Another Move! (Part 1)

Apparently we were feeling too settled in Minnesota because we've moved again!  It had been 5 1/2 years since our last move and before that a year and a half was the longest we'd lived anywhere since getting married.  Amazon randomly reached out to Matt and he ended up accepting a position - Senior Design and Construction Manager, so we've moved to Washington State!

However, a lot had to happen in the month before we moved.  We decided to do a million house projects before putting the house on the market including:

• Yard Work - weeding, oh the weeding!  I don't think we'd weeded the entire 4.5 years we lived in the house.  We put in lots of mulch, pulled out huge bushes, and planted some flowers.  We also hired people to trim all the trees.
• Painted almost the entire house - kitchen, kitchen and entry ceiling, entry, dining room, living room, family room, guest room, upstairs bathroom, and laundry room.
• Painted the kitchen cabinets and upstairs vanity white and new hardware.
• Got new stainless steel appliances (dishwasher, stove, and microwave) in the kitchen to match the fridge.
• New carpet throughout the house.
• Wood laminate floors in the entry, kitchen and dining room.
• Painted the front and garage doors black on the exterior and white on the interior.
• New faucet in the bathroom.

We did all the projects ourselves, except the carpet and we hired one painter to assist us in painting the house.  I love how the house turned out and was sad to leave it after making it so nice!  It was super crazy trying to live in the house during all of these projects. But all our hard work paid off because our first showing (the first day the house was listed) made an offer of our full asking price! The closing date isn't until the beginning of August, but everything looks like it should close!

Front of the house during bush removal:

Pulling out the bushes that blocked the entire entrance to the house
(Matt pulled them out with the jeep)

Front of the house after:

We planted four lily plants that were blooming beautifully and added red mulch

Back of the house:

I weeded around that tree for FOREVER!!!

Kitchen Before:

This is the only picture I could find of the kitchen (selfie by Paige)

Kitchen during remodel:

Before new appliances and while painting cabinets

We moved the table into the sunroom so we had a place to eat during all of the painting

 Kitchen After:

(New appliances, cabinets painted, new hardware on, new floors, and all cleaned up)

Sunroom:

We didn't do anything in this room other than clean

Dining Room During:

After removing the nasty carpet that I'd been dying to rip out since we moved in 4.5 years earlier.

During floor installation - Matt made Everett a "safe place" to play while he worked.

Another view of the progress.

Dining room after:

New paint color and floor

Living room after:

Fresh paint and new carpet

Basement Family Room Before:

This is the best picture to show the hideous color on the walls!

Basement Family Room After:
New paint color and new carpet

The new color on the walls made it look so much better!