sneak peek...

husband's been busy this long weekend...

building our new deck!

{ain't he talented??}

 

as for Gray and I -

we're his cheerleaders!!

happy long weekend friends!

{and happy birthday bro}

xoxo



thrifty thursday find...

new couch!

{and yes, I know it's saturday today! but we did find this thursday!}

I swear, this baby was made just for me -

I was pricing out a similar statement piece couch from one of the big retail stores

{with a high back and high sides}

but, as always, so hard to commit to spending that kind of money!

then, bam! 

this beauty for less than a third of the price!!

I was honestly, physically unable to say no!

{something about that colour does me in every time}

sweet, wonderful husband didn't even have time to change after work - 

straight to pick up!

and then the couch {or Big Bertha as she's more commonly known}

wouldn't fit through the door...

whoops!

she's a whopping 7' wide x 37" deep x 44" high at the back

{another weakness of mine - over sized pieces!}

so there's husband taking off the front door so we can bring her in!

{note to selves: this house needs functioning front double doors}

 and ta-dah!

there she is in our living room!

{clearly this whole room needs to be designed around her now!}

let's get you some pillow friends, Bertha...

and so we start again...

we moved into "87" two weeks ago!

what started out as a torrential rain,

turned into sunshine right when the moving truck pulled up.

{what a good sign!!}

here's a glimpse at what we're starting out with:

{these were taken during the home inspection, so none of the "stuff" is ours!}

 {front yard}

{back yard}

{back patio}

 

{husband's new man cave}

{view upstairs from front door}

{view downstairs from front door}

{view into living room from top of stairs} 

{view into dining room from living room}

{view into kitchen from dining room}

 {view into hallway towards bedrooms}

{view into main bath}

 {view into what will be Gray's room}

{view into master bedroom}

{view of basement living room}

{view into basement bath}
there's lots of space in this one -
we're working with five bedrooms this time!!
guess we'll need more than one kid to fill this house...
{right husband?!}

wrap it up...

basement finale!!

*warning - pictures taken with husband's camera phone!!*

{so please excuse the quality - we figured it was better to see something than nothing at all!}

{ignore that laundry folks!}

best surprise of the basement:

cedar posts!!

they were buried in the walls, so when we completely

gutted the basement, we moved the wall back to expose them.

worst surprise of the basement:

the build-out for the tv wasn't exactly planned!

in the very beginning phase of the project,

we decided this place was in major need of new concrete walkways and steps.

well, when the concrete guys were demolishing the old steps,

they rammed their bobcat into the front of the house!!

needless to say, this caused some damage to the support by the front door

- which translated to chaos in the basement

{not to mention husband just missing a giant block of concrete falling on his head}.

so, the build out was really the solution to that mess,

and not where does the tv go?!

although, it was the perfect spot for that build-out to happen!

well, that's all for that chapter folks!!

next up -

we're taking you with us, step by step,

through our next project,

good ol' 87!

wrap it up...

guest suite!!

this was really grandma & grandpa's room,

but they were gracious enough to lend it out to a few others!

before we even had the luxury of having a guest suite,

this room was our bedroom.

{well, actually, our only room!!}

ahhhh the days before baby,

when living in 200sqft, surrounded by boxes, 

and cooking with only a toaster oven was all we knew!

wrap it up...

guest bath!

{really just the basement bath, but we liked to pretend that the basement had the "guest suite"!!}

{hiiiii!!!!}

definitely not the biggest guest bath!!

{quite awkward to photograph actually - clearly need to hone those skills!!}

if only you could have seen where it started out -

not pretty!!

in fact...the old clawfoot tub we took out is still sitting in the backyard!!

{oopsies! sorry new owners, husband will be by to take that away at some point...}

and I know some of you are thinking 

"why would you remove a clawfoot tub?!"

well...

a} it wasn't the best looking tub...it needed help...and two new feet!

b} I think they're awkward to shower in...and when you have a smaller house, you need all the good shower space you can get!

c} if you cut out the awkward showering and just use it for bathing...well, who wants to have a luxurious, relaxing bath in a basement??! not the ideal locale!

so that's that...

and that's the guest bath!

wrap it up...

the luxury of a laundry room!

ahhhhh how I will miss you!!

it was so nice to have a clean, contained room just for laundry - 

no sharing with husband's work room...

or creepy mechanical room...

all mine!

back to dirty {not really but they look that way} concrete floors in the new place...

but not for long!!! {right husband?!?}

ideas already swirling in the ol' noggin!

wrap it up...

sorry to leave you for so long,

you'd think being off work to visit the family back home 

would have given me all the time I needed to finish up the 419 posts...

but nooooo!!

we are now on the other side of the move!

phew!!

lots of issues there!

{thank you to the babysitting services in Canmore for helping us with the little one, we owe you big}

here's a glimpse of how our move day started out...

excellent!!

more on that later...

right now, take a look at the 419 office

{sorry, no before pictures of the basement, so silly we were!!}

yay to husband for spraying the {potentially creepy?} horse head, much better in matte black!

{he never questions when I bring home these outrageous items - complete faith! that's love!!}

{if you look closely, you can see my obsession with the J.Crew catalogue!!

not sure what I'm intrigued by more,

the styling of the shoots or the clothes themselves...

inspiration none the less!}

before & after...

baby room!

{well in the beginning it was our only room...then baby came and things needed to change!}

before:

{these people loved their dark colours!}

aaaaaaaaand after:

Husband refinished this dresser for baby G

{what a keeper}, 

and now that I know his skills, I'm sure many more projects will appear!!

Half price giant chair from as-is room in Ikea,

whooooooooot!

This room came together pretty easily,

almost like it always wanted to be for a baby??

Or maybe because we didn't need to tear into any of the walls...

hard to say!