A Decade Of Marches – Addicted 2 Decorating®

August sixteenth of this 12 months will mark ten years since Matt and I purchased our home. Ten years! I’ve mentioned that many occasions in numerous dialog with completely different individuals. I’ve talked about it in at the least a few weblog posts already. And but, it nonetheless appears arduous to consider that it’s virtually been 10 years. And as I’ve talked about already, my purpose is to have the entire inside rooms of our home completed by that 10-year anniversary of us proudly owning this home. If I counted accurately, which means I’ve 4.5 months to get my studio fully completed.

So simply to understand the final 10 years, I took a glance again at what initiatives I used to be doing on this month (March) of every of the final 10 years. It was a enjoyable train, not solely to recollect the entire completely different initiatives, however to see how far issues have come. Right here’s a fast look again…

This Month Ten Years In the past (2013)

In March 2013, Matt and I had been nonetheless residing in our little condominium near Baylor College campus, and I used to be ending up a 20-day makeover that I did on the little hallway lavatory. Right here’s what it regarded like earlier than I began the makeover…

And right here’s what it regarded like after the makeover…

I used to be nonetheless a reasonably new DIYer again then, however I discovered the way to make a wooden countertop and new cupboard doorways for the vainness. I additionally painted the bath and tub encompass, put in new vinyl tile flooring, and a lot extra. For those who weren’t round again then, you possibly can click on right here for somewhat journey again in time to see this makeover.

This Month 9 Years In the past (2014)

In March of 2014, Matt and I had been residing in the home for just some month (I feel it was October 2013 once we lastly moved in), and I had simply completed a Section 1 of adorning the lounge. There was no reworking that went into this. The room nonetheless had the previous drywall, previous polystyrene ceiling tiles, previous home windows, and window unit air conditioner. This was a “lipstick on a pig” sort of venture.

It nonetheless amazes me to look again at that lounge. Who the heck was I adorning for? That room simply doesn’t look like me in any respect. I did love that ottoman, although! I constructed and upholstered that myself, and it’s one in all my favourite issues I’ve ever made. And who remembers my painted couch? 😀 It began out a really loud blue and white floral, and I painted it white. It was extremely sturdy and felt a bit like vinyl.

Additionally in March of 2014, I used to be simply beginning the kitchen rework. I had no thought what I used to be doing, however with sheer dedication, I began eradicating the unique cupboards and shoving them over into the large room subsequent to the kitchen (i.e., the room that was initially divided to change into our pantry and breakfast room).

For those who missed the unique kitchen rework with the inexperienced and gold cupboards, you possibly can see that right here.

This Month Eight Years In the past (2015)

In March of 2015, I used to be greater than midway by means of with the hallway lavatory rework. After ending up the kitchen rework, I used to be feeling fairly assured in my DIY skills and the brand new expertise I had discovered throughout that rework, so with out a lot planning and nil budgeting in any respect, I jumped proper into a toilet rework.

This room regarded like this once we purchased the home…

The entire unique lavatory had been torn right down to the studs, flooring joists, and ceiling joists, and I began over fully. So by the tip of March 2015, I had the paneling on the partitions put in, and I used to be simply ending up the paneled skirting that I added to the facet of the usual bathtub…

And I used to be additionally simply ending up the vainness mirror with the sconces included into the body.

However as you possibly can see within the reflection within the mirror, I nonetheless had trim to put in within the room, and a great deal of ending touches earlier than the room was truly completed. For those who missed the unique lavatory rework, you possibly can see it right here.

This Month Seven Years In the past (2016)

March of 2016 is after I was in the course of my very wayward try to show our lounge right into a eating room. That can, ceaselessly and at all times, be remembered in my thoughts as my dumbest thought on this home, and it swallowed up months of my time as I attempted to show the room into one thing that it clearly wasn’t meant to be.

That ridiculous thought included heaps and many image body molding on the partitions. Why on this planet would I select to place image body molding on the partitions of a room that had 5 home windows, a fire, a door, and two cased openings?!

I’d like to know what the heck was occurring in our lives throughout that point, as a result of it looks as if I used to be most likely coping with some type of psychological/emotional points that manifested themselves in my loopy, nonsensical selections with our residence.

