Last week was devoted entirely to Haven for me and I have been completely exhausted after a week of running like crazy, but my daddy was hard at work at the house, getting a couple more things accomplished. I’ll do a recap on Haven on Tuesday and it was SO fabulous, I hardly have words to express it all. I’m still on a Haven high! I did get some great sleep last night, so I’m feeling like a human being again.
But, back to the house. So many wonderful girls from Haven asked me about the house and told me how excited they are for me and this house.  They asked me if I was bringing my mom and dad to Haven, but I didn’t get them there. Everyone wanted to meet them, but they would have been so out of their element!
Here’s the little back door that goes outside from my laundry room/storage area downstairs. My daddy is one who loves to put a roof over a doorway like this. He likes to protect doors from the elements and they definitely do last longer when protected from the weather. So, with my Lowes Creative Ideas blogging opportunity for June, we are going to add a cover over this door.
He went and bought lumber to get started and this was the very beginning that I snapped pics of at dusk one afternoon. That daddy of mine is so good at all of this and I’m grateful to have him.
He framed in the top and sloped a short roof. We’ll eventually put a metal roof on top.
And here it is all framed in and almost finished. The metal roof will go on top of this and it will all get painted out white.  Note:  we ended up using shingles and not a metal roof, which worked out great too.
Isn’t it cute?
Close up of the brackets. We’ll add a bit more trim and then it will be done.
My daddy is so smart!
I love it, it’s so cute and will look so great when painted. Now hopefully this door will not get water damage. We had noticed that a bit of water comes in by this door when it rains, so it will be interesting to see if this stops it. Hope so!
I never showed you the finished master bedroom paint, so here is Moderate White (SW) again. I’m keeping my bedroom light and airy too and will probably keep my blue and white and add some green splashes in here. Lots of greens and blues in this house this time around. Love those 2 colors together.
Another thing my dad got done was tearing out the old vanity sink cabinet from in here. This will be a great space for my antique vanity.
Can’t wait to use it!
And here’s the extra bedroom with Moderate White.
I’m loving the house so far, it is so much fun to see it come alive. I know you all are so excited for me. And a big shout out to Lowes for providing a giftcard for this project. That has been such a help to me to get this house finished.
I would like to make a stone walk way on the side of my house.
Your house is coming along beautifully, Rhoda!
I can’t wait to read your Haven recap!
My next outdoor project will be to landscape the 50 square feet of land between my back porch and the fence to the side of my property line – it tends to flood when we get a decent rainfall, so I want to remove the grass which barely grows there, and replace it with some kind of landscaping which will absorb the rain when we get a heavy rainfall.
I am hoping to begin turning my living room into a home office and sitting area and $100 from Lowe’s. I am watching ThriftyDecorChick for what Sarah is doing to her dining room. I love your house, and am so anxious to see what you do with it.
Thank you for all that you do
Maggie Fieger
I’d either work on my side flower bed (it needs some TLC!) or I’d start a patio!
I would live some more plants for the front yard or maybe one of those indoor/outdoor rugs for the screened porch.
Our deck needs to be repainted and I would use it toward paint.
We need to replace a window in our dining room. The giftcard would be very helpful!
Rhoda, I am so excited for you to see everything coming together so nicely in your new home. You are making great progress. Your Mom and Dad are wonderful! Your Daddy’s skills are amazing! I know they are enjoying helping you create your new home.
If I had a Lowe’s gift card, I would spend it on accessories for my garden, and maybe some nice solar lights. I’d love to win! Thanks for the opportunity. ♥
What a great giveaway!!! I absolutely love all the personal touches you are putting into your house, and your dad is so fantastic….what a sweet guy to help you make this house your home!!!
I would love to work on our deck…it needs a major overhaul (read….complete tear out and start over)…I realize that it will be a big undertaking (and a big expense), but I’m ready to tackle it (with the help of my handy husband that is).
I’m thinking I would put this toward the purchase of a bistro set for our new “mini deck” or a new over-range microwave, since mine went out last week. Thanks for hosting! Love your blog.
I would definitely use it to fix some drainage issues I am having with my back porch. Then I would add some landscaping to that area.
I’m looking to get an old fashion picnic table & umbrella for my back yard. Nothing fancy but I will be painting it.
We would love to fix up the deck at the back, and put a patio in a grassy area just below the deck! It would nicely house the lawn furniture and make it easier to cut the grass without having to move all the furniture!
Oh my….so many thoughts & ideas….
Some new perennials for our newer yard. Work on the back deck/patio. Home like touches to the front porch.
So many places to work on. That is what is fun. There is always something to work on.
I would use a Lowes GC to refurbish our poor old deck!
Let’s see…I’d get a water feature kit and make my own little fountain outside our bedroom along with a nice, comfy cushion to go on the chase lounge out next to the future water feature! Sounds good to me! I’m still on a Haven High as well! Loving it!
I would use it to build a fire pit in our background for hours of summer fun and memories with the family sitting around the fire together!
We have a storage building in our backyard that my husband made into a cute playhouse for our kids – like 30 years ago. It has deteriorated badly and a Lowe’s gift card would be very helpful in restoring it now for our grandkids!
Love seeing your house come to life! And how amazing are your parents! You are so blessed to have them!
Rhoda, we would use that giftcard to get the pvc pipe and fitting for sprinklers for our backyard, badly needed in the desert here, and not in our budget!
Barb
I would love to do some spucing up arounf the outside of my home….but the kids bath really need a new vanity….