Biggest Transformation Yet

Our house turned from a one bedroom into a legal two bedroom after adding an extra room in the basement!  We did not know when we submitted paperwork and began building walls, that within 2 years it would turn into our little girl's room.

BEFORE:

DURING:

AFTER:

 

Butterflies were an obvious choice for the handmade mobile and wall art :)  The barn door and picture frame came from a salvaged barn in NE.  Jesse took the mountain picture and built the book shelf (what a handy man!).  I refinished the dresser and rocking chair thrift store finds.  We put beetle kill on the far wall to level out the sloped edge and found the perfect verse to place on the wall for Elly Joy.  

"The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with JOY."             ~ Psalm 126:3

The Attic: making use of every space

Our attic has turned into our movie loft / spare bedroom / office space ...all while still serving as a wonderful storage space behind dormer doors and a roll away book shelf.  We LOVE it up there and it brings us back to our travels and adventures :)

BEFORE: (looked like your typical attic... dirty and full of insulation)  

AFTER:

travel collection

Hidden storage behind bookshelf

couch/ twin size bed

All the insulation is on the walls and ceiling instead of the floor for warmth in the winter and we have a vent that can be opened in the summer to help with air flow.  The floor was leftovers from the laundry area and we installed carpet squares to finish off the look.  I am a big fan of our new space!!

The Yard

Since moving into our little mountain home, the yard has been a continuous process...

We have landscaped...

We built a log bench...

We put up the arch my dad built when we got married and created the stone path to bring our little Ellyse home...

 

April 20th 2016

The Kitchen

The kitchen Renovation is almost complete...and its a good thing too because this week we hit 36 weeks!!

The kitchen marks our fastest and smoothest reno yet.  Thank goodness for a wonderful community of Estes friends and a trip from mom Williams.  The kitchen would be no where near completion without all the helping hands. 

Laundry Room Oasis

Bah!  It might take 10 time longer than we had originally thought to complete our mountain home, so the pics might be far in between, BUT...

Here is our Laundry Room at the bottom of the stairs off the kitchen.   Little, but SWEET.  Gets the job done...and it is actually sort of fun to do laundry. 

small room= hard to get good pics

 

Much better than the old ones

Of course like all things we tried to stay to our budget which means CHEAP as possible

Floor= Great deal from Co-Worker's gargage
Bamboo Blinds= Ma Barry's donation
Paint= $3 a gallon sale and local hardware store
Railing= FREE log from Forest (sanded and refinished) 
Rug= Birthday Gift card from Mom Williams
Washer and Dryer Set=  Well we did have to splurge on that one :)  But with coupons and sales we were able to knock a good chunk off the price

*** Now the DOOR you can't see very well in the first pic was a $20 find from Uncle Benny's in Loveland, BUT what is better than the door is what is behind the door...

We added a second bedroom in the basement which I have yet to reveal photos of because it is still a work in progress of becoming BABY WILLIAM'S ROOM (APRIL 2016)!! 

TEAM WILLIAMS

Team Williams can do anything they set their mind to.

Like hand-crafting this sweet shoe-rack/ end table / bench from logs we found laying around...

 

And with our helpful side kick, Bella the cat...

 

 

There is no stopping us...

 

Currently we are working on adding a 2nd bedroom to the basement, stripping wall paper in the living room, and landscaping in the yard, including putting up a new fence... pics (hopefully) will come shortly.

 

 

1930's original wood floors

I LOVE our wood floor upstairs, which is a good thing considering the months it took to finish.



Blurry picture...but best pic I could find to show
off our BEAUTIFUL wood floors

If we would have know, we probably would have put in new floors instead of refinishing the old ones.  What we figured would have been a relatively easy project:  sands, stain, and seal...turned into a nightmare.

We sanded with a hand held sander- got nowhere

We rented a professional sanding machine- barely made a dent and spent a fortune on sand paper

We used chemical stripper- finally started seeing progress

We sanded again by hand hour upon hour



Dust, Dust and more dust
Happy the project is finished
and I can keep up with
cleaning house!

 

It took 3ish hrs. to sand each board...if not more.  There are 40 something boards upstairs.  You do the math :) Every time I go upstairs I admire the floor..it was probably worth it.