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The Winner is: #52 Jill D! Congrats!
Hi, my friends!
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.
Here’s some exciting news too! Lowes is giving away a $100 giftcard for ONE of my readers. Leave a comment telling me what outdoor project you would work on if you win.
Have a great week!
Replace the wooden posts holding up my patio roof, the termites ate them all winter.
We just ripped all the bushes out in front of our house so I need to replace them!!!
I love Lowes and I love your blog. I am enjoying reading about your house projects.
I would love to put a door roof over our front door! That is such a great idea! We also need to re-do the back deck because it is rotting.
My daughter turns 11 months tomorrow, and I’m super excited to get a window box full of flowers up outside her bedroom window! 🙂
My yard is a never-ending source of projects, so if I’m a lucky duck, the gift card would be used for something fabulous for the yard!
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Love the cover your daddy built over your door. I would love to win the giveaway and get MY daddy to build one for me 🙂
It would definitely go toward some MUCH needed patio furniture. Living in northern CA means beautiful weather more often than not and I really want to take advantage of that while we’re living here!
Hello Rhoda! I recently found your blog on Pinterest. It’s been wonderful catching up with everything going on in your life. It’s been a long time since the days at GI! Congratulations to you on your new home and on Haven. The reviews are so wonderful and positive, you’ve truly outdone yourself with this project.
I recently purchased a new home too and am doing extensive renovations to the outside of it this year. In all my planning for all the big things I’ll need, I completely forgot to budget for the pretty things to add the finishing touches. If I should be lucky enough to win the gift card I would use it for porch accessories and window boxes. Thanks for the chance! And keep up all the great work!!
Rhoda
Your dad is amazing. I guess that is why you are like you are! You did an amazing job with Haven! Thank you for all your hard work. So glad I met you at the HGTV shoot or I would have not known about this awesome opportunity. The goodies were amazing too. I can’t wait to use my Ryobi saw!! Get some rest! Thanks again!
Deneen
Where would I start if I won a Lowes gift card? Who knows because EVERYTHING outside needs work! But, probably start off with some planting. My yard is NAKED!!!
I’ve enjoyed following your house renovation. Thanks for sharing and for the opportunity to win. My outdoor project would be to stain our deck and replace the staircase!
I’ve been working on replacing 60 year old shrubs — $100 would go towards plants/bushes/trees!
I really would like to continue making our back deck like an extra room of the house, so some more furnishings would be great. And we need a grill ASAP! 🙂
Your house is looking great! I need a new grill for the back porch…my old one couldn’t make it through one more summer!
Loving seeing your house come together! Look forward everyday to the progress you’ve made! I would use my gift card for getting new outdoor cushions and accessories, or maybe an outdoor ottoman!!
We have an old, crumbling, falling down retaining wall the desperately needs to be rebuilt!
I love reading your blog and can’t wait to see the new house all remodeled! My outdoor project would be to decorate our covered patio. I visit lowes pretty much every week to look at their outside furniture, and get ideas for our patio. I’d also like to stain our concrete patio floor and add a fountain in our backyard.
ooh…the thought of a “bonus” $100.00 to spend at Lowes? I think I would get the materials to build a raised bed cutting garden for next year. I love flowers in the house and have been dreaming of a cutting garden to provide them! Thanks for offering such a great giveaway!
Your dad did a a fabulous job. He is a great dad to have I am sure. I really enjoy reading your posts. Thanks for sharing.