Children’s Bedroom Renovation: Nordic Inspired

ITS DONE! What a relief it is to type those words. Upon completion of each room in our home, my heart feels overwhelmingly grateful and exponentially fuller. All of the long nights, hard labor, and countless decisions pay off when we see a room come together. There truly isn’t a better feeling. This is the first room we have painted just ourselves. Every other room that we have tackled, our family members have been there to help out, so this was a fun one for Grant and I to tackle together. Do you want to hear the details of the room? Lets get to it!

To start off, let’s take a moment and appreciate the before. Not included: Musty smells, lots of spiders…and an endless amount of dust.

Where to start with a complete room renovation? I always start with the room color! We chose the wall color from Sherwin Williams, we love their paint. It’s the absolute best. The color we chose is called Mountain Road. Its a hunter green, with a bit of gray..hard to describe, but it was my favorite moody green…and I tested over ten colors!

We made a last minute decision to add a beadboard wall because this room needed some texture. There is a LOT of wall space and vaulted ceilings, so adding beadboard was the perfect choice because it cozied the room up a bit, and made it feel smaller, which is exactly what we were going for. We chose to use pine from Lowe’s. HOWEVER, we made the rookie mistake of not letting it cure. Typically, you want to let wood cure in your house for 7-10 days, so that it gets used to the environment and can expand or contract, before it goes up onto the walls….we didn’t do this and luckily we ended up only having to repaint the portions that the wood contracted in, once it was up on the walls.

Next came the carpet! We chose the color Dreamland by Phenix. We love that it added some more texture to the space, it’s the perfect carpet for a children’s bedroom!

And alas the final pictures of the space, hope you enjoy!

Click here to see where I purchased the canopy below! OR Click here to check out those fun stars!

SOURCES: Large Quilt is from Ikea, Star pillow is from Target, Sheets are from Target (linked below) and additional bedding is from Serendipity Organics. Christma tree skirt (see below)

Click here to snag an adorable set of these sheets! We purchased the color: gold.

Click here to purchase this adorable tree skirt, Target for the win!

SOURCE: Studio Roller is from George & Willy
SOURCES: The lamp, book rack, hot air balloon, and hangers were all vintage finds, the pillows are ikea, the blankets were from Serendipity Organics, the wooden houses were from Target and the shelf was from Ikea
SOURCES: House is from Ikea, Trees are from Target, Wood pieces are from Michaels. The mushrooms above are from Hobby Lobby but I also ordered these adorable ones (in transit) from Amazon! Wooden Tray source? See below!

I love that Sadie can utilize this to store all of her nature finds! The stones, the sticks, the pinecones…you know what I am talking about…all of those precious, “here mommy!” items. I read a blogpost by Rose Uncharted and she really inspired me to cultivate a child’s love for nature. So, by creating a space to keep their “nature finds” we did just that.

SOURCES: Bookshelves are from ikea, Click here to purchase the pink wall shelf basket, The Sugar Mold (Crayon holder) was from lowes.com. The pink woven basket is from Olli Ella, The deer is from an adorable, local shop called Found Our Haven, & everything else was a vintage find or from the target dollar section
SOURCES: All vintage finds except for the stocking which was from Five Below!

Click here to purchase these affordable drapes! Price is for a pack of two. OR Click here to purchase the wooden iron below!

SOURCES: All written above except for the Fiddle Leaf Fig which was from Aldi.

And that’s a wrap! If you have any questions, feel free to drop a question below or contact me on Instagram @thisoldbrickhouse! Thank you for following along on this journey and thank you for stopping by the blog today!

Jenna

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A Complete Laundry Room Renovation.

WE DID IT!!! We finally completed our laundry room renovation, and let’s just say I am one THANKFUL person to have all of those decisions behind us. We ran into a lot of difficult things, from sanding and painting cabinets, to laundry countertop installations being delayed due to Covid, to searching for a faucet that would actually fit this sink…but we did it, and I am so happy with the outcome.

BEFORE: When we purchased the house, this was our only first floor bedroom. We couldn’t really tell how big the room truly was, until the previous owner removed all of his stuff, and until we demoed a massive closet, which you can catch a glimpse of in the lower left hand corner. Removing the closet completely opened up the room.

AFTER: We hired a plumber to move the laundry room plumbing up from the basement (which was conveniently right underneath this room). We placed our cabinets in the area where the old closet was, and we tried to functionally use as much of this space that we could.

Here’s what we used:

Cabinets?

