A Year Worth of House Updates in a Blog Post

This initial goal of this blog was to show our friends and family what we have been up to and our house project updates... let's be honest, that didn't quite happen. Now this blog is a combination of our life, house updates, my projects, and whatever else comes to mind. Sorry if I bore you but what else can you do in South Dakota when its butt-cold-freezing and you don't have to work this week. So I thought I would try to find some before and after house pictures and put some pictures of what the house is looking like now. You know it's bad when you and your fiancé spend your Saturdays at Mendards dreaming up projects for a house.

House Before Exterior Paint (Woof-Diggity)

 House After Exterior Paint (and 7 stitches in my toe; that's another story)

Here are some interior before and after photos. Sorry for the poor quality in some of the pictures (hint hint, Sean, new camera?!)

Living Room Before

Living Room After

Basement Before (check the ugly fireplace)

Basement After (check the awesome fire place)

Isn't that truck neat? It was my great-grandfather's that he brought with him to America from Sweden in 1912. It still has the White Star Line stickers on the side. 

Fire Place Process

I am so lucky my dad and Sean are so handy; they did the whole renovation themselves! 

Misc. Finished Areas of the House

Breakfast Nook

Chalkboard I made for Sean's Husker (gag) room

Who's a great fiancé? I got Sean an autographed photo of Rex Burkhead. 

My craft room. I need an updated picture that shows the whole space. I was so lucky that my parent's had put new countertops in their kitchen this spring so my dad made me a workbench with the countertop from their island. 

Clark Griswold putting up Christmas Lights in shorts. 

House Divided. (Go State!)