Old House by the River

We've now been in our new home for almost two months and time has flown by! Almost all the moving boxes have been unpacked, and we're slowly starting to collect the stuff we stored at the in-laws. My father-in-law dropped off the kids' basketball hoop earlier this week and I hope our neighbors haven't minded the 'thunk-thunk' of basketballs at 8am! One thing I've noticed, now that the weather is turning mild, is that it's so noisy here from all the birds! The river really attracts them and they're a pretty vocal group. It's a much nicer sound though, than all the traffic noise we used to hear from Lake Michigan Dr. Don't miss that sound at all! Another neat thing we've discovered is that the GVSU Crew team practices on the Grand River and we've seen them several times as they've rowed by our property! The kids enjoy 'chasing' them as far as they can go, before the boats slip around the bend. As far as projects go-we...

Nick had work training in Virginia last week, so I used that time to do a few things to the back entrance way/laundry room. This room probably won't have much done to it as far as remodeling goes, but it needed a few cosmetic updates. I freshened up the paint on the cupboards, changed out the knobs and spray painted the handles; painted the walls a light green, added a valance to the window and then Nick put in a new light fixture before he headed out, (before it just had an exposed bulb). For under $100, and a few hours of elbow grease, it came together nicely! BEFORE AFTER