Head Tale

I’ve made reference in past posts to some of the upgrades and renovations we’ve done at our house over the past 15 years (and when I say “we”, I’m seriously indebted to Shea’s parents and my parents who helped many of these projects happen saving us *thousands* in labour costs if we’d had to hire contractors or making sure it was done a lot better than if we’d attempted some of these projects ourselves.)

I thought it might be fun to try to list them in no particular order…

• Install two person soaker tub
• Install air conditioning (x2 – the original went so we had to replace it)
• Replace furnace
• Refinish and repaint all kitchen cupboards
• Install bar fridge in one area of kitchen that was previously a cupboard
• Remove pocket doors between living and dining room
• Install new flooring throughout all main areas of house
  
• Put rubber paving on back patio
• Replace stairs to front door
• Stain entire house
• Put countertop over new front-load washer/dryer in basement
  
• Renovations to TV room in basement after clean water backup after heavy rainfall due to improperly installed sewer drain cap (no one gives you a manual when you buy a house so how were we to know the cap wasn’t on properly until we had an issue???)
• Install IKEA shelves in master bedroom to give more closet space (even though they’re out in the open since our main closet is so small)
• Install new oversized vanity in upstairs bathroom
• Replace entire fence along three sides of backyard (over the course of three years doing one section per year)
• Build gate between house and detached garage after Pace is born
• Install LED “moonlights” in all upstairs bedrooms and main bathroom
• Install vent in main bathroom
• Replace/add numerous electrical switches in house
• Install keypad deadbolts on front and back doors
• Install extra hooks in front entryway
  
• Install extra shelves in hallway pantry
• Install carpet in play area under the stairs (which was used as storage before we had kids)
• Replace over-the-stove microwave
• Purchase custom drawer set for kitchen area between stove and fridge to replace original smaller one
• Paint all walls over the years – main living areas, both kids’ bedrooms, landing and downstairs hallway.  Only rooms we didn’t paint were our bedroom, two downstairs bedrooms and the downstairs bathroom which remains the beautiful rose pink that it was when we purchased the house! 😉