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2016 Update on the Bois Bungalow

Happy winter! It has been a horrible winter here this year and we have been buried in ice and snow... We are 8 cancelled school days in and the snow is still here. I'm hoping this melts soon! 

I have not posted in a while, but there has not been much to blog about. We have done a lot of gardening and some woodwork around the house.

I will update with pictures and hope to have some big updates in the next couple months. For now, here are the pictures from the past year. 

The house in the spring. I am longing for sunny days like this again. 


We purchased a lot of compost this year to create additional garden beds on the property. This was just one load.

 We installed a new basketball hoop for our wisteria. Thomas has to break the concrete off of the old one.

 We built a new door for the shed. Here is the before picture from years ago:


... and after! It is so satisfying seeing this project complete.


 We fostered 5 kittens this summer! This is Rosie. She was adopted very quickly!


Winston (our cat) loved checking on the foster kittens so much. He would even help them escape the room they were in, so we had to shove pillows under the door to keep them in.


We had TONS of blueberries this year! I hope they survive the winter...


 We purchased a new jet boat and enjoyed taking it out this summer.


We fostered a yorkie, Bella (in the back) and found her the perfect forever home!


We have purchased all new appliances over the past 1-2 years... fridge, dishwasher, stove, and range hood microwave. 


We finally got up the motivation to complete the final two windows in the house! We stripped them with the heat gun years ago. They just needed to be scraped, sanded, stained and three coats of polyurethane.


The (almost) complete product! We did 3 coats of polyurethane after this picture was taken. 


 Our house this winter.


We are starting a kitchen renovation in the next week or so... I am excited to post about the changes in the Bois Bungalow this year! We have big plans for the kitchen: butcher block counters, subway tile, apron front sink, additional cabinet space, new lighting, open shelving, and much more! Updates to come...

Here are our goals for 2017:
-Remodel kitchen- new counters, lighting, sink, tile, etc.
-Gardening- we love working in the yard, so I see a lot of gardening in our future
-Ceiling treatment (possibly?) - We have cracks in the texture in the ceiling in the dining room, parlor, and living room. We have discussed doing a faux tin ceiling in those rooms.
-Patio (maybe?) - we have plans to eventually rip out the patio and replace with cobble stones. Who know if it will happen this year. 

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