SHOVEL and POST-HOLE DIGGER just doesn't sound as catchy...

...But that is what this blog should have been called this weekend. We put plans to work on the bedroom aside and fixed our fence which has been in need of replacing for a while. The forecast was for solid rain this weekend, but the rain gods smiled upon us and held out until late Saturday night, letting us get some work done. Old fence out, holes dug, new posts in....then wait. We were planning on finishing up on Sunday, but we didn't get the quick set concrete that I meant to get so we will have to wait for it to cure (note: 24 hrs is what it takes for concrete to set. As of Monday morning, we have solid set fence posts.).

Part 1 today:

Lets back this up about, oh....quite a while.

Ok, I have a confession. This project didn't start recently. The extra bedroom in our house has been sitting in a partially demolished state for quite some time. We started to demo the extra bedroom a while back and let it sit, partially from lack of funds, but also for lack of motivation and inspiration to really dive in and make it happen. The following pictures start with the original room demo (bonus points if you can figure out why we tore out that room first) and continue up to the current day. Enjoy.

Start of a dream...

Welcome to our blog. Here's the concept. We are a young married couple of DINKs (Double Income, No Kids) who are remodeling 1/2 of our house. We moved in almost three years ago and love our little home, but it isn't all how we want it. The previous owners did a lot of the work for us. They remodeled the bathroom, kitchen and living room, but didn't touch the two bedrooms that make up one end of the house. Our little home is quite little. In fact, too little to need two (small) bedrooms. We thought the space could be better used as one master bedroom. This blog will follow our journey from two ugly rooms to a master bedroom of our dreams (at least the dreams we can afford on our budget, which is small). We are doing this blog not only to track our progress to have as a keepsake of our work, but we are also doing this, I hope, to inspire others to realize their dreams of a happy home no matter their skill level, or budget.

Neither of us are professionals carpenters or have done anything like this before, but do have the support of family and friends to guide us through this adventure. Thanks in advance to all that help us.

J