Basement Before And After Pictures

Here are some basement pictures...

stairs before:

If you click on this picture you can see Madi's head peeking out of the space under the stairs which is now the closet in the office.

stairs after:

office before:

We knocked this wall out to extend the room and used the space under the stairs for the closet.

office after:

playroom before:

wall by the closet

playroom after:

guest bedroom before:

guest bedroom after:

bathroom before:

bathroom after:

family room before:

family room after:

The before picture of the family room is the wall/window to the left.  Also the door is just sitting next to the doorway as we have not put it on yet.

Up Close Basement Destruction

Before I show before/after pictures of our basement, I wanted to share a few pictures of up close destruction.  Not only did the renter rip out the electrical work downstairs, he went up inside the wall and cut the wires.  The upstairs cables and phone wires were also cut.  The bathroom was the only room they didn't rip out the electrical, but the toilet was taken out and there was no vanity.  Like the main floor, the flooring was ripped out except for the stairs.

Main Floor Before And After

I have had people ask for before/after pictures of our house.  I kept on wanting to wait until I have things where I want them, walls done and pictures/decoration hung.  I have done a few before/after pictures, but I haven't done many.  Well the house is never going to be exactly how I want, so here are some before (before we bought the house) and after (after we fixed the house up) pictures....

front walkway before:                                                                 

          

front walkway after:         

    

front room before:

    

front room after:

    

hallway before:                                                                

                                 

hallway after:

Madi's room before:

    

Madi's room after:

    

     main floor bathroom before:

    

This room was probably in the best shape of the whole house.  It was the only room that we kept the blinds, the rest were in rough shape.

main floor bathroom after:

Emma's room before:

    

Emma's room after:

    

current TV room before:                                               

    

current TV room after:

dining room before:                                                       

    

dining room after:

  

kitchen before:

    

kitchen after:

    

If you think these are great before and after pictures, just wait until I post the basement pictures.  

Christmas 2011

I know some of the family has been waiting for me to post present pictures, so here they are...

I got a great deal on three books, so I made one for each girl and one for my parents of our Disneyland trip of 2010.  As you can see the girls love them.

Squinkies from Uncle Rusty. 

This Spring I was able to get a great deal on Study Bibles for the girls.

Littlest Pet Shops and Build A Bear clothes were a great hit.  I scored on these this summer when I was garage saleing.

The girls also got some DS games from Grandma and Grandpa.

Moose earrings from Yellowstone National Park.  I can't get these out of Madi's ears as that's all she wants to wear.

I made this back in September.  It is a collage of the Youth Yellowstone Trip we took in August.  The collage  (free, except for labor on my part) is hanging in Chris' office.

I was able to get Eggnog Mohacs for almost two weeks out of this carton.  Yumm!  It's hard to wait a whole year for another one.

As you can see we are not in our PJs this year.  I wanted to make sure we were all ready for church before we opened our presents.  Chris made a delicious breakfast, then we opened presents, went to church, came home and ate lunch, read the Christmas story, made sugar cookies, went over to Papa and Nana's for dessert and then back to our house for a late dinner of calzones.  We had a great family day celebrating Christ's birth.