Wednesday, April 15, 2009

We are the Champions with the help of a few experts

We are the champions (or at least we know a few) and have now crossed the finish line. With a couple of months to spare, we had "no time for losers" We can't thank everyone enough for their help in finishing our basement. This is leading down the stairs to our "reading room". This is a perfect space for some bean bags and a book shelf for silent reading.
Braeden moved his stuff quickly to his room. He makes his bed every morning now and has requested no blinds or curtains saying, he likes to "watch the trees move"??? Talan has also spent the night here with Brae...Aww he misses his buddy.

Thanks to mom and dad for helping out with the $$$ and broken water pipe, Kenny for too much to list (electrical, heating, framing, insulation, mud, doors & molding), Justin for spending countless hours "bonding" with Cody as he sheetrocked & textured, Alyssa for the paint (LOVE the color) Richard and Dad for framing, Steph for letting us use her sprayer and telling me to have Cody do it and for everyone and their encouraging comments as we tried our hardest to learn from others as we go. For those of you who know Cody and I really understand what a huge feat this was for us. We do not ever claim to be handy (just ask Cody about the Christmas lights, shelf in the garage and dog run...) Anyone missing any tools please check with us as we didn't have more than a hammer before beginning and have aquired a few things that we really don't know what to do with :) Co and I will keep on fighting to the end :)

11 comments:

D-Crew said...

Check you guys out!! It looks AWESOME!! That kind of work feels so good!! Even better once it's done!!
Congrats!

Cheryl said...

Great Job, I can't belive how quickly it all came together. The start and finish pictures are fun to look at, and a little reading room is such a great idea.

ASRussell said...

Wow...it looks awesome! Way to go guys!!! I bet Braeden is LOVING it!

Leslie Moseley said...

Congratulations on a job well done!

Kim said...

Looks great!! Bet you are so happy to have the work done! Hope he always enjoys his room downstairs!

Jamie said...

YAY! It looks great! Good job guys and congrats to Brae...his own space! If only our boys could be so lucky :)

Wilkinson Crew said...

Wow, It looks really good I love the carpet, it looks very comfy. Congratulations I bet it feels really good to have that done.

Shannon Tripp said...

I am so jealous! Looks great!

Melissa said...

That is so exciting!! What a wonderful accomplishment! Now you can breath a sigh of relief. WaHoo!

Kelley Rae said...

Yay!! I bet it's so nice to have it done with a couple months to spare. Way to go!

Liza said...

Yeah for you guys! I'll bet it feels great to have that project checked off. Love the paint color!