I struggled and struggled with that room, making an attempt to suit a sq. peg right into a spherical gap, and eventually gave up in wrote a publish on March twenty fifth titled “Know When To Stroll Away“. I’m so glad I walked away from that plan! We get a lot use out of our cozy little lounge lately. I can’t even think about how ineffective that room would have been to us had I one way or the other managed to show it right into a eating room.

The very finish of March 2016 can also be after I began the hand drawn birds and butterflies mural on the entryway wall.

I didn’t end the mural till April 2016. Of all of my initiatives I’ve performed on this home, and that didn’t make the ultimate lower, that is the one that’s talked about probably the most usually in feedback by readers because the venture y’all miss probably the most.

This Month Six Years In the past (2017)

In March of 2017, I used to be spending my time targeted on a couple of various things. I hadn’t but began on the pantry makeover, however I used to be putting in the doorways on the pantry. I used bifold closet doorways, and took them aside to put in them as French doorways on the pantry.

At the moment, that pantry doesn’t have any doorways on it, and people are the doorways that I used to construct the cupboard that’s now within the water closet space of our grasp lavatory.

In March of 2017, I used to be additionally in the course of repainting the kitchen after deciding {that a} inexperienced kitchen simply wasn’t precisely proper for me. Within the image above, you possibly can see the kitchen cupboard doorways lined up towards the empty pantry partitions. Wanting again at these previous posts, I used to be reminded that I had tried out a number of different colours earlier than touchdown on the teal that they’re now. I had truly tried a navy blue for the decrease cupboards, and a really mild grey for the higher cupboards. That was terrible in my kitchen, so then I attempted out a number of different colours, lastly leaning into my love for teals.

March of 2017 was clearly a busy month, as a result of that’s additionally after I refinished the concrete counter tops within the kitchen.

This Month 5 Years In the past (2018)

In March of 2018, I used to be targeted on a number of entrance porch initiatives. I completed up the wooden porch that I constructed to drift over the unique concrete porch, and I had additionally put in new posts and wrapped them to appear to be thicker columns. However I hadn’t but tackled the brand new steps and railing.

Additionally that month, I constructed the little portico over the facet studio door.

This Month 4 Years In the past (2019)

March of 2019 was all in regards to the studio. Originally of the month, the room bought new drywall.

And by the tip of the month, I used to be arduous at work getting that again entry within the studio painted.

And now, I’m about to redo all of that. 😀

This Month Three Years In the past (2020)

In March of 2020, I truly took an extended break from venture in our home to be able to work on a rework in my mother’s kitchen. That was a really enjoyable and rewarding venture. Once we began that venture, her kitchen regarded like this…

By the tip of March, it wasn’t fairly completed, however we had constructed new cupboard doorways, and had been within the strategy of getting the cupboards painted and the doorways put in.

At the moment, it might nonetheless be simply over a month earlier than her kitchen was completed.

For those who missed the earlier than and after of my mother’s kitchen makeover, you possibly can see that right here.

This Month Two Years In the past (2021)

March of 2021 was form of a gradual month so far as home initiatives go as a result of Matt spent every week within the hospital. However one factor that caught my eye when wanting over posts that I wrote that month was my publish about inspiration for our residence fitness center. I had decided that I needed colourful striped partitions in that room, however I used to be nonetheless making an attempt to determine precisely what I needed. Right here’s one of many mock ups I did. 😀

That’s not too removed from what I ended up doing (with completely different colours, thank goodness), however take a look at this mock up I did…

I imply…YOWZA! 😀 Let’s simply say that I’m glad I finished with what I’ve. Striped partitions are excellent. A striped ceiling like that? That’s a bit a lot.

This Month One 12 months In the past (2022)

In March of final 12 months, I appeared to be struggling a bit with staying targeted, most likely as a result of I used to be within the midst a WC rework and having to do large initiatives (like tiling the lavatory flooring) that I actually didn’t wish to do and dreading having to do. Not solely was I working within the grasp lavatory, however I used to be engaged on putting in trim within the residence fitness center. After which, in them midst of all of that, I took a while to perform a little organizing venture within the kitchen.

This Month, 2023

And this month, March 2023, my large triumph was ending our residence fitness center.

So there’s a glimpse at what was occurring this month during the last ten years. It was enjoyable for me to look again and see simply how far this home has come, and to relive just a bit little bit of the journey.

And now I’m performed to at least one room, and four-and-a-half months earlier than we mark our 10-year anniversary on this home. I hope I can get it performed!