We repurposed old, leftover cabinets from my sister’s kitchen reno. We sanded these babies down, painted them, and mounted some new hardware, and VOILA! They look as good as new.

Also, my sister and her husband decided to donate the rest of their cabinets to Habitat For Humanity Restore Shop. Have you Checked out your local Habitat For Humanity Restore shop? I stop in there every once in awhile. It’s a GREAT place to find sinks, new doorknobs, old doused furniture, etc. Definitely put it on your list, if you haven’t visited before!

To prep the cabinets prior to painting, I used mainly used an orbital sander and a sanding block. Click the link below to check out the orbital sander that I used!

https://rstyle.me/+kCcHfHomSeIP7vaJ5M8uCg

As for the paint we used on the cabinets we chose Sherwin Williams Pro Classic Interior Latex paint (Semi-gloss in the color extra white)

Countertops?

We searched high and low for a countertop remnant at a couple of local countertop shops. We were searching for a remnant, because we were truly hoping to save a few dollars, and we had NO luck after searching for six months. We found several that we loved, but the sizing was not matching up with what we needed.

That’s when I did my research and found out that a blogger that I loved (Liz Marie Glavan), purchased her countertops from Home Depot. We headed over to Home Depot, and I instantly knew that’s where we were going to purchase our countertops. Come to find out?! They run frequent sales, and they were running a 20% off sale on all countertops. Home Depot is really open about sharing when their upcoming sales are, so if you are willing to wait, head in a talk with a representative, and they will give you all of the details! The 20% off sale is the highest sale of the year, so we totally lucked out. Another cool fact? Since we went with Quartz, Home Depot sells the countertops, but it was actually a local countertop shop (that we visited) that installed them and they did a fabulous job. They were in and out of our house within 10 minutes!

As for the style and color of countertops, we went with Rococo Quartz. I originally was going to buy marble, but I did a lot of research and found that there is a lot of upkeep with marble, and it can stain pretty easily. So, I truly loved the color of these countertops, because it was the closest thing to marble that I could find.

Flooring?

Home Depot. Flooring linked below!

https://rstyle.me/+yravJMPcLb3TeB6a6vBk3A

Shelf?

Oh that shelf. We originally had a shelf built at a local wood shop, and we realized we measured it a bit short, so we ended up having to buy another shelf. This actually turned out to be a bit of a blessing because the shelf we originally were going to hang was going to be extremely hard to hang on the wall, free-floating style. So, we ended up calling another local shop, and they built the shelf with two plywood pieces (on top and bottom) and put an actual piece of wood along the face of the shelf, and they constructed it so that it had a french cleat. This allowed us to mount the shelf really easily and it will allow me to put heavy items on the shelf. I’m always switching things up around here, so I wanted to be able to put heavy items on the shelf, if that’s something I decided I wanted to do, later on down the road.

Door?

I was inspired by an Instagram friend to create a laundry door using a $25 vinyl decal from Hobby Lobby, and we were so happy with the result! I found a $20 door on Facebook Marketplace, we sanded this baby down, added some wood filler, added shatterproof glass, and then added on the Laundry decal.

Lockers?

A $50 Facebook Marketplace find! How fun are these? They were covered in stickers and pretty dirty. So, after a good scrub down and half of bottle of GooGone later, we had some lockers that were ready to be sanded down and painted. I used Rustoleum Chalk Paint in the color Linen White. See link below to view the product:

https://rstyle.me/+bvRmYYci6PF3_Q1HyFgw-A

Other Details?

These french soap cubes add such a cute detail to any laundry or bathroom space.

Get them here:

https://rstyle.me/+62kkXofIYRf_R3RqUemFlw

Or here:

https://rstyle.me/+5KhU4n5J5BDv4gYXmrz0rQ

And that’s a wrap! So incredibly happy that we are finally done with the laundry space…which means that we have one room left unfinished on our main floor (hi, kitchen!) but we won’t be getting to that for a few years. Want to know what our next project is? Head to Instagram (@thisoldbrickhouse) to follow along with our daily projects!

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

Jenna

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Cheap Posters.

All of my inspirations lately have been stemming from Pinterest pins that I pinned years ago. I was in desperate need of printing a budget-friendly poster and after calling several stores, I was left feeling very defeated.

I needed two 24 X 36 posters, and I was hoping to do that for $10 or less. The first store quoted me $18/poster, the second store quoted me $35/ poster and the third store quoted me $25 per/poster. I almost settled and called the first store…but then I remembered a pin I had pinned on my Pinterest board, years ago. I remembered that someone had printed large posters at Office Depot/Office Max (now the two stores are one) using engineering print. An engineering printer is usually used to print blueprints.

