Monday, March 24, 2014

Brice's Room: The Cleanup

Welcome to Maintenance Monday! Thank you so much to everyone who takes the time to read, comment, and follow our blog. We, truly, appreciate all of you! Today we are sharing Brice's room. As you know, we purchased a foreclosure (it sat empty for a few years) and we have spent most of our time trying to make our new home livable. So, our focus has been on what we and our home need. Many hours and hard work have been spent on cleanup. If you are new to our blog, you may like to read: Our New Home ~ The Downstairs BeforeOur New Home ~ The Upstairs Before and Our New Home ~ The Outside Before. So far, we have: cleaned up the outside, scrubbed the inside, made the bathrooms functional, repaired the front stairway, added what we needed so we could hook up our stove/oven, washer and dryer, new water heater, gutted the kitchen, added a half-wall, had a new furnace, central air, and all new duct work put in, and so many other projects that are way too many to list. With the exception of the furnace, central air and duct work, we did and do all of the work ourselves.


This was Brice's room when we purchased our home.




We pulled up the carpet.



And, under the carpet we found this.




We cleaned up the dirt.



Then, I scrubbed EVERYTHING in Brice's room.

We still need to drywall, paint,
replace the windows,
decide what to do about the floor,
(it's painted wood)
add a rug, and a few other items.
But he is able to use his room.
So, for now, his room is done.


And, here's a sneak peek of the decor for Brice's room.






Currently, we are working on our kitchen.
Hopefully, we can get to the fun stuff
(decorating/landscaping) soon!

Don't forget to follow us on Facebook, Google +TwitterPinterest, and Hometalk!

Thanks for visiting Our Family Inspired Home!

22 comments:

  1. I am just shocked, stunned, blown away!!!!! That dirt was under that rug!? I thought you were doing some cool floor finish technique with dirt, rubbing it on the wood. Wow, that's the most disturbing thing I think I have ever seen! Brave lady and wow, hats off to you for making that livable! Wonderful! I can't wait to see this room done!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you, Laurie! Lol, that would be a cool technique! We are looking forward to having his room done, too!

      Delete
  2. WOW! I always worry about what we would find under the carpet when we finally pulled it up. YUCK! There are so many awesome options with that wood floor! Can't wait to see what you are doing/did in there. ;)

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks, Michele! After cleaning the floor, I was pleased to find, it wasn't too bad! :)

      Delete
  3. We found kind of the same thing when we removed the carpet in our last house. I can't wait to see all the design elements in place Sandy!!

    ReplyDelete
  4. Wow now that's a lot of dirt! I can't wait to see when you're finish with his room.

    ReplyDelete
  5. It is definitely amazing and a little scarey what lies hidden under those carpets. I love the things you have picked so far for his room definitely a boys room. Can't wait to see how it turns out.. Cathy

    ReplyDelete
  6. Oh dear, a lot of work! hope you have really fun with decorating - you have earned it!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Oh my! This really makes me wonder what's under OUR carpet. We have a really dusty house. It's awful. So I can just imagine the gathered dust and dirt beneath the carpet. Yuck.

    It must be fun to completely re-do a room. I bet it's going to turn out great!

    ReplyDelete
  8. I love those windows! I look forward to seeing what yo do with the room!

    ReplyDelete
  9. I would love to have those windows in my house! It always amazes me what people find under carpet! I love that he's involved in the cleaning up. It'll really make it his room.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you, Christina, we love the windows too! He is enjoying his new room.

      Delete
  10. I'll definetly be following your blog. We are in the process of buying a 1970's Ranch style home that has been sitting idle 13 years. Still has the things from the previous owners in it. I forsee some major clean up if all goes as planned.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you, Jeannie! What a challenge you have ahead of you, hope all goes well!

      Delete
  11. so sweet for him to be a part of helping create his haven!!

    ReplyDelete