{Home Projects}

Some exciting news for the Seidel family is two home improvement projects we have going on right now. Shortly after the Christmas holiday, Bob and his dad started working on finishing our basement. It is such a large task and I give them total credit for taking it on themselves. Luckily, Bob’s dad has done this before and has been a huge help in the project. Unfortunately, Bob and his dad have just not had the time they would like to work on it with our crazy schedules, so they are not as far as they would like to be, but will continue to work on it as time allows. We have a plan for the basement and know what we want to do and they are working through the framing right now. I cannot wait to see a finished product, but that is far, far in our future and there is much work to be done before then. I look forward to getting involved with all the fun details, like the decorating, and Bob looks forward to putting together his bar:)
The other project we are working on is NEW FLOORS on the main level!!! Words do not describe how excited we are for this!!! We have wanted to rip up our flooring in the family room and kitchen for the past few years. I cannot wait to get rid of the gross carpet in the family room and the ketchup stains in the kitchen (they really aren’t ketchup stains, but apparently the glue used to install the floors by the builder has started to come back up and looks like we have ketchup stains all over the kitchen, it is so annoying). We have been looking for awhile and made our final picks at the end of last year and could not wait to place the order! We got the call last week that the materials are in and scheduled to have the install done the week of March 12th. Since we placed the order, Bob and I have been busy painting the bathrooms and laundry room and starting to remove all the fixtures, trim, furniture, ripping out the old floors, etc. I am not looking forward to living in chaos for a week, and have a feeling we will most likely stay with my parents for the bulk of it. The plan is to install the ceramic in the laundry room, bathrooms, and kitchen Monday-Wednesday and then install the hardwood Thursday and Friday. So when they are doing the ceramic, all the furniture and appliances will be in the family room and when they are doing the hardwood, all the family room furniture, TV, etc, will be in the kitchen. CHAOS! But I absolutely cannot wait to see the final product and do all the fun decorating when it is all done. Pics to come!!!  For now, here are some work in progress pics...

Main guest bath - horrible lime green we painted the bathroom a few years ago...it wasn't the color we wanted but never changed it...so glad it is gone!

Good-Bye lime green, hello palm tree breeze :)

As you can imagine, Anna was a huge help!  And wasn't afraid to tell us if we were doing something wrong!  This is the half bath adjacent to the laundry room.  It use to be bright red (what were we thinking?) and now is a blue/gray color.  We painted the laundry room the same as they are attached with a pocket door in between.

More help from Anna...

New floors - cannot wait until they are installed!!!