When I originally called Office Depot, they quoted me nearly $25 per poster…but then I decide to call back. I asked them about printing my poster with the engineering printer. Although they do not typically recommend it, they said they could absolutely print it…and do you want to know how much it was…drumroll please….$3.60 PER POSTER. What?! That blew my mind.

I bought a pdf of this poster on Etsy for $7. I contacted Willow and White studio, and she edited the version of this poster and split the words into two posters. And to top it off, I printed these beauties for a little more than S I X dollars total. Total bill? $14.20 to have these two beauties.

NOTE: The manager at Office Depot did explain that due to the fact the writing on my poster was thin, he was therefore happy to print it. He stated that typically, when the image needs to be filled in, or the writing is thick, printing a poster, using engineering print, may not work too well. Just a little pointer I wanted to share.

So how do you do it?

  1. You can bring in your poster to Office Depot on a flash drive.
  2. You can call the store, ask for their email, attach the files you want printed, and pick it up when ready (which is what I did).
  3. Or, you can do it online. See steps below:

How to print your photos online:

  • Go to OfficeDepot.com>Services>Print and Copy
  • Click Blueprints
  • Upload document>select landscape or portrait>select black & white OR color> select fit to size
  1. Optional: add lamination (for an additional 5$)
  2. Add to cart>ship to store for free shipping
  3. Pick it up in about 2 hours

So how did I choose what I wanted on my poster? Well it was simple for me. This song has always meant so much. Ever since I heard a pastor talk about story behind this song, it stuck with me. I wanted a quote in our home that grounded me. I have quotes all around our house. On our letterboard, on our letter wall, and now in the cozy space of our living room. I look at them all throughout the day. Sometimes they are inspirational. Sometimes they are biblical. Sometimes they are silly. Having something meaningful displayed in your home is important, especially when it comes to making your home feel like… home.

Have you ever heard the story of why the song, “It Is Well”, was written? It’s moving and it reminds me that things in life are hard but we are lucky to have a God who is bigger than all of life’s sorrows.

So, what song means a lot to you? What phrase inspires you? Is there a specific author whose words stick with you? Think about something with meaning, and frame it for you to see, day after day. You will be very grateful you did.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today.

XO

Jenna

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New Rug.

Sometimes I just sit in this living room and think about where this house was a year and a half ago, and I feel overwhelmingly grateful. It has been so much fun watching this house transform with each passing month.

This room is, by far, my favorite in the house. From its natural light, to the built-ins, to the big beautiful mirror that came with this house, something about this room just gives me that cozy feeling.

We started with one couch, then purchased two. Then two chairs…and then I laid my eyes on this rug. We searched high and low for rugs. I wanted something different. Something that was neutral but added some character to this room and I finally found her. Have you heard of Revival Rugs ? I was so giddy when I came across their website because they have a plethora of rugs available and some of them are vintage rugs. Beautiful, hand-picked, vintage rugs from Turkey, Morroco, and other surrounding countries. The one I chose was not a vintage rug, but I love that it had the appearance of one.

We were in search of a quality rug that fit this space and we finally found a rug that we are so in love with. One thing I love about this rug is how it compliments the design of this room. This rug brought a cozy feel to this room and I am so incredibly happy that we chose this beautiful rug. I was always skeptical about purchasing a rug online, because I was nervous that I wouldn’t see what it truly looked like in person, from viewing it through a screen…but you guys…Revival Rugs made it so incredibly easy. They provided several pictures of the rug and answered any questions that I had about its color. Revival Rugs offers a variety of rugs to choose from. I highly recommend checking them out!

Upon arrival, we were so excited when it was delivered to our doorstep. The shipping was extremely fast, and it felt like Christmas when I finally got to open this baby up. It arrived neatly folded up in a box, had an adorable note, and a super cute tote that I cannot wait to use at my local farmers market this spring.

I HIGHLY recommend heading over to Revival Rugs to check out their rugs if you are in the market for one. There were so many great rugs…it was hard to choose!

See a rug you like? Revival Rugs has generously provided a 10% discount for you to use. Use code THISOLDBRICKHOUSE10 to receive 10% off of your purchase, upon checkout.

Thank you for stopping by the blog today!

Jenna

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Updates.

