Home Remodeling on the Home Front

Normally the end of December is a great time to put the family scrapbook together, compile the annual DVD of home videos and more ... but with our computer still out-of-commission (since Thanksgiving), we put our efforts (and checkbook) towards some home remodeling projects that have been on the back-burner for some time. Since Cody had almost two-weeks off from work, it was a great time to buckle down and accomplish the following projects:

• Painted the living room ceiling (and finally cleaned the blades ... yuck!)
  
• Painted Tyson's room (one wall red like mom-and-dad's) and the rest "Family Legacy" brown
• Painted both the "little" bathroom and the "master" bathroom
• Re-painted the area over the fireplace
• Added wood planking along the hall-way
• Added wood planking in Tyson's room (he loves his "new room)
  
• Created a family display over the fireplace, complete with our 08 family picture and Family Proclamation
• Built a mirror-shelf-shutter combo for the living room - we finally have something for the big wall
  
• Built 2 smaller shelves - one for the dining area and one for the entry way
• Installed a chandelier in the living room
• Installed a new outlet in the food storage room
• Began building new self-rolling shelves in the food storage room
  

Whew! Now we're ready to celebrate a special birthday later this week ...