Master Suite - The Reveal

We've really been pushing ourselves to get this the master bedroom and bath finished. There have been a lot of late nights but we are finally ready to move it. Six weeks after we stripped it to the studs and started over, the master suite bears little resemblance to the dreary bonus room we had last month.

Before (View from bedroom door)

After

Before (North wall with seriously sagging floor. It dropped 2" over 6'. )

After - Lighter, brighter and level

West Wall
We added a doorway into the pantry and converted it into the master closet. We're not tv in the bedroom people, but that would be a perfect spot for a flat panel.

Before (South Wall, unheated bathroom, closet that also housed water heater)

After - New wall with pocket door, enlarged bathroom

Old bathroom -
It was so small the only way to get a picture was by standing on the vanity. This was our only place to shower for the first year in this house. It had no heat which made getting out of the shower in the winter a very unpleasant experience.

New bathroom - 62% larger and infinitely nicer

We found the marble on clearance. For $75 we have a stunning, albeit slippery floor.

Programmable thermostat for the the tile warmer.

Whirlpool Tub

I worked for a whirlpool manufacturer for three years and brought a tub with me when we moved to Washington. The led lights can be programmed to stay on or transition through a half-dozen different colors. I also opted for an inline heater so the water will never get cold. I may just decide to live in the tub from now on.

Pantry - Before conversion into master closet

New walk in closet

This room was our last major indoor project. We will be doing some small fixes in the utility room when we install the new furnace and heat pump, but we are now officially ready to focus on the ghetto looking exterior. Siding, chimney, deck, pergola, it's all coming soon.

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Our New House - It Might Just Be Home

I recently announced that we had sold our home in Helena and will be moving to my hometown in July. We did some house-hunting over Easter weekend and I'm please to report success. We are in the process of buying our latest home: I know you can't see it well behind the trees. I'm so excited to have actual trees on the property. The house itself is nestled against the base of a hill which will block our views of the sunset but the east-facing front porch should offer some wonderful sunrises. And here's a sneak peek of our view. I won't be posting any more photos until we've actually closed on the house. Closing is still two months away and a lot could change before then. Still, I look forward to sharing our latest project.

Sold

We sold our house last week. This may come as a surprise since the house wasn't even for sale. We weren't planning to move. Everything in the house was designed with the idea that we would be living here for years. But sometimes God makes it abundantly clear that He has other plans. In the course of just a few days Luke was offered a chance to move to his company branch in my hometown and we met a family looking for a house in our neighborhood. And now our house is under contract. Closing is scheduled for mid-July so I will have a little time to recover from having the baby, but until she arrives I've been packing up all our non-essentials. We have already started looking for our next home; maybe it will be a home we get to enjoy for decades. We'll just have to wait and see.

Repainted

It might not feel like we've accomplished all that much since buying the house last summer. What progress we have been able to make comes during naps and after the kiddo is down for the night. But despite having to work in nap-sized increments, we have been able to get quite a bit done. Take for example the house paint. The siding was rough shape. A few more years and we would not have been able to salvage it. Before - Rust colored stain needed a fresh coat years ago After-Paint provides much better protection for the brittle pine siding. Before After Garage Before - Original combed cedar siding was in terrible shape after years of mistreatment. Garage After - It looks better, but the siding needs to be replaced. The new paint will buy us some time until we're ready to tackle that project. Stable Before - Probably hadn't been painted in 20+ years. Stable After - It took 8 gallons of paint for a 16x30 structure. ...

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