Matt's #38

My next birthday better be upstairs in the real house!

Tres Leches cake + some great kids + Marta = great birthday.

Today's House Tour

 Here's what we're looking like today. Our focus has shifted outside so that we can be better neighbors.

We've got soffit and fascia going up right now, soon to be followed by the last of the trusses across the front of the house. We'll then work on pouring some new concrete for our landings, then Tyvek house wrap. We'll then be ready to start putting up the Hardie siding and some paint.

Inside all the new canned lights are up and strung. This photo is taken from the dining room looking toward the kitchen (on the right) and living room on the other side of the 2-sided fireplace.

Our Summer Plans

It's going to be an exciting spring and summer for us. Just looking at our garage right now gives insight into where we'll be. Spoiler: we'll be wearing our work clothes. 

In this one photo we have at least 5 projects ready to go. We have some small jack-trusses that will span the front of the house on the right bottom of the photo, shingles for the mudroom (we already re-roofed the garage), a huge stack of exterior siding in front of the garage, the mudroom tile waiting to go in, and three pallets of heating/cooling equipment ready to be installed.

It's going to be a fun year!

Mudroom

Before

With 4 kids we're always tripping over boots, coats, shoes, and backpacks. So early on we worked a mudroom into our remodel plans.

Now the first steps have been kicked off. The window was converted into a french door and the old slider was removed to be open between the mudroom and the kitchen/dining room.

After

We have patterned cement tile waiting in the garage for this space and have a bench and lockers in the plans to give each kid their own space. It's going to be really cool...

Dressing Up

This little girl is pretty entertaining. She's a pretty great addition to our house of boys.