Hi friends! I took a break from social media and blogging for a little while, but I have been eager to show you what we have been working on over here. Truth be told, a lot of it hasn’t been very glamorous, but that’s the beauty of buying a fixer upper, right?! It’s not always fun and games.

For the past few weeks, Grant has been pretty much living in our attic and crawl space. We have two attics, and somehow, before we bought this house, a squirrel got into one of the attics and clearly made it’s home inside. So, Grant removed the squirrel, all of its nesting materials, mounds of feces, and all of the insulation that was damaged from the squirrel.

Lots and lots of squirrel nesting materials…and poop.
After it was all cleaned out!! Grant removed six bags of squirrel nests/feces and then removed all of the insulation.

Grant then made his way to our crawl space in the basement. When we bought the house, another squirrel was living in the crawl. We are STILL working on removed thousands….and thousands of walnuts that he had stored down there. Aside from that, We need to insulate the crawls, clean out our basement, and then paint it. So fixing our crawl space was our number one priority, before diving into the rest of the basement project. There was a damaged wall in our crawl space, so Grant spent countless hours digging through the soil to repair the wall. Sounds blissful, right?

Next, comes the laundry room. Laundry plans got put on hold because I was waiting to find the perfect sink. I bought one from Ikea and ended up returning it because I felt like I wanted to go with something that had a bit more character and something that was genuinely vintage. After MONTHS of searching Craigslist, Offer Up, Facebook Marketplace, Estate Sales, and the Antique Mall, we found one. Nearly 3 1/2 hours from our home, we finally found a sink on Facebook Marketplace and decided to make the drive, to pick it up, this past weekend. We landed a vintage, 1930’s Crane sink with its original stand, and I couldn’t be more in love. We paid $300, and in my opinion, it was worth every penny.

Last but not least, we still have been working on tackling the furniture set up in the living room. After getting out carpet installed, we decided to purchase our couch and a few chairs from Ikea because I read and researched hundreds (literally) of couches and I loved that the reviews for the pieces we bought were awesome. I also LOVED that you can rip the covers off, bleach them and/or wash them anytime. We originally went to Ikea to snag the Ektorp sofa for $499. However, when we got to Ikea, we saw that they had an Ektorp 3.5 seater (which is a little bit taller and wider) for $649. We loved it. This couch reminds me of the ones that Pottery Barn carries. People actually think that it is the Pottery Barn couch, when they come over to visit. Due to the space in here and the set up that we realized we wanted, we do need to purchase another couch to put in here, so on our next trip up to Ikea we will get another Ektorp 3.5 seater, and I will share the finished product with you then.

We are heading to pick out a faucet and some countertops for our laundry room today, so can’t wait to share progress of that room with you soon!

XO

Jenna

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Shiplap.

WE DID IT! We shiplapped our office, we shiplapped a couple of accent walls in our family room, and our laundry room. Scroll down to see the before pictures, details on how to shiplap your own house, and check out our after pictures near the bottom of this post!

BEFORE (My picture)
BEFORE (Realtor’s picture)
Before
Before
Figuring out the measurements
It was so time consuming to figure out the cuts around the outlets!
Finished! Just needs paint.
The office
The office
Trimming out the office. I decided halfway through the paint job, to trim all of the rooms out first, then to go back and use a roller. It makes the job go by SO much quicker!!
Office-1 coat done, one to go!
Laundry room-Trimming it out!

So here’s the deal. We got our little secret from my sister. Unless you have lots of cash flow to spend on shiplap, you really don’t need to buy real expensive wood, unless you of course prefer that. We purchased something called underlayment. Most DIY shiplap tutorials I read about use 4’ X 8’ sheets of 1/4″ luan underlayment ripped down to 6” to 8” wide planks. You can also use  3/8″ exterior plywood, also known as CDX plywood, if you prefer to have something with a bit more texture (but costs $2 more per board).

Lowe’s is the only store (in our area) that will cut underlayment into six inch strips, all of the rest will not cut them because they don’t have the capabilities or because they cannot allow their employees to do such thing, due to safety reasons. We went to Lowe’s at 7:30 on a Sunday night, and they closed at 8. Not the smartest thing we’ve ever done. Because what happened was, they felt rushed, and the breaker to the saw kept tripping, so they were not taking their time on pieces, and we realized that it ended up ruining a lot of our pieces. So, because of personal preference, we had to spend A LOT of extra time sanding down the boards to make them even. One suggestion? Make sure they are cutting the boards straight & speak up if not!

Anyways, once they were cut, we brought them home and got to work.

