All tagged Renovations

Attic conversion to a Closet

Attic conversion to a Closet

Brittany Payne
Household

Something we have struggled with in both of our homes is our lack of attic space. More specifically our lack of storage space. And while we actually have tons of attic space in our current house, it is not super or easily accessible. One space that was extremely accessible was a space off of Brad’s office. There was a lot of space, but it just wasn’t utilized very well. There were no floors, and it would get really, really hot in there. So after some talk with my dad, we decided to convert that space into a storage closet that has heating and cooling. It took us almost four months, but we now have a great space to store those things we do not want to get too cold or too hot.

Temporary Garage Update

Temporary Garage Update

Brittany Payne
Household

So with all of our quarantine projects started to cause our garage to overflow because everything we decided not to keep ended up here. We already had little space due to all of the things we generally have and our lack of storage and shelving in the new garage.

Kitchen Light

Kitchen Light

Brittany Payne
Household

I feel like all we have been doing the last three months has been renovations. Being at home we have constantly seen all the things we want to do, and thankfully we have had the resources to do them since we are home and not spending money as we usually do. One of the small things we wanted to do in our kitchen this year was to change the light fixture. We hope to do a big kitchen project next year, but our original kitchen light fixture was awful for how we used it. It was too low, and people would constantly hit their head on it. And we really loved our kitchen light fixtures in our previous house and wanted one for our new one. So we contacted our local light company and they delivered it to our car. Then we hired an electrician to install it since our ceilings are too tall for us to do it!

Playroom Makeover

Playroom Makeover

Brittany Payne
Crafts, Household

The playroom/bonus room/craft room has always been a difficult room for me. When we bought this house, we loved the size of this room. It offered us a space that both Melody and I could easily share between her toys and all of my crafting supplies. It even has a nice big closet with shelving installed. Well once we finally moved in and got everything up there, I realized we have a LOT of toys and we are lacking in the organization department when it comes to all of these toys. Christmas did not help this either! We did try to spread the toys between her bedroom, the living room, the kitchen, and the playroom. However, we found that doing this some rooms just were left out during playtime. So now she doesn’t have any toys in the kitchen (she has a cabinet with arts and crafts for downstairs), and we have reduced the number of toys in the living room and her bedroom. So now we have a majority of the toys upstairs in the playroom. But this has caused even more organizational issues.

Dining Room Makeover

Dining Room Makeover

Brittany Payne
Household

During this quarantine, we have decided to take the time to complete some lingering projects since we are home 24/7. Brad is still working from home, and I am trying to keep a routine with Melody and continue teaching her preschool things. But we still are constantly seeing these uncompleted projects ALL the time. So the project that we see the most, and it is the easiest to complete was our dining room. We had everything but the paint, and we already had samples picked out that we wanted to try. And since it was the first thing you practically see when you walk in our house, it just made the most sense!

Kitchen Renovation

Kitchen Renovation

Brittany Payne
Household

For a while, Brad and I have talked about wanting to get granite countertops in our kitchen. Then in the last year, we have discussed changing our cabinets. We really wanted a vintage white. So we approached different companies looking at the best route to take in our renovation. We looked into someone painting the cabinets, but it was literally going to cost close to the same amount. We ultimately found a local company that could replace our cabinets and countertops within our budget.

Shower Renovation

Shower Renovation

Brittany Payne
Household

Back in November, we noticed our fiberglass shower had a crack in the floor.  To be honest, there is really no telling how long this crack had been there.  It was very tiny, but since our shower was one piece, we were going to have to replace the entire thing.  And doing a temporary fix would not really suffice since it was in the floor.  Had it been on the wall, a temporary fix may have worked.  We called around and found someone that have us what we felt like was reasonable quotes.  We knew that we did not want to replace the shower ourselves.  We had the option to either replace the shower with another fiberglass stall or for a little bit more we could have a tiled shower.  We opted for the tiled shower.  It was finally replaced in the middle of January.  See below for the before and after pictures.