Hello, Hardwood!!!

Oh, the glorious day has arrived! After hours & hours of hard work, cleaning dust & settling back into the swing of things again at the Myers' home, it is all done.

 Let me give you a small backstory before you view the pictures! The day Jearen & I moved in, we had a flood. Due to a corroded pipe that was missed from our inspector, Jearen had to stand holding a busted pipe gushing with water for 15 minutes while I had to call the fire department to come turn off our water meter (another thing our inspector missed :/). After hours upon hours of clean up, fixing the pipe, meeting unhappy neighbors whose water was shut off thanks to us, and tired muscles & minds from having moved all day, you could easily say this home owner thing gave us a kick in the butt from Day One. We went to sleep that night with dwindled spirits and heavy hearts. Here is where it gets good. We were at church the next day, trying to share our joy of having just moved into our FIRST HOME, and our minds kept replaying the day before. A man after Worship got up on stage before our Pastor began to preach, and mentioned a new ministry he was starting for people who needed home repairs done. HELLO, DID YOU JUST HEAR ABOUT YESTERDAY?! OK GOD, WE SEE YOU!

 We laughed because it could have only been God's timing. He's timing is always perfect, you know! Now here we are, several months after that day, and I feel like what the enemy intended for bad, God turned it around for good! We had plans to take the carpets out downstairs, but planned on waiting a year or so to save up for it. {Thankfully we were given a check from our insurance from the damage, so that sped up our renovation plans.} 

We have been incredibly BLESSED by that man who spoke about a home repair ministry that one Sunday, Bill Kanewske. He gave several weeks of his time, hard work & labor to help make our downstairs BEAUTIFUL! I don't think we could thank him enough. Plus, we have some pretty great guys in our life who have also stopped by to help with the prep work, clean up, the whole nine yards. Again, we are BLESSED! This house just keeps getting better & better. Oh, and I should also thank my husband for all his hard work in all of this too!! He's by far the biggest blessing in MY LIFE, but I don't gotta tell ya that ;)!

My old window was repainted Teal to match the hutch in the dining room & was filled with some of my favorite instagram prints! 

Have a great weekend!!

-Becky

Home Happenings.

Hey there guys and gals. I can't believe September is wrapping up already. Seems like just yesterday we were closing on our home & heading to Home Depot for some paint. Man, that day was such a treasure. Here we are now, two months into our new place, and the makeovers begin. We were very fortunate to have found a place with a lot of features that we already loved, causing us not to have to do a ton of home improvements. However, thanks to the 15 minute nightmare (water pipe bursting in the downstairs bathroom several hours after we moved in) we are having to redo our downstairs flooring sooner than we had planned. It was a thick shag carpet that felt great on your toes, but because of water damage, we decided to remove all of the carpet & tile, and bought hardwood flooring from Home Depot. We are so blessed with great people in our lives to help us through this first time home owner renovations. Our friend Bill helped Jearen on Saturday with all of the dirty prep work. Several hours later, and a TON of dust later, they finished the first steps to getting our new flooring down. We are still waiting for the flooring that we ordered to come in, and then we will move forward with the next steps. I will be thrilled when this is all done, but in the mean time, I'm enjoying the process (especially seeing my hot husband working hard to make this the best place ever!) Oh, and I threw in a before & after pic of the old window & shutters above our bed. :) 

BEFORE

AFTER

GOODBYE CARPET IN DINING ROOM

MY STUDHUB WORKING HARD

CONCRETE FLOORS IS ALL THAT'S LEFT. BESIDES DUST, LOTS OF DUST.

SHOPPING IN HOME DEPOT FOR THE FLOORING. OF COURSE I HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE. HAVE YOU MET ME?! I TAKE A PICTURE OF EVERTHING :)

VIEW FROM LIVING ROOM

THE GUYS FINISHING UP IN THE KITCHEN

 Come back for more Myers' Home goodness!

-Becky

Office Makeover

Let's talk about LOVE. I just LOVE this room. From the moment we moved furniture into this room, I was hooked. I just want to hang out in here all day, and I probably will before I go back to work in a few weeks. The walls are painted "Bon Voyage" by Behr. It looks darker in person than in the following pictures...I know it looks kind of baby blue in the pictures, but I PROMISE, it is not. This room is our office/guest room. I love decorating with things we already have, so everything in this room was things we already owned.

The picture above the couch is of the Brooklyn Bridge (born in Brooklyn) and was given to me from my older sister. The couch J & I found last year & adopted it (free of course) haha. The wooden holder was a wedding gift.

Ahh, my favorite piece. The dresser was mine from high school and was a light wood. Jearen stained the whole thing  cherry wood and even though it still needs work (not all the drawers work like they use to & we need to buy new hardware) I still love how it turned out. Very aged and unique. I mod-podged the two frames a few years back with some scrapbook paper. I bought the old medal basket for $1 at a flea market & I'm so happy I found a place to put him.

The three silver diamonds use to be white, when I bought them for $1.25 each at goodwill. If you can't tell by now, I love that store! I spray painted them silver and it became instant art for my wall.

In the corner is a mail station. Well that's what it was bought for (when my brother & his wife bought it), but when it was given to us, it became our library :). And Jearen's golf clubs need a new resting spot, but they are here for now. In the frame is a few of my favorite pictures from our cruise last year! Ah, I want to go on one again! 

My favorite spot. I just want to sit in this room all day & read, journal, hang out. This desk was one of the first pieces of furniture J & I bought together as a married couple, and of course it came from Goodwill for a solid $50. Jearen's handyman skills revamped this old desk into a modern & sophisticated desk. I'm pretty sure it's mid-century modern, but haven't done enough research to know :) The silver tray was just laying around at my Dad's house, so he let me take it home with me. The lamp shade is from Target.

The framed flowers are from Home Goods. The white shelf is from TJMaxx. The silver plated M is from Sample House. Don't ya just wanna sit here & read?!

View from Desk. 

View from Door.

View from Door.

Hope this room inspired you to make some coffee & grab a good book ;)!!

Stay tuned for more from The Myers' Home!

-Becky