage and some magnet boards. All Will's toys from Christmas have found good homes. The other half of the basement is still used as a family/TV space.






















































Office

Playroom!