Carolyn and Tommy Braden: Kitchen drywalled!

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Tommy and Carolyn Braden: Entry way is drywalled and painted!"

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Carolyn and Tommy Braden's Attic is Finished!

We've worked and worked and now it is complete.  The floors turned out so beautiful!  We are just about finished with the front porch and are also working on the foyer.  The kitchen is after that.  Moving right along.......

Carolyn Braden says "Stripping the Front Door.....Can't Wait Until I am Finished!"

Here is how far I am on stripping the front door.  I am using a heat gun and scraping small amounts away at a time.  I am on day two so I think I've done pretty well for my first time doing this.  There are little intricate wooden flowers along the glass underneath all the thick, ugly, chipping black paint.  Why, oh, why would someone paint over such a beautiful door!?!?  When I am finished stripping it, we will sand it and and varnish it.  It will be so beautiful! 

Upstairs porch complete!

Carolyn Braden: Since September

The stained glass side lights are all repaired.
The foyer has been drywalled and is about to be mudded and taped (paint already picked out for that room and the stairwell).
New front porch lights.
Outside basement door repaired and painted.
Garage side access door and trim painted.
Some more outside house trim painted. A couple of new windows installed as well.
New outside security light installed.
New ceiling fan and light installed in downstairs soon to be kitchen.

As always, I am sure there are some more things we have done and I may have repeated some things I've said before.

Moving along......

---Carolyn

Carolyn Braden: Home Renovation Update!

We have started something and can't quit!

Since starting the closet, we decided to go ahead and dry wall the foyer (the room under the closet). So that is halfway complete. The closet is drywalled and has a ceiling. Need to mud, tape, and paint it next.

The sink in the downstairs bathroom stripped out last month. So....we bought a new sink. That started a motivation to get that room done too. We are tiling it, painting it, and putting in the new sink. That will be done soon.

We purchased stained glass side lights that fit perfectly by the front door. There used to be sidelights there, but someone sided over them at some point. They will be put in soon. (Hopefully before winter!).

The garage is now painted. (Thanks to my father in law!)

An old chimney that is not used and will never be used again (it was not the fireplace chimney) has had the bricks that were about to fall out repaired. The tiles on the roof that needed some help have been fixed.

If arranged some nice floral arrangements around the house that have added a nice fall like feel to the home. Can't wait for the seasons to pass and be summer again!