IT'S HERE!

Ok, I say it all the time but how do I manage to blow off an entire month and not put a post up?! FAIL. So let's play a little catch up.

Winter has stunk. I, like everyone else am sick of cold weather, dry skin and being the color of skim milk. I just want it to warm up! Because the weather has been so crummy we have been super lazy and it's been pretty shameful. However, there is some big news here and we are so giddy. Work has begun on the exterior!!!!

Let's take a peek at where we were .....

This week we've had a new roof put on and new windows put in and the change is already so crazy amazing, I just want to jump for joy! It's hard to see in the photo below, but the roof is a fresh new black color and there are new vinyl double-hung windows in place. You will also notice we decided to remove the 1/2 round window. There were so many reasons I loathed that window. 1. There are no simple clean lined window coverings available for an arch window. 2. Because of this light streams in our bedroom from streetlights and the sun at the crack of dawn in the summer. 3. It iced over this winter ... on the inside. So yeah, we decided to let her go and not look back. Even our contractor agreed it was a good move since a replacement window would cost upwards of $2k.

Tomorrow the siding starts and the real change will begin. By this time next week we will have a new house on the outside. We also ordered a new front door and some exterior lights this week. Here's what will be on either side of our garage door as well as outside the patio door.

And this is the style of front door we went with to match what we have done inside. I still haven't decided on what color to paint the outside of it yet. Yellow, green, navy blue or red? I will have to mock up some different options to see what we are loving.

 It has been a long year of saving and saving and saving for this project, but we know taking care of it now is the best move for us and we will be able to enjoy it for at least the next decade.