2016 was an fascinating 12 months, to say the least. Between beginning a podcast, shopping for a seashore home, making a coloring ebook, and taking over numerous tasks round right here and past, effectively, there have been a lot of firsts. So we thought we’d finish 2016 with a fast recap of the 12 months’s highlights.
Topping the listing as our most memorable room makeover was this speedy space-themed bed room replace that we did for a neighborhood household whose younger son Mason handed away all of a sudden (the bed room that he shared along with his older brother Hudson wanted a refresh so that Hudson may work in the direction of sleeping in there once more). We’ve stayed related to the household by way of Fb, so that they’ve been on our minds continuously all year long, and we’re so grateful that we acquired to fulfill them.
In all probability an in depth second for many memorable is the instructor’s lounge makeover we wrapped up proper earlier than faculty began. It offered a few of the most uncommon challenges of any venture we’ve ever accomplished (how do you design round an enormous blue Pepsi machine??), however we cherished having the possibility to make an area that appeared and labored higher for this native public elementary faculty.
Our different ongoing “exterior the home” venture this 12 months has been serving to Sherry’s finest buddy of 16 years & my cousin settle into their new place. Sure, they married one another a few years in the past after we launched them, they usually moved down the road from us this summer season (extra on that in Podcast Episode #3), and you might have caught this little replace Sherry did of their son’s room by splitting one quilt cowl into two.
And naturally, there have been a lot of adjustments round our personal home this 12 months. Heck, even we nearly forgot that we kicked off 2016 with the completion of our bonus room, together with nailing in the hardwood flooring ourselves, putting in the cupboards & floating cabinets, and making a wire-free spot for the TV.
Round this time final 12 months it was nonetheless an unfinished space for storing, and it has develop into such a pure extension of our upstairs that it’s exhausting to recollect a time we couldn’t simply stroll in there and sit back on the supersofa for film night time.
And the bonus room was shortly adopted by one other huge renovation: our new kitchen!
The overhaul of this house and the numerous enhancements it has made to our day-to-day are NOT exhausting to neglect. There are the plain aesthetic updates…
…but it surely has additionally been an enormous purposeful improve, because of a extra hardworking format and some severe cupboard group, each of which streamline mealtimes (and getting-out-the-door-times, because of the hidden mudroom). We additionally shared 5 kitchen reworking errors that we made (so that you don’t should) which can hopefully come in useful for anybody else who’s planning an enormous room overhaul.
Together with the kitchen reno, we additionally up to date the lounge with these DIY built-in bookcases that had been the ultimate icing on our lengthy (and long-awaited) renovation.
Our residence additionally noticed some smaller updates this 12 months – like embracing beige (by no means thought we’d write about that!) by repainting our bed room and workplace in additional impartial colours. Positive it’s much less pinnable and doubtless appears to be like much less thrilling on display screen, however in particular person it feels good to us.
Our daughter’s room acquired an replace too, as she moved from a twin daybed to a full-sized one, prompting us to jot down a few bunch of the phases this room has gone by way of through the years. It’s oddly enjoyable to look again on all of the tweaks and adjustments in a single time-lapse type put up. Particularly since there’s an opportunity one other room in our home can be making that crib-to-bed transition in 2017.
As you may see from our newest Upstairs Home Tour (under), this room continues to alter.
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We additionally had enjoyable strolling across the first flooring with a digital camera in hand (the entire put up with each movies will be discovered right here):
