One Year Later...where do we stand? Part 1

It's been a crazy year of DIY and home renovation. We are no where near as far as we thought we would be (I'm guessing the baby and work travel had something to do with that), but we did make some great progress. Over the last year we:


1) Rid the basement of mold, installed a sump pump basement waterproofing drainage system and encapsulated the crawlspace with Basement Systems
2) Replaced the kids' swing set with Rainbow
3) Had $1000 worth of tree removal/trim work done
4) Renovated a bathroom to working order (only one little pesky thing I want to do in there)
5) Started (and still working on) on the staircase/foyer/hallway wallpaper removal and repainting. This included 2 layers of painted wallpaper and all yellow trim/doors to be painted white as well as the staircase. Thinking this will be done in another month after caulking/painting.
6) Getting our heat and A/C unit repaired multiple times. The relay units on the heating unit needed work several times this winter. The A/C unit seems to be working great so far this year.
7)Had the pool liner replaced.
8)Multiple endless small projects such as repairing/replacing the leaking kitchen faucet, the kitchen light, the lamp post, the front door lights, the doorbell, gutter guards, changing outlets, hanging blinds, curtain rods, painting and more painting...

Here are some pictures from the past 8 months:

Stairwell wallpaper removal:

The foyer area (in progress):

Bathroom Renovation:

Basement Systems installation:

Playground Installation:

Playground installed, next project (which we started in March and are still working on!!!) is building a retaining wall for holding mulch and making the playground safe. We have also covered the ground with landscape fabric to keep the weeds out and have started a bottom layer of mulch. I'll get a more up to date picture with our next post. Hoping to sod the dirt area that is in front of the swingset.

I have been working on our end tables in the living room to refinish them.

I think I am forgetting a lot...which is why I need to update a heck of a lot more. One upcoming post I think I will do- some pictures of our current projects and what we plan to get done this year. As of right now some of our projects are to finish the staircase/foyer/hallway painting, the mulch area around the playground, and outdoor fencing. I have fencing on the way from Home Depot (may write a whole post on THAT process as well) as well as a crew coming to install some other fencing in the yard in a few weeks. I'm still anxious to tear down the kitchen wall and install some new flooring and spruce it up a little. We are so ready to get started on some NEW projects!