Hey ya’ll, we hope everyone had a great 4th!

When I last sat down to write I had shared some of the updates on the house and how we had been decluttering… it felt so good! We finally felt like we could relax and get comfy in our home but then we kept seeing all the little things that we needed to finish.

I had also mentioned that we have some very special celebrations coming up soon so we took a couple of days to appreciate what we had accomplished and to plan out our next steps.

We got started on the project a little quicker than we had expected even though I have been a little under the weather. The changes that we have made in just a couple of days have been CRAZY!!!

I’ll add some before photos here:

Things were comfy… we really don’t want to spend any money on furniture and such until we each room completed. Getting started was such a good feeling and then one thing led to another and before I knew it there was a HUGE hole in the wall!

These are the current photos:

That’s a big difference, right? I think so. It feels so open… I love that I can see so much from the kitchen!

We do plan on removing the whole wall between the kitchen and great room as the dining table will eventually be where the pool table is.

I’m so glad we have been decluttering but things are still a bit of a wreck.

I’m going to take everything off the kitchen walls in a bit… once Little Miss takes her nap. We’ll be painting the walls to refresh them a bit and then I can reevaluate what I want to keep and everything will get a thorough cleaning before going back.

The cabinets that we took down will probably end up in the laundry room soon and I have plans to declutter even MORE STUFF! We donated about 12 bags of stuff just today!

Anyways, we have a lot to get done before we have to get ready for our dance later. I’ll post more pictures when we get finished.

Have a great weekend!!