Tackle It Tuesday: Front Entrance

Our next project has been sprucing up the exterior front entrance to the house. There still are some touch-ups left to do and we will still eventually replace the entire door and sidelights...but until then, we made it look better.

OK, now for the BEFORE and AFTER photos:
Let's start with the exterior shot. Notice the posts were very cracked and the metal brackets that bolted them to the concrete were exposed. You may have to click on the photo to notice. I had to use the original photo of the house (not very good).


Now the posts are looking brand new, complete with molding at the bottom to give them a finished look. We added brand new house numbers (old ones are above the door and very hard to see from the road). The screen door got a new coat of white as well.

Next, a closer look at the front door:

Before the door was burgundy and white. It was very dirty and appeared that a child (not mine) had taken a pencil to it and made their marks. The before photo shows where Evan had started to fill in and patch bad areas of the door. We decided that blue made a better accent color. Hope you agree!


Even the handle got a scrub and polish...looks like new!



So, that wraps up this tackle...more to come!

"Said No"

On Monday night, Seth kept repeating "sedno, sedno"...finally Evan and I figured out that he was mimicking us saying "I said NO"...guess we're saying that a lot to Seth lately! Well, he says this all the time now. I'm just glad he's starting to say some words...even if it is "Said No". :o)

Tackle It Tuesday: The Awning

My sister-in-law Tina often posts a "Tackle It Tuesday" job that she accomplishes. I thought of that today as I thought of a recent accomplishment here at the new house...and how many more I can do in the future as we fix it up.

So, here is the first big tackle for the house: remove old, ugly, tattered awning from the front of the house. We think it made a huge difference. Here are the pics before and after. Enjoy!

BEFORE

AFTER

Just like his mother

I baked a cake today and had whipped up some chocolate frosting from scratch. So, of course, I had two beaters with frosting. One for me and one for Seth. Everyone that knows me well knows that I can't turn down cookie dough, cake batter, etc. Licking the beaters growing up was a real treat. I thought I'd get Seth started today. He is still walking around with a frosting-free beater...he won't give it back for me to wash. Ha!
Planning his attack! :)