Hawkins Homerama Est. 2013

Literally. Blood, Sweat and Tears. All of that and so much more went into this rather large journey of ours. And it was worth every single second. All of the late nights and early mornings, the long weekends full of work and no play, all the band aids and ibuprofen, the trips to and from & back again to Home Depot and Lowes, the laughs, the arguments the tears. It was all so worth it. The time, patience and talent we gave to this makes every inch of our new home so special. There is a story to tell about the floors and walls, plumbing pipes and vents, lighting fixtures, bath tubs and toilets. You name it we did it. And it all would not have been possible without our family. Thank you to Matt's Grandpa for lending his knowledge and expertise throughout each phase of the remodel. Thank you to our parents for their continuous support and helping hand and a place for us to live during it all. They too all endured the blood, sweat and tears and without their help there is no way Mat...

Week 14. The end of the tunnel (well for phase one of the house plan at least). The house remodel has finally come to its end and we are ready to start moving in! This past week all of the finishing touches of the house got complete. I know that I have said a few times that this place is actually starting to look like a home but it really feels like home now. The transformation is just unbelievable. Matt and I are still pinching ourselves. I cant believe all of the work we have done over the past 3 months, I cant believe the amount of work and how fast we accomplished it. It is all just surreal and we cant wait to be in our home. So all of those finishing touches... The HVAC system got the full clean out and boy was it filthy. When I walked in the house after the clean out it actually smelled so fresh and so clean. The smell of dust and paint has started to diminish. A big shout of to Jim Golden and his crew for doing a fantastic job! Of course that was the easy part of it...

Big transformations took place this week that has turned this house into a functioning home. To start off the hardwood floors have been refinished throughout the first floor and the quarter round has been set in place. These floors look absolutely amazing! Even though they had been covered with carpet for all this time there were still all kinds of character marks from the past 60+ years. Not to mention the mess we have made over the past 13 weeks of mud, paint, drywall, tile grout and who knows what else. They look brand spanking new and couldn't be more pleased with the end product so if you need a guy let me know.  Now that the floors are complete we can start the clean up phase, we have so been looking forward to this phase of the remodel. Well not really because typically people do not enjoy doing the deep cleaning like cleaning windows or baseboards but thankfully I married the world's greatest cleaner.  Seriously. My husband kept our house spic and span during the ...