A Weekend of Projects

Another little one on the way has lit a bit of a fire under Wes. Knowing a busy season is coming makes you want to get all your "ducks-in-a-row" so to speak. So we made a list of things that we wanted to get done around the house before November, which means we won't have a shortage of projects around our house until sister arrives.

We inherited a new refrigerator from my parents when they moved back to Texas. They got a new one with the new house, so we got the old one. Wahoo!! However, this meant getting said fridge to our house, an hour away. It wasn't actually that hard, with the wonderful help of Wes' dad and my dad. (BIG thanks, by the way).

 
No, we don't have two fridges sitting in our kitchen. This is what they look like after we moved the new one into place. We had to keep the other plugged in while the new one cooled off, then moved all the food over.

When installing the new one, my dad just HAD to give Wes a hard time (what are father-in-laws for). He pushed the fridge in until it was sticking out about a foot and said "That's it, it won't go back any more." The plan backfired, however, because Wes had measured the thing about 10 times previously and knew it would fit.

Wes - 1
My Dad - 0
(better luck next time)

Then the old one went off to live in the garage until we can find a home for it. I am very happy with my new fridge, especially having ice and water in the door.

So here's the next project of the day. I wanted cabinets put into my laundry room. All I had was a shelf, and things kept getting stacked and stacked. It was getting a little crowded, especially with my homemade detergent (I'll have 4-5 jugs at a time, and they need to go somewhere!). So my wonderful husband agreed to install cabinets for me (with MANY more thanks to my father-in-law and my dad).

Moving the dryer out of the way for more room.

Hammering the shelf out of the way.

 

The poor dads having to hold up the cabinet while the young and agile one took his time getting his tools ready.

Reed supervising the installation.

 

One cabinet up!!

Unfortunately, the ledge/shelf that was taken off was INCREDIBLY un-level (thank you, whoever installed it in the first place).

Comically un-level

This meant lots of shims and a future project of taking off the ledge and repositioning it. Wes was not very happy about that, but he will gladly do it for his sweet, pregnant wife.

The cabinets didn't fill the entire gap and we needed a filler piece in-between them. So the boys got to play with a saw!

Safety FIRST!

They were a little un-easy about me taking so many pictures because I told them if they didn't do something right, it would end up on the blog. Blackmail has a way of making a project turn out really well!

Another cabinet goes up!

The (almost) finished product! I LOVE them!! All we need are the finishing touches, like caulking, pulls, and some top trim. Wes doesn't think we need any trim on the top. What do you think?

Next up is sister's room. Wes has a break from class between summer and fall semester coming up which is the perfect time to paint and put up some crown molding (I'm sure that will be a FUN project/blog post).


Enjoy!

The Turners