Flex Room Undo---

 John ripped up the carpet in the "flex" room--which will become our "office" and the stairs.  We have no light in here because the previous owner took the existing light when she moved.  They were gifts from her mother--and sentimental.

Chair molding removed.  We are making this part is becoming the stairwell.

Our Fixer Upper---Second stage---stair opening

The second stage:  Add the stair opening and widen opening from kitchen to the living room.

 John has built the wall on the left--this is in part of the flex room.
The boys wanted a "demo" day---Matthew and Mark and Nick (works with John--He calls me Mom Bull--boy do I feel old--when he does :) --but proud of the "son" that is too old to be my son-ha!  Thankful for his help too.

 On the right of this picture above---the desk that I've always   wanted in a kitchen(since I saw one in the "Fisher's " house  growing up), but needed to sacrifice for openness, is taken out of the way.

 Below:  This is an Amish light that the previous owner set up for me--when she realized that I loved everything Amish(except maybe the legalism that often is a struggle for them.)

Backyard work

This work started before we even had access to the house.  The owner had asked for 10 days after closing to move out...we agreed to it if we could have access to work on the back.  John and his dad took a tractor to it and did a few things.

Our Fixer Upper

So, I have not blogged in a long time. That is obvious by the date between this post and the last post. In that time, we have sold the house that we built. We have bought a new house to fix up.  The house we bought didn't need a whole lot of fixing but we wanted to try our hand at changing things in the house. The house was built in 92.  John is going to add a second floor in the huge attic that exists. We are going to remodel a bathroom and we are remodeling a portion of the kitchen. These  post will be journaling this journey. The lady that built the house we bought built it well. The more we work on it the more we realize this.

 This house is built in Williamsburg Colonial style.  I love how cute it is, but in reality--unless my hubby wasn't so talented---I would like a bit different style.  These are a few pics of the how when we saw it for sale.