August sixteenth of this yr will mark ten years since Matt and I purchased our home. Ten years! I’ve stated that many instances in numerous dialog with totally different individuals. I’ve talked about it in a minimum of a few weblog posts already. And but, it nonetheless appears arduous to consider that it’s nearly been 10 years. And as I’ve talked about already, my aim is to have all the inside rooms of our home completed by that 10-year anniversary of us proudly owning this home. If I counted appropriately, which means I’ve 4.5 months to get my studio utterly completed.
So simply to understand the final 10 years, I took a glance again at what tasks I used to be doing on this month (March) of every of the final 10 years. It was a enjoyable train, not solely to recollect all the totally different tasks, however to see how far issues have come. Right here’s a fast look again…
This Month Ten Years In the past (2013)
In March 2013, Matt and I have been nonetheless dwelling in our little condominium near Baylor College campus, and I used to be ending up a 20-day makeover that I did on the little hallway lavatory. Right here’s what it regarded like earlier than I began the makeover…
And right here’s what it regarded like after the makeover…
I used to be nonetheless a reasonably new DIYer again then, however I found out make a wooden countertop and new cupboard doorways for the self-importance. I additionally painted the tub and tub encompass, put in new vinyl tile flooring, and a lot extra. In case you weren’t round again then, you may click on right here for a bit of journey again in time to see this makeover.
This Month 9 Years In the past (2014)
In March of 2014, Matt and I had been dwelling in the home for just some month (I feel it was October 2013 once we lastly moved in), and I had simply completed a Part 1 of adorning the lounge. There was no transforming that went into this. The room nonetheless had the outdated drywall, outdated polystyrene ceiling tiles, outdated home windows, and window unit air conditioner. This was a “lipstick on a pig” sort of challenge.
It nonetheless amazes me to look again at that lounge. Who the heck was I adorning for? That room simply doesn’t look like me in any respect. I did love that ottoman, although! I constructed and upholstered that myself, and it’s one in every of my favourite issues I’ve ever made. And who remembers my painted couch? ? It began out a really loud blue and white floral, and I painted it white. It was extremely sturdy and felt a bit like vinyl.
Additionally in March of 2014, I used to be simply beginning the kitchen transform. I had no thought what I used to be doing, however with sheer willpower, I began eradicating the unique cupboards and shoving them over into the large room subsequent to the kitchen (i.e., the room that was initially divided to develop into our pantry and breakfast room).
In case you missed the unique kitchen transform with the inexperienced and gold cupboards, you may see that right here.
This Month Eight Years In the past (2015)
In March of 2015, I used to be greater than midway by with the hallway lavatory transform. After ending up the kitchen transform, I used to be feeling fairly assured in my DIY skills and the brand new abilities I had discovered throughout that transform, so with out a lot planning and 0 budgeting in any respect, I jumped proper into a toilet transform.
This room regarded like this once we purchased the home…
All the unique lavatory had been torn all the way down to the studs, flooring joists, and ceiling joists, and I began over utterly. So by the tip of March 2015, I had the paneling on the partitions put in, and I used to be simply ending up the paneled skirting that I added to the aspect of the usual bathtub…
And I used to be additionally simply ending up the self-importance mirror with the sconces integrated into the body.
However as you may see within the reflection within the mirror, I nonetheless had trim to put in within the room, and a great deal of ending touches earlier than the room was truly completed. In case you missed the unique lavatory transform, you may see it right here.
This Month Seven Years In the past (2016)
March of 2016 is after I was in the midst of my very wayward try to show our lounge right into a eating room. That may, without end and at all times, be remembered in my thoughts as my dumbest thought on this home, and it swallowed up months of my time as I attempted to show the room into one thing that it clearly wasn’t supposed to be.
That ridiculous thought included heaps and plenty of image body molding on the partitions. Why on the earth would I select to place image body molding on the partitions of a room that had 5 home windows, a fire, a door, and two cased openings?!
I’d like to know what the heck was occurring in our lives throughout that point, as a result of it looks as if I used to be most likely coping with some type of psychological/emotional points that manifested themselves in my loopy, nonsensical selections with our house.
