Back at it

We have been back in Texas for a little over a week now and sad we are not still on the farm. Working on the farm is fun and exciting to see our dreams come to life. Unfortunately, we didn’t get everything accomplished we wanted to while we were there but my parents and Hunter have been working on some of those things that we left unfinished.

Hunter started working on laying flooring down in his room but he ran out and they had to go back to get more but I think he is doing a great job, obviously he is slacking on making his bed 🤦🏻‍♀️😜. He also installed his mini blinds, not sure how much help he had on them but they look good.

My dad has been avoiding the staircase like it’s gonna give him cooties (honestly I don’t blame him) so, he worked on the door way going into the living room from the dining room. Chad really wanted it to have an old rustic beam there. Dad was able to work out a deal with the neighbor for a few rough cut boards. The boards had been out in the elements for a while and made it hard to work with because they were a bit warped. Dad worked his magic and made it look amazing! Just got a little more trim pieces and some mini blinds and the living room is complete!!! So exciting!! Dad also put in a light fixture in the stairway down to the basement. It was a very dark stairway and definitely needed illuminated.

Dad began working on the stairs, he has been scratching his head on figuring it all out but he is making some progress. He has to take a trip to Lowes tomorrow in Morehead to get some more supplies. We got some stain to use for the hand rails today but learned a very valuable lesson. Different types of wood take stain differently. If you look at the picture below on the right you can see the inside handrail soaked a lot of the stain in and is super dark, and the outside hand rail is Oak and it looks completely different. We do love how the oak turned out with the stain, it is absolutely beautiful! The other one dad is going to sand on it and see if it will lighten up, if not we will paint it with a white oil base paint.

Dad worked on the angle of the handrails and then figured out how to do the spindles(🤷🏻‍♀️not sure if that is the right word) they will be white as well. Thank you mom for volunteering to paint them!

I cannot wait to see it finished. When we first started looking for a house Chad did not want a 2 story house because of the stairs, so I found a 3 story house (loop hole, just kidding) but I did want a second story so I could decorate the banister for holidays. So glad we were able to open up the staircase just for me to decorate, and I guess it will look amazing the rest of the year too! 😜