Projects at the Jones'

Buns has 4 weeks vacation between the Fall Term and the Winter Term. He has taken this opportunity to do things around the house that we have been meaning to do...pretty much since we bought the house. 

First off....finishing the baseboards!! When we bought the house, we ripped off the old baseboards and cut and placed new ones. However....since we did not have an air compressor or nail guns, we were not able to actually nail them to the wall. Although most of the boards stayed up or were propped up by furniture, there were several boards that kept falling down and that got annoying after a while. :( 

So...Buns used his new Christmas present to nail the boards in, and then he caulked all of them. The boards on carpet he caulked the top and sides and in the kitchen and bathroom he caulked the top, sides and bottom. Here are some photos (taken with my phone before I got my new camera):

Nice right?? I think he did a great job and he wouldn't really let me help him so he is getting all the credit. I came home one day from work and it was all done. 

I am proud of the work he did with the baseboards, but I am even MORE proud of the next project he did! 

Behold.....THE ATTIC.....dum dum dum....

First the door.....

And open......

The BEFORE picture....The rafters are really low to the ground and so I have to duck to get around, but in between the rafters Buns and I can stand upright. To the left, you cant see it, but there is a whole other space around that corner. He also installed lighting for both the doorway and the back area. 

The AFTER!! Buns put in extra supporters for all the floor below laying it all down. At first I was not comfortable with standing up and putting my full weight on it, but now I feel better and the whole thing is really sturdy. 

With ALL our crap in it. There is still A LOT of room left.

The baby furniture is all packed up in there now along with the mattress. Those mattresses are twins so this should give you an idea of how much room there is. Again, there is a whole section to the left around the corner that we can use too. Pretty much everything except the Air Conditioning units is up there now and we still have room to spare up there and now our home is so much cleaner and more useful. We actually have a guest room now and my office has only the commonly used stuff in it! 

What a great way to start the New Year!!