Home Improvements: Part One

We got new doors back in April, but we just got around to painting them this weekend... (3 months?) That's actually pretty good time frame considering my husband just finished his masters and is serving in the Bishopric... Life is crazy, esp on the weekends... but this weekend (and the past) were real solid work days around the house... it's nice to finally get some things done!

Prepare yourself to be amazed...

Front Door BEFORE:

Front Door AFTER:
Back Door BEFORE: (scary...) Oo, and Love that Dogie door hack job!
Back Door AFTER:
Notice the Key pad! Punch in the code and it unlocks the door... We are so glad we spent the extra money to get this. LOVE IT!

Garage Door Before:

I love the look of this old door ...but the wood door and frame warped in the hot and cold weather...leaving it hard to open and close.

Garage Door AFTER: (I don't have a picture of it, because it's not painted yet... but looks just like back door minus the dogie door! it even has a cool key pad too!)

Front of the House: 2007

(aww. look how little Caitlin and Will were!)

Front of the House: 2009

We were thrilled when we pulled off the the old facia (white trim/border right below the roof of the house...) to find the original facia with a cute little grove in it... it was green and needed some serious love... So, we (Justin) sanded, fixed a few spots and painted it white!! Dolls up the house real cute... I think!

We still have a lot more up our sleeves... like replacing the white mettle thing on the porch (holding up the roof) with a round or square beam thing... and more plants. And some new rain gutters... and perhaps painting the brick... like a 'cape cod gray color'... but all this would come after we put on a new roof! It needs it badly!

PANTRY BEFORE:

Yikes, these random drawers in this closet were really hard to open and were taking up TOO much space to be functional... So, out they came!

It doesn't look much better... but it's function has improved greatly.

SAND BOX:

Justin made some stilts for the sand box cover... we also got more sand! We planted some grass seed on the dirt patch in front of the sand box this week too! :) Will and Caitlin enjoy watching the 'baby grass' grow!