Mundane Monday

Hello hello!
so the house is coming together finally.  I'm sure this is getting to be repetitive to some.
But this is my world for now...(If you lived in a remodel then you understand--it consumes you!!)

We still have a week of work and then comes the fine tuning.
We have been busy but it's been very rewarding because we can finally see the end in sight.
(the end of this project at least!)

We have most of the things done in the living room-- still have to replace our laundry room door.
And I'm making some blinds for our a w k w a r d windows.
And then it's to the fun part....
Decorating!
We also have a tile backsplash we decided last minute to do in our kitchen.
All in all--things are going well.

Just last night Justin and I made this wood piece for our living room.
I got the idea from Etsy.
There's a ton of these signs on the site--but they are all so small!!
We haven't decided where we are putting it yet--but we have a lot of big bare walls for it to go.
Basically we took some 1x4's--stained them and aged them some--and we painted them last night.
It's a pretty decent size piece.
28" x 28".

I'm so ready to have it ALL done so I can show the before & after shots.

Btw, is it a million degrees where you're at?
I know we're all melting here in Texas.
Dear Lord, I pray you send us rain or that we actually get a FALL season this year.

I just thank you I am not big and pregnant like I felt last year.
My hormones were insane and I was running 25 degrees warmer than everyone.
This year would of been TORTURE!

Also on a side note I'm in LOVE with Pinterest!
My cousin Kait introduced me to it and it's great!
They have amazing ideas for everything!
Alright--this momma is getting herself a big glass of cold iced water.
And putting her sweet baby in the pool.

Until next time,

-HK-

Notice the napping baby under the shelves?

Lil Bit of....MESS!

Care to see the current condition of the Knuth household?!

Don't judge.




Ok, you can judge.




It's bad.

And if you're blessed with a house from the 80's---then you'll understand.
Or the 70's? I'm not real sure when brown shag carpet and wood panels were in?
I digress....

ENJOY the pictures....
(but please come find me in a week or two to see the FINAL reveal!)
And remember--we are remodeling on a b u d g e t .
We're a one-income family with a husband that already works 80 hour weeks....
and as much as I'd love to have some money trees growing in the back yard-we are fresh out.

Anyway--here is the house b e f o r e pictures...

like I warned it's pretty awful...

*this was actually taken in December--because I don't have a picture of one of the walls before we started our renovation. (Notice the very VERY small 5 week old in my arms?)

side door to house

one of the back doors

TV/entertainment area

this is an old picture because we no longer have the BROWN recliner.  Yes,  brown dominated our house!

did I mention we needed to fix our ceiling as well?

so much brown you can hardly SEE the black chairs...

take note of the always stylish brown carpet

other side---also brown! excuse the ladder...

a little white paint here and there (the fun has started)
-foreground-ipad, Gerber puffs and Boppy

good bye brown paneling I won't miss you!!

oh yes, here's our lovely shelve system--ignore the neon blue lights they won't be there long

no more brown carpet but look what we found underneath!? 
Good day yellow linoleum... who ever thought going from the yellow linoleum to the brown shag?

we should of just stopped here and kept this--so inviting!

our sweet friends came by to give us a hand with some painting
-Kie is just hanging out with his dad-
*we didn't leave him in the paint room long-just a few minutes to snap a picture

Our floors are FINALLY down (no baseboard yet)

Oh and here is where our furniture has been the last few days---guess it's a good thing it never rains.

baseboards I've been painting (at least our yard looks better than the house)

And our work area-where all the cuts we make.
(Notice all the wake boards?)

Sooo there you have it.

If you are BLESSED with brown panel walls like we had--then you understand and feel my pain.
There's not much that looks good with it.
Our house is old and needed a face lift...however we are on a limited budget.

 And so we have done all the work ourselves. 


 And we never use a credit card (cash only-thanks Dave Ramsey!) so we have to get crafty when it comes to fixing things up.

 Anyway--come back soon to see the finished product.  I'm praying that in two weeks we will be back up and running again.

Until next time,

-HK-

life without

This past week has been an interesting week...
we went a WEEK without TV! 
Initially I was so sad because I was missing all my shows.
(Goodbye Teen Mom, Housewives--and countless other shows--Modern Family and the Middle...)
But after the first day I realized how MUCH I got done without the tube being on.
Kie and I went on tons of 'day trips'--we had better quality play time and nights home with Justin were great.
We worked together as a team on the living room--dinners were spent catching up and relaxing.
We even enjoyed our patio and deck more because we sat outside to eat. (All our furniture is also outside!)

We also spent a few days without A/C...
That time wasn't AS enjoyable as the no TV deal.
But luckily we have friends and family that let me and Kie come over for his afternoon naps when it was hottest.
And the nights weren't so bad because we made a pallet on the floor all together and slept with fans.
It was as though we were camping :)
Luckily the no A/C situation was short lived.
Our A/C unit just needed a minor fix...


And we also went a week (and counting) without a living room.
Our living room is the HUB of our house.
It's where we eat, play, hangout and it is Kie's playground.
He can't be in there at all because there is no floor.
Yep, NONE!
So we've roped off that part of the house (the biggest part of our house)
and have cornered Kie into just his room--the guest room and on occasion he gets to be in our room.

It's weird how much you use or need things when they are gone.
Obviously the A/C --out of the 3-was missed the most.

Life has been a whirlwind for us these past few weeks.
The progress that has been made is astounding.
I realize I'm babbling--I just have been waiting for SO long to get rid of our dark-dingy, gross brown living room.

I will show you some before pictures on the next post ---
I can't wait to reveal the finished product.

Alright---I'm wrapping this up.
We are in the midst of laying down real, hard wood floors (not the laminate kind.)
You know the solid-fall-and-hit-your-head-going-to-make-a-bruise-flooring....
Yes, not ideal to babies that are pulling themselves up on every piece of furniture....
But luckily I bought him the whole foam lettered flooring you see at daycares or nurseries in church.
They are super soft and comfy for babies on the move.

Ok-I'm off to finish the floors (let's pray we lay them all down today)
And I'm going to be painting baseboards...
and starting my wall decor project as well.

I thank God everyday I have a house.
Be it an old house that needs a lot of TLC.
Just makes life more fun...
And makes us both appreciate our little home more.

Hope everyone is having a blessed Sunday.

Until next time,

-HK-

looking out the window

Mario and Kie playing at the Austin Children's Museum

still learning to play together

Kie man on the move

He never sits still.

buddies

Mario working on his legs.

3 sweet babies on the go

love these sweet boys

besties

bubble blower

happy baby

love this cutie

mommy's best friend

my wreath I made