It's Been Way Too Long!

I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted! I have a list ten items long that I need to write updates about! This could take a little while to catch up, but I will get started with a few quick ones...  

Remember that lovely "storage shed" that the previous owners left? Here it is:

Really?! Does this really count as a storage shed? What can I put in there.. trash?? The doors were missing and it would maybe fit one bicycle.  We were sick of living with our sun room in this state:

so embarrassing...

So we decided it was time to invest in a new shed.  We found some local guys online that would come build the shed on-site in less than a day.  They did such a wonderful job and it cost less than getting one from Home Depot or Lowe's.  Check out their handiwork!!

Beautiful!

Wonderful built-in shelving!

Needs a little landscaping!

Brent has already been working on the backyard as you can see a little bit in this picture. We will obviously be planting some shrubs around the foundation of the shed, but we l-o-v-e it!  A little shop-vac action, and the sun room is almost ready for human use! We are almost done painting (here I am with my painting helper close by).

Ready for Brent to cut in!

Now that there is actually room in this room, we had a place to FINALLY sand the stained wood doors from the den.  We have had them sitting in this room since MARCH. Awful. So we took them out on the deck and tried to give the stain stripper a go.

It took us all of about 30 minutes to give up on this project! We had three doors to do, and between the stripping, sanding, priming, and painting, it was clearly going to take us about 17 weekends to complete this project.  SO, we called some trusty painters to do them for us.  $150 and 4 and a half hours later, and the doors were done and beautiful.  These things cost an easy $300 each new.

We also had to paint the inside of this closet.. Here is before (ew)

 And after:

This one is a little blurry cause I just stuck my hair in the paint for the fifth time...

 Amazing what a can of paint can do! So I think I will end this first marathon post here. There's a lot more where this came from though, so stay tuned! :)