I struggled and struggled with that room, attempting to suit a sq. peg right into a spherical gap, and eventually gave up in wrote a submit on March twenty fifth titled “Know When To Stroll Away“. I’m so glad I walked away from that plan! We get a lot use out of our cozy little lounge today. I can’t even think about how ineffective that room would have been to us had I in some way managed to show it right into a eating room.
The very finish of March 2016 can be after I began the hand drawn birds and butterflies mural on the entryway wall.
I didn’t end the mural till April 2016. Of all of my tasks I’ve performed on this home, and that didn’t make the ultimate minimize, that is the one that’s talked about essentially the most typically in feedback by readers because the challenge y’all miss essentially the most.
This Month Six Years In the past (2017)
In March of 2017, I used to be spending my time targeted on just a few various things. I hadn’t but began on the pantry makeover, however I used to be putting in the doorways on the pantry. I used bifold closet doorways, and took them aside to put in them as French doorways on the pantry.
At this time, that pantry doesn’t have any doorways on it, and people are the doorways that I used to construct the cupboard that’s now within the water closet space of our grasp lavatory.
In March of 2017, I used to be additionally in the midst of repainting the kitchen after deciding {that a} inexperienced kitchen simply wasn’t precisely proper for me. Within the image above, you may see the kitchen cupboard doorways lined up in opposition to the empty pantry partitions. Trying again at these outdated posts, I used to be reminded that I had tried out a number of different colours earlier than touchdown on the teal that they’re now. I had truly tried a navy blue for the decrease cupboards, and a really mild grey for the higher cupboards. That was terrible in my kitchen, so then I attempted out a number of different colours, lastly leaning into my love for teals.
March of 2017 was clearly a busy month, as a result of that’s additionally after I refinished the concrete counter tops within the kitchen.
This Month 5 Years In the past (2018)
In March of 2018, I used to be targeted on a number of entrance porch tasks. I completed up the wooden porch that I constructed to drift over the unique concrete porch, and I had additionally put in new posts and wrapped them to seem like thicker columns. However I hadn’t but tackled the brand new steps and railing.
Additionally that month, I constructed the little portico over the aspect studio door.
This Month 4 Years In the past (2019)
March of 2019 was all in regards to the studio. At first of the month, the room received new drywall.
And by the tip of the month, I used to be arduous at work getting that again entry within the studio painted.
And now, I’m about to redo all of that. ?
This Month Three Years In the past (2020)
In March of 2020, I truly took an extended break from challenge in our home so as to work on a transform in my mother’s kitchen. That was a really enjoyable and rewarding challenge. Once we began that challenge, her kitchen regarded like this…
By the tip of March, it wasn’t fairly completed, however we had constructed new cupboard doorways, and have been within the strategy of getting the cupboards painted and the doorways put in.
At the moment, it could nonetheless be simply over a month earlier than her kitchen was completed.
In case you missed the earlier than and after of my mother’s kitchen makeover, you may see that right here.
This Month Two Years In the past (2021)
March of 2021 was form of a gradual month so far as home tasks go as a result of Matt spent every week within the hospital. However one factor that caught my eye when wanting over posts that I wrote that month was my submit about inspiration for our house fitness center. I had decided that I wished colourful striped partitions in that room, however I used to be nonetheless attempting to determine precisely what I wished. Right here’s one of many mock ups I did. ?
That’s not too removed from what I ended up doing (with totally different colours, thank goodness), however take a look at this mock up I did…
I imply…YOWZA! ? Let’s simply say that I’m glad I finished with what I’ve. Striped partitions are good. A striped ceiling like that? That’s a bit a lot.
This Month One 12 months In the past (2022)
In March of final yr, I appeared to be struggling a bit with staying targeted, most likely as a result of I used to be within the midst a WC transform and having to do large tasks (like tiling the toilet flooring) that I actually didn’t wish to do and dreading having to do. Not solely was I working within the grasp lavatory, however I used to be engaged on putting in trim within the house fitness center. After which, in them midst of all of that, I took a while to do some organizing challenge within the kitchen.
This Month, 2023
And this month, March 2023, my large triumph was ending our house fitness center.
So there’s a glimpse at what was occurring this month during the last ten years. It was enjoyable for me to look again and see simply how far this home has come, and to relive just a bit little bit of the journey.
And now I’m performed to at least one room, and four-and-a-half months earlier than we mark our 10-year anniversary on this home. I hope I can get it performed!
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