Step one– Decide if you want a pattern or if you want the boards to go all the way across, with no splits. We decided to have a pattern. I know several individuals who chose not to have a pattern because original shiplap has no rhyme or rhythm.

Step two- Decide where you want the shiplap to start. Grant started all of the first boards (to each room) on the ceiling. I recently read that a lot of people started from the bottom, and not the top. We found out that it was helpful to start from the top because ur ceiling was slightly uneven, and we did not want our wall to look crooked.

Here are five most commonly asked questions regarding shiplap:

  1. Is it easy enough that we can do it ourselves? Yes. But SO time consuming if doing more than one room. As long as you have someone that knows measurements and has a nice saw, you are good to go!
  2. What length did you cut your boards? I chose to cut mine into 6 inch strips.
  3. Is it expensive? NO. Using underlayment saves you a LOT of money because it looks like wood, but its half of the price.
  4. Is there a specific pattern we should lay it? No. It all depends on personal preference. We chose to lay ours in a stair-step pattern and space each of the boards a nickel apart. (We really used a nickel). Some people choose to have no separation in their boards and have uneven lines (which I think it makes it look more original). I went back and forth, but I went with a “cleaner” look.
  5. Do you fill in the nail holes? I chose not to, especially because I hope to put lottts of holes (over the years) in these walls. I love the character the holes add to the walls!
After of our office
After of our office
After of our office
Laundry room paint and shiplap complete! (We chose not to do our back wall)
Laundry room (cabinets soon to come!)
Ignore all of the toys and my messing counters #reallife but the shiplap accent walls are officially complete (hard to see but on both sides of the fireplace)!


There you have it! Hope that was helpful and feel to find me on Instagram @thisoldbrickhouse and shoot me a DM if you have any other questions!

XO

Jenna

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Floors.

Here’s the deal. When we bought this house, we were a tad bit naive. We sat down, made a list, and we decided it would officially take us thirty days to accomplish all of the necessities. I can literally laugh out loud just thinking about it. It ended up taking us 3 1/2 months to make it somewhat livable, and that was with about 20 extra hands, because we were in over our heads.

When we finally moved in, all of our flooring on the main level was ripped up and I was a lovely 36 weeks pregnant. With each passing day, our original to-do list grew, and we realized that our budget was growing smaller. So, we decided we had to throw out our beautiful engineered hardwood floor plans, until further notice.

That’s when I came across some SUPER cheap flooring at Menards. So get this. Normally, this laminate flooring is 98 cents/ square foot. However, it was on sale. ALSO, if you go to Menards, you know that they run a frequent 11% off of EVERYTHING sale. Menards is cheap as it is. Then, when they run that sale, it’s amazing, because you get an additional 11% off of sale stuff too!! So anyways, we got 11% off of all of the flooring we bought, and it came with free underlayment (foam-like material, will touch on this later). So, we paid a whopping $1,505.00 for all of the flooring, for our whole main level. Based on the pics above, we felt like we didn’t want to live on the floors, because of the grotesque state they were in and we wanted an alternative, cheap, easy option. This was it!

One thing we would have done differently, is upgraded to a nicer underlayment, if possible. The underlayment that we got was free, but we now know why. It wasn’t super thick, and it has caused our floors to shift a bit, but in the grand scheme of things, we aren’t too bothered by it. Our plan is to live on these floors for the next 5-10 years, until we have enough saved up for our hardwoods.

Our friend John, (Heaven-send) , helped Grant start this floor, and taught him how to master the pattern in the floor. Before we installed the floor, I thought you could just snap the boards in and call it good. Well, we learned that you usually want to pick a pattern, so that it looks really uniform throughout. We went with a specific “stair-step” pattern. Once you start a pattern, there is a certain logic to making sure it all aligns and Grant did a superb job. Installing a floor takes a REAL good miter saw, a ton of cuts around walls, islands, cabinets, and a LOT of prayer.

Moral of the story, we are happy with these floors, and for how affordable they are, we would recommend to anyone! Here’s a list of our pros and cons below:

Pros-Cheap; Look nice; Easy to clean; Easy to cut

Cons-They do feel pretty cheap on your feet compared to nice, sturdy hardwoods; You can see some faint grain lines in the wood that make it definitely look like laminate; The boards are somewhat thin so if your floors aren’t level you can definitely feel the movement

This week, Menards is running an 11% off sale, in our area, right now. Feel free to check out the sale if you need anything for your home!

Have a great week buds!

XO

Jenna

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Powder Room.

