(Me and Kevin had to finish up by ourselves and watch the kids things didn't exactly get all done. We finished most stuff but didn't get things up on the walls or finish the decorating.)
The Start... Contemplating how we start this.
The counter before:
Demolition Starts!!!! Caleb her 2 year old, kept coming in and yelling "What are you doing to my house???" or "Holy Mess!!!"
The tile countertops were a HUGE project.
That tile was stuck down with like an inch of concrete and a big metal netting.
This is my dad, my bro Chris, My sis in law Melissa, and Kevin
My bro Matt contemplating why we did this.....Jackson in his prime.....
Chelsea (Angie's youngest) the working girl
California doesn't have child labor laws do they?
The kids trying to stay out of the way
A whole day of unsupervised play resulted in this......
Mommy Aliyah (my niece)
Fixing the stoppers in the bathroom sink
Starting to paint
Cutting the hole for the sink in the new counter
Sanding the new chairs and table
My sister Lisa who flew out from Herriman to help for a few days
Chris priming the table and chairs and cabinets
Our Happy worker
Putting in a new shelf under the sink, since the old one had broken
fixing the wall and ceiling...
Super Painting Guy! My favorite super hero
Movie night for the kids when it was just me and Kevin. We were busy painting the kitchen and came in to discover that Chelsea had opened a whole container of puffs and dumped it all over and was eating them off the floor. She was so happy with herself... man it was so hard to get stuff done with these 4 small guys- Morgan was the oldest and she is 5.
putting newly painted and finished cabinets back on! New counters, new sink, and a new faucet- the old one wouldn't stay on by itself...
After everyone else went home we had a huge heat wave... it was over 100 degrees in the house! UNBEARABLE! We basically worked nude... All the baking chocolate and chocolate chips melted sitting in the family room! Now that is HOT!
What we did:
took down wall paper in kitchen
Re-painted- entry way, living/ dining area, bathroom, kitchen
Painted trim work white (paint donated by Chris and LAnie)
Repaired walls in Kitchen and re texturized entire wall
Repaired ceiling in dining room from leak (thanks dad)
new counter tops (donated by Becca and Erin) georgeous!!!
re-painted dresser in entry and put new hardware on (looks amazing!)
Hung curtains in family room (donated by angie's debit card (lol))
Curtain rods and accesories and area rug (donated by Lisa and Brian)
Soon to be wood flooring (donated by Lisa and Brian)
New faucet (donated by Chris and Lanie)
New sink (Donated by matt and Melissa)
Curtains for entry and kitchen (Donated by steph and Kevin)
Tile for backsplash (Donated by steph and Kevin)
Pictures of all the kids framed and a wall plaque (Donated by steph and Kevin)
new molding around front door
new arm chair (mom and dad)
accesories (mom, steph, and lisa)
New chairs and bench (donated by lisa and brian)
new shelf under sink (dad, matt, and chris)
new base board in kitchen (mom and dad)
new light switch covers (lisa)
I think that is just about everything..... WOW!!! All that accomplished minus the floor in 7 days! I can't even believe all that we finished... Thank you Thank you Thank you to all of you for helping make this happen for two people who we all love so much and who we all felt like deserved this. I was originally only planning on me and Kevin doing this project and it being just a small living room makeover and I was so thrilled and over whelmed when all of you wanted to do it with me. I love you all for all the money and hard work we did... Chris, matt, dad, lisa, mom, melissa, and Kevin- you guys were amazing and worked so dang hard!!! We could not have done this without you... We have such an amazing family!
This is a link to the video we took of Angie and Dave walking in- they were totally shocked- we kept it all a HUGE SECRET!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Pu0WM75qLo
Angie is getting a new couch and just got the new hardwood floors in last night!
This was one of the funnest things I have been able to do, it was a lot of extremely hard work but it was all worth it, I love my sister a lot and I know this will make her life easier having all this work done for her.
12 comments:
Looks really good. We want to redo our kitchen. When are you coming to Minnesota :)
Nice work family! :) that was classic Angie surprise!
That is so awesome that you all pitched in and did that. It must have felt to amazing to walk into their house and see how great it looked. I can't believe you guys did so much in such a short amount of time with all those kids underfoot. Way to go. It looks great!
Stephanie, you and your family are so awesome! The house looks great!
Wow!! It looks amazing!! That is a lot of work to get done in hardly any time at all. Was the tile around the counter hard to do?? I have always wanted to put some kind of backsplash up at my place but I'm too scared to do it.
You are seriously such a good sister for thinking of doing such a kind and thoughtful thing for them. It looks awesome! Can you come do our kitchen next. Its about the same size with the same annoying tile and lucky for you no annoying wallpaper (that's in the 1/2 bath). LOL.
Wow! That's amazing! i had heard you guys did this but i didn't realize it was this much! You are such a great sister. Text me sometime, its been forever!
You guys are awesome! What a cool thing you did.
WOW.. seriously that is so cool that you guys were able to do that.. I'm sure your sis and her family greatly appreciated it.. especially when times are hard its always nice to have a kind gesture or thought you guys went above and beyond! Good job!
Hey, we are in Long Beach this week! I saw your post and I bet we just missed you. The house looks awesome, by the way; what a great idea!
All the Long Beach Jones's can say is a huge thank you! You rock! I don't know what we ever did to deserve this, but the house is soooo beautiful. What an incredible blessing!
Oh my gosh, you guys worked so hard. That was so nice that you did that for your sister!! It looks amazing!!
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