before and after

Giant hole in the wall.
Giant hole in the floor.
Mess.
New door.
New sheet rock.

All weekend we worked on the dining room changing out the sliding glass door and fixing part of the floor. It was a lot of work for the guys but it looks great. We still have a lot to do, but have to take a break for a few weeks as we are all so busy. We need to tear up all the old linoleum in the dining room and kitchen (half of it is torn out), finish the walls so we can texture and paint, and then do fun things like pick new flooring, paint and wainscoting.

We have a lot to do on the house, here is a short list:

We discovered none of our walls are insulated so we need to insulate everything.

Paint kitchen cabinets white.

Paint Hallway, dining room, kitchen, two bedrooms and two bathrooms (Picking all the colors was hard).

Re-stucco and paint outside (we are going to paint it a happy yellow and white).

Put in central air (we took out our small air conditioning unit).

Buy a new heating system.

Landscape front and back yard; a big job as we live on 1/3 of an acre (that's big for California).

Refinish hardwood floors.

Eventually remodel the entire kitchen.

Phew, that's a lot!

Tomorrow we will learn the news. I'm anxious and nervous and scared and here and busy as a bee. At least I have a lot to do today to keep me occupied. Grocery shopping and cleaning the sawdust off all the floors and surfaces. Let's just say it's a big mess...