August sixteenth of this yr will mark ten years since Matt and I purchased our home. Ten years! I’ve stated that many occasions in numerous dialog with completely different individuals. I’ve talked about it in a minimum of a few weblog posts already. And but, it nonetheless appears onerous to imagine that it’s virtually been 10 years. And as I’ve talked about already, my purpose 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 accurately, meaning I’ve 4.5 months to get my studio fully completed.
So simply to understand the final 10 years, I took a glance again at what initiatives 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 completely different initiatives, 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 had been nonetheless residing 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 toilet. Right here’s what it appeared like earlier than I began the makeover…
And right here’s what it appeared like after the makeover…
I used to be nonetheless a reasonably new DIYer again then, however I found out the way to make a wood countertop and new cabinet doors for the vanity. I additionally painted the bathtub and tub surround, put in new vinyl tile flooring, and a lot extra. When you weren’t round again then, you can click here for a little trip back in time to see this makeover.
This Month 9 Years In the past (2014)
In March of 2014, Matt and I had been residing in the home for only a few 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 reworking that went into this. The room nonetheless had the previous drywall, previous polystyrene ceiling tiles, previous home windows, and window unit air conditioner. This was a “lipstick on a pig” kind of undertaking.
It nonetheless amazes me to look again at that front room. Who the heck was I adorning for? That room simply doesn’t seem to be me in any respect. I did love that ottoman, although! I built 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 rework. I had no concept 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 change into our pantry and breakfast room).
When you missed the unique kitchen rework with the inexperienced and gold cupboards, you can see that here.
This Month Eight Years In the past (2015)
In March of 2015, I used to be greater than midway by means of with the hallway toilet rework. After ending up the kitchen rework, I used to be feeling fairly assured in my DIY talents and the brand new expertise I had discovered throughout that rework, so with out a lot planning and nil budgeting in any respect, I jumped proper into a rest room rework.
This room appeared like this once we purchased the home…
The entire authentic toilet had been torn all the way down to the studs, ground joists, and ceiling joists, and I began over fully. So by the top 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 side of the standard bathtub…
And I used to be additionally simply ending up the vanity mirror with the sconces incorporated into the body.
However as you possibly can 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 really completed. When you missed the unique toilet rework, you can see it here.
This Month Seven Years In the past (2016)
March of 2016 is after I was in the course of my very wayward try to show our front room right into a eating room. That may, endlessly and at all times, be remembered in my thoughts as my dumbest concept 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 concept included heaps and plenty of image body molding on the partitions. Why on the planet would I select to place image body molding on the partitions of a room that had 5 home windows, a hearth, a door, and two cased openings?!
I’d like to know what the heck was happening in our lives throughout that point, as a result of it looks like I used to be in all probability coping with some type of psychological/emotional points that manifested themselves in my loopy, nonsensical selections with our residence.
I struggled and struggled with that room, making an attempt 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 Walk Away“. I’m so glad I walked away from that plan! We get a lot use out of our cozy little front room as of late. I can’t even think about how ineffective that room would have been to us had I one way or the other 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 finish the mural until April 2016. Of all of my initiatives I’ve finished on this home, and that didn’t make the ultimate lower, that is the one that’s talked about probably the most usually in feedback by readers because the undertaking y’all miss probably the most.
This Month Six Years In the past (2017)
In March of 2017, I used to be spending my time centered 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.
In the present day, that pantry doesn’t have any doorways on it, and people are the doorways that I used to build the cabinet that is now in the water closet area of our master bathroom.
In March of 2017, I used to be additionally in the course of repainting the kitchen after deciding {that a} inexperienced kitchen simply wasn’t precisely proper for me. Within the image above, you possibly can see the kitchen cupboard doorways lined up in opposition to the empty pantry partitions. Trying again at these previous 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 really tried a navy blue for the decrease cupboards, and a really gentle 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 countertops in the kitchen.
This Month 5 Years In the past (2018)
In March of 2018, I used to be centered on a number of entrance porch initiatives. I completed up the wood porch that I built to float over the original concrete porch, and I had additionally put in new posts and wrapped them to look like thicker columns. However I hadn’t but tackled the brand new steps and railing.
Additionally that month, I built the little portico over the side 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 bought new drywall.
And by the top of the month, I used to be onerous 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 really took a protracted break from undertaking in our home in an effort to work on a rework in my mother’s kitchen. That was a really enjoyable and rewarding undertaking. After we began that undertaking, her kitchen appeared like this…
By the top of March, it wasn’t fairly completed, however we had constructed new cupboard doorways, and had been within the strategy of getting the cupboards painted and the doorways put in.
At the moment, it will nonetheless be simply over a month earlier than her kitchen was completed.
When you missed the earlier than and after of my mother’s kitchen makeover, you can see that here.
This Month Two Years In the past (2021)
March of 2021 was form of a sluggish month so far as home initiatives 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 residence health club. I had decided that I wished colourful striped partitions in that room, however I used to be nonetheless making an attempt 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 completely different colours, thank goodness), however try 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 excellent. A striped ceiling like that? That’s a bit a lot.
This Month One Yr In the past (2022)
In March of final yr, I gave the impression to be struggling a bit with staying centered, in all probability as a result of I used to be within the midst a WC rework and having to do huge initiatives (like tiling the toilet ground) that I actually didn’t wish to do and dreading having to do. Not solely was I working within the grasp toilet, however I used to be engaged on putting in trim within the residence health club. After which, in them midst of all of that, I took a while to do a little organizing project in the kitchen.
This Month, 2023
And this month, March 2023, my huge triumph was finishing our home gym.
So there’s a glimpse at what was happening this month over the past 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 finished 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 finished!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and adorn the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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