sneak peek...

our current project has proven to be quite tricky!

here's a hint of what we're up to:

now if only the weather would get the memo!

we need way less of this, 

this,

 and seriously? this??

 it's June, Calgary...

cooperate!

{please and thank you}

sunday times...

well first off,

happy father's day!!
how fortunate are we to have three of the best dads out there
all apart of this family?!

we had a great day here

with the return of gramma and papa!

so naturally, that means some progress on the house!

but also some relaxing

{involving the bbq}

here's the sunday highlights

{lots of fun in the sun jumping around with gramma}

{some gardening inside and out - but the outside pics are for another post!}

{delicious bbq and sweets for the proud dads}

let there be...

lights!!

finally, no more bulb sockets sticking out of the ceiling!

husband had to climb way up

to install these beauties!

now all we need are some big

edison-style bulbs

{like so}

via

it's starting to look somewhat finished upstairs -

we're very excited...

{clearly!}

flea market sunday...

it has a good ring to it,

flea market sunday!!!

{or maybe I'm just obsessed with sifting through other peoples junk?!}

after being tipped off to this flea markets whereabouts,

{by our wonderful in-the-know friend!}

we naturally, packed up the boys and lugged them to it!

did we find much?

not really!

apart from this guy,

it was mostly just snooping -

but boy was it entertaining!

I think we shall make it a weekly occurrence!

{yeah, we'll see how that goes!}

catch up...

let's see...

everything we've done since we've been away...

* finished skimming + painting ugly stucco wall

* finished installing  + grouting backsplash

* installed, caulked + painted trim

* installed, caulked + painted baseboards

*installed door handles

{ahhh I forgot how nice it was to actually close a door!}

*had entire upstairs ceiling refinished which spawned a new list of work:

~remove all items from upstairs

~tarp off all cabinets, lights, doors + floors

~clean, dust, clean again...and again

{that drywall dust (and mud) gets everywhere!!}

~prime entire ceiling,

~paint entire ceiling x2

~repaint all upstairs walls

~move furniture back in

all this work,

and none of it is really exciting enough for photos!

 case in point:

our beautiful new flat ceiling,

looks great in person, but makes a boring photo!
{although the dinosaurs really add to it!}

have to admit, 

it still looks better than this one:

because that was our view before!

back to it...

alright!!

let's get back to it!

so we've taken some time off

{don't worry ~ the house has had some attention too!}

and all in preparation for this special guy:

hunter ehren hornung

2:54 am, april 17, 2012

6 lbs 13 oz, 21"

only six weeks old and already so special!

and of course spending some quality time with the big guy

before the little guy showed up!

and then spending quality time with both the babes!

so I guess that's our recovery time ~

six weeks!

back to work folks...

a little vitamin B...

that's all the house needs

{and us too}

to get back into gear!!

vitamin b in this case being

papa B coming down on two occasions

and working the heck out of husband!

let's see what the power of B + husband can do...

put up all the new doors upstairs...

patch up the ugly stuff...

{yes stucco wall - I'm talking about you!}

put up backsplash...

just to name a few things!

the end result of the power duo looks something like this:

sooooo much space!

you two are animals...

and we like it!!



one, two, three, four...

tell me that you love me more...

{you know the song!}

yay to wrapping up {some} loose ends!

corner cabinet finally arrived!!

hood fan!

what wall? hubby patched the evidence!

pendants {and pot lights} are up!

feels good!

next up - some bigger projects to tackle...



really...

really?!?

we've been M.I.A since November 24?!!

that's scary - 

that's how long we've been in the holiday haze for!

back to reality...

with lots of updates!

first up - counters finally went in...

{husband here cutting out the gable for the faucet}

{a side faucet because this guy was a bit of a fatty and wanted more room!}

 

the corner upper is still waiting for it's door

{what a nightmare these cupboards have been!}

but, we do have all the other, correct doors installed now...

so we're only complaining a little!

and this guy is finally here too...

so nice to have a backdoor again -

now the dog only sometimes runs out of the yard!

time to get out of our relaxing funk

and get back to work!

three months to go to get a functioning house

{well portion of a house anyways!}

here we go...

it's a...

while this may look like a "kitty-cat" to some...

{like you Gray!}

I assure you all, it is not!

it's a healthy baby boy!!

it was a close race

{at 50/50 for a boy}

but those of you who guessed it were right!

now to work the idea of a baby brother into Gray's head...

or not...

remember this guy...

well, keeping with the true nature of renovations...

he's still with us!

 turns out this guy, is backordered!

so while other people figure out how to get it to us

{worst case scenario is december 5, not that bad}

we keep chipping away at the new floors.

baby room done!

{notice that new window?! but ignore that old fan!}

husband hard at work finishing Gray's big boy room!

{guess our clothes need to find a new home!}

and finally the transition between the kitchen and the living room.

{now the "easy" part of the living room can begin!}

all in all,

can't complain, because we did get this beauty in...

{wait for it....}

tah-dah!!

so worth it!!

{don't worry, we're changing the handles and staining the wood!}

woah...

didn't expect that to be hiding under there!!

we're getting the bedrooms ready for hardwood {yay}

and and what do we find hiding under the laminate?

some lovely old lino!

 that's classy!

{who puts lino in the bedrooms?!}

won't be for long, 

soon it will join the ranks of our kitchen and dining room

{which are finished by the way!}

also...

get a last look at this puppy

{bye-bye window}

there are crews working on upgrading you to a patio door...

right now!

{or tomorrow perhaps...but soon none the less!}

glory...

oh stove!!! how you were missed!

oh to be able to cook on a stove top again!

oh to be able to make dinner all at once instead of multiple stages!

oh to be able to cook in a pan bigger than 8"x8"!

what a great day!!

here we are...

on the other end of the kitchen floor

tah-dah!! 

{as of saturday}

{uhhhhh...ignore the brackets on the island...not so pretty now but once covered by beautiful marble who will notice?!}

and then...

 {ok so you can't see all of it, but under that cardboard is some awesome hardwood!}

it's been a bit of a slow process...

working our "day" jobs means getting home late...

which means by the time husband gets all the tools ready,

it's dinner time and then bedtime for the babes...

which means no using those tools because hardwood install is loud!!

so weekends only it is!! 

it doesn't help that we started in the most difficult room,

having the most objects to cut around.

{don't worry island, we love you!!}

it only means that now that we're done the kitchen

{I say "we" like I myself did something...it's really all husband on the labour front}

its all open rooms from here!!

so hopefully next weekend we get the bedrooms and living room done!

until then...

we are all going to enjoy the new, proper placement of our fridge and dishwasher!

{don't they look so pretty and proud in their new cubbies?!}