Ryan was busy Friday night getting more prep work done on the nursery, working around the huge sheets of drywall that were off to one side he drilled some holes for electrical (to run the light circuit) and screwed in almost all the firring strips on the ceiling (the ones he could get to). Then …
Nice and early so Ryan could help unload it before he went in to work even! The drywall for the nursery was boomed through the upstairs window and is now sitting mostly in the nursery. It’s going to be very interesting maneuvering these large sheets around this weekend. Luckily we can do most of what’s …
It is crazy warm out today! But just in case it gets cold again – we now have insulation in the nursery and master bathroom as well as along the sill plate in the basement 🙂 It was great getting work done on the house while I got to stay at my desk and get …
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Although did winter ever REALLY start this year?? Of course Fitz has already killed a few of these 🙂 But they are sprouting up nicely in the backyard, hopefully they sprout in the front/side yards too where there’s less sun. And I’m finding ‘holes’ in the yard where i’m sure the squirrels have figured out …
Going into this weekend I was a little concerned with how much prep work we had to do before putting in the new windows but of course Ryan and my Dad surprised me and got it all done! First – up went the scaffolding and then down came the aluminum siding which Dad cut and …
We have finally picked out some furniture for the nursery and while we wait for the weekend (and working on the nursery) I thought I would post the furniture and layout we’re pretty much settled on… This is the crib we finally settled on: Child Craft Logan Traditional – in Jamocha. Problem is that the …
With only 2 months to go until the baby arrives! Yikes (it’s actually about 10 weeks but who knows!). We finally got a start on the nursery this weekend. While most people just paint a nursery – we are building from scratch – per usual in this house 🙂 So this weekend it was demolition. …
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