Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Extreme Makeover: Home Edition

We got some money back from our taxes and then we got the tax credit from buying a new house so we decided to put it to use. I think the project may have been a little bigger than Eric expected because it still isn't finished. We tore out a bunch of shrubs last year just after we bought the house. This summer we decided to put a deck on and re-side the house.

The cement for the front porch was so hard that Eric couldn't get through it just using a jack hammer so we had to ask someone with a backhoe that had a stinger on it to finish off the job. It shook the whole house and upset the dog and freaked out the cats!
The beginning...


Our wonderful friend Seth came to help out. We couldn't have done this without him! Eric didn't completely know what he was doing and Seth came over and helped design the deck and get us well on our way before he had to leave! We owe him so much for helping out!
He looks so happy!

Like I said, we are still not finished. The deck is mostly finished. Before the snow fell, Eric tore off all the siding and that's how our house sits now. We don't have the new siding on yet but I'm so excited to see what it will look like when it is finished!

1 comment:

Jeff and Aubree Gittins said...

Good job Eric! When he's done with your house send him over to mine, won't ya? I have lots that I want to do. ;)