House Projects: #2 Balusters finished!

We came up with this clever little idea to paint the baluster. Jared got an 8 foot 2 x 4 and drilled holes in it for us to place each baluster in. Basically a painting rack!
Got them done! And we are very happy! It definitely makes the staircase less obvious in the room. We really wanted to buy metal balusters but for just the new balusters it would have cost over $500. We ended this project with about $50 in paint/wood glue, etc costs.

House Projects: #3- Ceiling Fans

I forgot to take a "before" picture of our ceiling fans, but this picture comes pretty close... we have one in the living room and one over the dining room table.
We used some Rustoleum primer and paint and these were the results. I am pretty excited about how they turned out!! Oh, and we turned the fan blades over because they were black on the other side.

House Projects: #2- Balusters

Woke up this morning feeling ambitious. We, or least I, really dislike this staircase. It's in a kind of awkward spot in our house. But I think the thing that really bothers us the most are those WHITE balusters. So we spent a couple of hours sanding them down and then removed them. And we are currently in a construction zone... trying to keep our children safe and all that good stuff. Hoping to be showing you the AMAZING finished result really soon!!

House Projects: #1- Kitchen Knobs

We have been doing a lease-to-own on our house, and we officially bought it in January. We were so excited to get to work doing all of our projects and updates that we have planned. Hopefully I'll be showing you lots of pictures of the things we've done and plan to do. But the first thing we did was git rid of the awful gold and white kitchen cupboard knobs. This made a HUGE difference!

Jared has been working hard...

And he actually finished this project over a month ago, but I just realized I haven't posted pictures! The ducts in our basement were uncovered and just made it look a little unfinished, so he agreed to drywall them. Wow, he is a good man! I had no idea how much work was involved in this project, but I think he is amazing that he did it all! Thanks, Kyle, for coming and helping with the plaster!

First he had to build a frame around the ducts...

Then drywall it...

Then plastering, texturing, priming and painting to get to the end result!(I know it is hard to see in this picture, but it looks GREAT!!)