Home Projects

home Projects are always fun.  This summer we completed two of the home projects on our list.  The first was a New Kitchen Floor.  Our floor wasn't HORRIBLE, but it had some problem areas and needed to be replaced.  Monty and I had been to Home Depot and Lowes about 10 times looking at flooring.  We'd had two people come out to make estimates on the floor, but nothing was starting.  One day Monty told me he was leaving on a trip for work and that meant I needed a project!  I like to keep busy when he is gone and we had already agreed to do this project so I took matters into my own hands, watched a few YOUTUBE videos and started pulling up our floors. I will never forget Monty's face when he walked in the house.  He said, "Wow.  I guess we are putting in new floors this weekend!" It happened to be right before Mother's Day weekend, so it turned into a Mother's Day gift which was fine with me because I LOVE it.  So much better than our old floor.  Monty and I worked hard for a couple days and got it done!  In these pictures you can kinda see the before and after.

 

The second project was a necessity project.  The people who lived here before us put a fountain in right by the front step compromising the ground underneath and causing the step to sink.  A rain gutter that wasn't properly aligned led to another part of the entryway sinking just enough that it was a safety hazard.  Thankfully for us there is a new member in our ward who happens to be a structural engineer!  He saw the problem and offered to help us fix it.  Such a nice guy!!  So, for the last two weekends(Saturday's) this is what we have been doing!

About 7:30 in the A.M. excited to start! You can see just under Trey where it was sinking.  

The sinking step!  it was about a 13 inch step at this point.  

I had a YW service project that morning and come home to this!

The boys had a blast doing this part of the project!

We tried to get concrete delivered that day, but the plan in town was closed so Monty opened and mixed over 6,000lbs of concrete!  My hero!!  He was not excited about the job, but did it!  

Finally finished about 10:30 at night.  The Troopers!!

There was a slight miscalculation and the step was about an inch lower on the right side than on the left, but our buddy fixed it with this bright idea! I am actually glad we messed up because I love the detail on the step. We filled in the whole that was once a fountain and love the result!