Home Improvements

With all the drama of Nate's surgery and the pregnancy/birth of Lauryn, I never blogged about all the home projects we had going on during that time. We finished our basement (for the most part). Nate, with a lot of help from family and friends, did everything himself except install the fireplace insert, and install the carpet. (I will take credit for most of the painting, choosing all the finishes/colors, a whole lot of caulking, and TONS of clean up and organizing)

Here is the Family Room



The Media Room (no more little hands reaching the DVDs:)


Future home of a pool/game table


Future home of the kitchenette


My favorite part, the kids play house


The hallway


Storage Room (newly organized)


Cold storage with the newly built shelves


The Playroom


The exercise room


The office


My craft area of the office


And there is a bathroom as well that is about 50% of the way finished.

I also decorated Lauryn's nursery pretty much by myself during Nate's recovery (thanks to my brother-in-law for putting up the chair rail:)


I love how it turned out and I think Lauryn likes it too:)


So that was a little much to be cramming into a 6-month period but we love how it has turned out. Nate did a wonderful job and we are so grateful for all the help we received. There won't be anymore home improvement projects going on around here anytime soon. Whew!