Who doesn’t love a good before and after? I’m all about them. So just wanted to share our downstairs bathroom progress with all of you and hope you enjoy looking through each of the pictures below!

To give a little background, when we were looking at the house, the owner had a long pole stretched across the face of the tub, because the tub was currently leaking and the owner thought that this pole was helping the leak. Much to our dismay, when we walked into the basement, we heard active, dripping water and the owner ended up telling us that he put a bucket in the basement because the water was dripping through the walls, onto the baseboards, and through the basement ceiling, into that bucket. You can only imagine how bad this was and it did not smell pretty. All of that lovely, seeping water ended up damaging a kitchen wall and floor as well, so we had to do a lot more demo than what we had anticipated. That’s just how the fixer upper life goes!

Sources:

Target: Shower curtain, “Powder room” script

Home Depot: Tub, Toilet

Etsy: Sink

Ebay: White Shelf

Magnolia.com-Mirror

Menards- Shower subway tile, floor penny tile, & grout

Amazon-Shower head, shower curtain rod, shower curtain hooks, sink faucet, towel rack, & bathroom light

Ikea: Stool

Door fixture: Doorlocksdirect.com

Thanks for reading buddies!

XO

Jenna

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Reality.

One common thing we hear after someone sees our house pictures online is that they CANNOT believe that we were so lucky to get an amazing house on an amazing piece of land. Though I do agree that we were fortunate to buy a house on a beautiful piece of property, I’m going to give you a little dose of reality when it comes to our house. Showing you beautiful “snipits” of our house just felt kind of wrong, when there is still SO much to do, and so little time.

So here’s reality friends! Reality is this. We have work to do. Lots of it. Behind all of the pretty little Instagram squares and Facebook posts, we have this. A pretty brick house, set on a beautiful piece of property that has a to do list that could reach ceiling to floor. Here’s SOME of our list, in no particular order:

Aside from all of these pictures, I landed on the bottom of our property tonight staring at this barn. This barn sits at the end of our hill, overlooking a pretty little lake. I often look out of our kitchen window and dream of what it may become. Will it be a place that my kids will use to play “pretend?” Will it be a barn for several little ducklings and chicks? Will we transform it into a pretty little she-shed?

Whatever it may be, tonight as I looked at the barn, I started thinking, “WHEN are we ever going to get to work on this barn when we have a living room, a bathroom, a roof, and two bedrooms (etc. above) to finish??? And then it hit me. I have 18 summers left with my sweet little girl before she grows up and moves out. Although dreaming of all of the possibilities seems fun and may overwhelm me, I’m choosing to not let it. I’m choosing to focus on the amazing things we have already accomplished. I’m choosing to find the greater joys in life than just checking off the points on my checklist.

So here’s to a summer of lovin on my babe, being a present wife, spending more time with family and friends, mindfully working on the house and in the midst of everything, CHOOSING joy.

“The only difference between a road block and an adventure, is MY perspective.” -The Far Green Country on Amazon Prime…watch it!!

Thanks for reading buds!
XO

Jenna

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Progress.

So much has happened the past week!

  1. After knowing there was water damage to the entry wall, when we tore it apart, we realized that the entry wall was only being supported by an inch of supporting beam in basement (see slideshow below). This was a HUGE discovery…because it could have been a WAY bigger problem later on down the road.
  2. The plumber got a LOT of our old pipes out and replaced them with PVC.
  3. Our laundry room was moved from the grungy basement to the main floor! Thanks to the plumber and our ultra handy friend John!!
  4. Our friend Adam and my father in law SLAVED to get the particle board out of our future living room. Only 4 rooms to go!
  5. My mom, aunts, mother-in-law and Grant helped tackle a lot of painting jobs. Feels and smells a lot better. Specifically, our bedroom, master bath, and nursery have all been painted and are ready for carpet!
  6. The downstairs bathroom has been re-wired and re-framed and is ready for drywall. We picked out all of the tile, lighting, the sink, shiplap, etc. and I look forward to sharing the final transformation with you soon!
  7. Our broken window has been taken out and is being replaced with new glass.
  8. Thankful that next week we get our vents cleaned, carpet will be installed, the painter and drywall-er will come to tackle the big rooms, and the entry wall will start to be boarded up!

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We have a little less than one month until move in and cannot believe it. I am finding so much joy (finally) in watching little things come together and I get more and more excited to move in and tackle the do list with Grant, bit by bit.

Thanks for reading, buddies!
Jenna

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