No More Ugly

Oh what a beautiful day to have a big hole in my kitchen wall!!!

I was worried that it would rain, or be cold or we would have wasps flying into my kitchen since it's that time of year, but the day was perfect for replacing the kitchen window.

Tim replaced our old kitchen window this morning with a new vinyl replacement window. The old one was an old wood frame one that was water stained and peeling. It was probably original to the house when it was built in 1952. It was just drafty, old and ugly to look at every time I washed dishes. I don't think the new window will make washing dishes anymore enjoyable, but it's worth a try. LOL

It only took $135 and an hour and a half of work, and it was in.

He had to pull off all the trim from the window (kitchen side), pull out the old widow and all the sliders and springs, pop in the new window, screw it to the window frame, caulk around it and put the trim back on.

Since we bought the house 9 years ago, he's replaced 9 widows (only 2 more to go). He also stripped all the cupboards and refinished them. There was also an old stove top in the counter and oven built in to the wall. That all went too, making more counter space, which also ment all new counter tops. He also put a breakfast bar in there.

He redid our bathroom too. The walls were pink and black plastic tiles half way up.

Very 50's. There was no shower, so he put up a new tub surround and put in new pipes for a shower. Out with the old monstrosity of a vanity, in with a nice new one. And new lights and medicine cabinet.
He built an enclosed patio off our garage.

Fenced in the back yard.

We've had a new roof put on twice, the second time was from hail damage.

And all new siding last year, also because of hail damage.

He also upgraded all the electrical when we moved in.

He really takes pride in all the work he's done to make improvements in our home.

Next summer, he'll be putting in a new front door. He can't wait to to start ripping that apart!!