Den Renovation

Back in January we decided to do some renovations on our den, and I just realized I never blogged about the final product!  To refresh, we started out the process with a sick little Mac, see her on the floor in this pic? 

But with some help from friends and family everything got moved out of the room and the guys could begin the next day.

First up was knocking out the wall that separated the kitchen and den, it was amazing how much a difference this one change made.

Next the carpet was ripped up and thrown away.  I was probably the most excited about this.  It was gross. 

I got to pick out paint, sorta.  We hired an interior designer to help us make a cohesive look.  She suggested two colors for us to choose from, thank goodness because I was so overwhelmed!

Next was picking out the floor.  Since we have some hardwood downstairs already, trying to match it was almost impossible.  So we got as close as we could and I think it turned out great

nasty carpet gone!

During the renovations our house was a little chaotic.  Being home with the kids was hard, naps were even harder.  This one particular day we had renovation guys working, painters, and the alarm system guy all working.  Chloe’s face says it all 

Again, so thankful for the interior designer, I don’t know what I would have done

Paint is up!

We also had to purchase some new furniture: chair, couch, tv table, another table thing, lamps, rug, fireplace grate, and then I made some pillows.  I forgot to take actual ‘after’ pics, so here are some from Kelsey’s baby shower. A little different huh?!

A view from the kitchen into the new den

The hardwoods are also in the kitchen now.  I tried to convince Vaughn to replace the appliances while we were at it, but he pumped the breaks on that ‘renovation.’  I keep asking them to break at anytime, but they just won’t die!  So until then, We’ll live with the 90’s style appliance that still work great but sure don’t look like they should.   

Renovations Update

Wow!  January was a bit crazy around the Granger House with all the renovations going on, but I’m happy to say, we couldn’t be happier with how it all turned out! 

The carpet in the den and linoleum in the kitchen was removed.  We were disgusted at how gross these both were, so thankful they are gone.

As crazy as it all was, I got to have some fun- picking out paint colors* and floors! 

At one point, we had the alarm guy, painter, and contractor here working on stuff during lunch

but, it was worth it because it meant progress!

The girls broke the new floors in with a dance party, felt like the best way to do that :)

And this is what it looks like, and still looks like now.  Our rug is in, however, still waiting on our furniture that’s being made (please hurry, were ready to enjoy our room!).

All in all it was a pretty painless renovation. I love the way it all turned out, but it makes all the things we couldn’t do this round stand out to me (kitchen appliances and cabinets).  Maybe next year we'll be doing another renovation?! :)

Renovations

We’ve been talking about renovating our house for a while now, really ever since we moved into the house 4 years ago.  Lately, however, the talk got more serious and we figured in the next 6 months we’d have enough money saved up to start phase one.  We’ll to my surprise, we were a lot closer than 6 months and Vaughn surprised me for Christmas with the contract to get us started in the new year!  This phase includes removing the wall that separates the kitchen from the den, new paint, hardwood floors in both rooms, and new couch.  We started the Tuesday after New Years, but with a bumpy start.  Callie had gotten a nasty stomach bug Monday (almost had to take her to the hospital it was so bad) so I couldn’t get the rooms cleaned out like I needed to. Thanks to Vaughn, JJ and my mom for coming in that night to save the day!  The rooms got cleared out so they could begin the next morning.

The first piece of wood was removed, and so it began!

A dust wall went up, thank goodness, while they finished up the removal of the wall.  It was kinda freaky, reminded me of those killer movies…. anyway….

Bye Bye wall! (From the den looking into the kitchen)

So far, very happy!  Hard to believe this is really happening, but so glad it is!