A New Canvas

It has certainly been a very busy year around our house. I think that I am the mater of creating projects and that while our house had been "redone," we have learned they skipped a few corners. I know this really frustrates Dustin (and me too), so if anyone ever needs to know how to spot "bad" work, let us know. I am really proud of what we have accomplished and still know this was the right decision.

The house "as is" when we purcahsed it in August 2009.

After painting the shutters and getting new windows...

Beau and I watching as they put up the new siding...

It's looking REALLY different!

It's getting close, please move the port-o-potty!

While we were getting the new siding, we decide to put in a service door to the garage and replace the posts under the porch in front. Dustin was a tropped doing these jobs at the last minute!

The final results....

Tada!!!!

The back

Of course we had some projects to finish up inside too...

Dustin got the railing up after it had been missing for over a year. It was worth the wait! I love the rod iron. The old one was all white.

I finally finished hanging some decorations in the living room.

It took me forever to figure out how I wanted to arrange the crosses and what saying I wanted (thanks Kristine and Uppercase Living).