Thursday, December 29, 2005

The last room...

Alrighty.. the end of the house tour is near. We have one room left!

Story... After we got engaged, Darin intended for our honeymoon to be a surprise to me. Well, we got a deal from a guy that I work with so I had to be involved in our trip to Acapulco. Darin still wanted to surprise me somehow. At the time, there was only one more room left to remodel at our house... the master bedroom! Oh how conveinent! From December of last year to May 28 2005(our wedding day) I was banned from seeing our bedroom. You may wonder how I gave up rights to what my bedroom looked like??? Oh.. I didn't. He let me pick everything out & he and his recruitees did all the work. Yep.. I am a spoiled bratt. I didn't lift a finger and got a beautiful bedroom surprise! =)

So, here's the before picture:

The last people converted this room from a garage. It has the one small window, had a great hole in the wall, & didn't have a closet. So.. my wedding night I walked into this...

I love it. Yep, I stood there and cried. He had put up the bright white car siding, painted the walls my pretty red color, laid the carpet himself and added 2 closets and a bathroom.

Here's the wall with the closets that leads into the bathroom:


And here's my bathroom.. he built EVERYTHING!! (Please ignore me in the pic)

He remembered that I wanted the countertop higher, put in 2 sinks, tiled the floor, made those cabinets with the super cool wainscoting in the middle and put the silver pulls on even though they weren't his faves. It was the best surprise I have ever recieved in my entire life. I love this man.. not because of what he does for me, but his eagerness to please me and love me in all sorts of different ways. He is such a gift!!!

And.. here's our next project!


Oh guys, look at that gross roof, those dated windows, doors and siding.. YUCK! It's screaming for our love. This is our next house that we are in the process of buying. We can't wait! SO much potential!!!

Babysat my ADORABLE nephew last night. Geez, I love that little boy. I think he's starting to realize that I am crazy aunt Darcy that will do anything for him to laugh at me. Seriously, I look RIDICULOUS trying to make him laugh. We had him SO wound up last night. I can't wait until he gets to drink pop. He can have unlimited pop at my house. Gabby, Mara.. this pic is for you: Doesn't he look like a little amish baby?

This weekend we are going to Tennessee to visit my sister and her hubby. We leave today at 11am and I am so excited. I LOVE TN! She's surrounded by mountains, has great restaurants and shopping and everyone is SO nice! Seriously, us northern people are snobs compared to southerners. So again, I will not be bloggin' until next Tuesday. Man.. this addiction is bad!!!

9 comments:

gabbyfek said...

BWAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
love the IU hat!
oh yes i do....
and your house.
so incredibly amazing...
so beautiful...
and have a wonderful and safe trip, my dear!!
xox,
g

Elizabeth said...

okay, so I have to say we are way too much alike! from your last post, I too have towels (in both bathrooms) just for pretty..(my DH does NOT get it either! )
And your MB, how cozy !! I noticed the two closets.. one is much bigger. no doubt yours??
oh, and in your bath.. Yep, I have the same soap thingy and the yummy soap from BnBW's! So we think alike, but my hubby would never...build me sompin like whatchu got!! you are lucky..better keep a tight squeeze on that one!
so onto a new project?... can only imagine what "love" you could pour into it!
have a safe trip.. i love TN too(that song's a singin in my head!!)

RACHEL =) said...

LOOOOVE YOUR HOUSE, GIRL! WOW, DARIN IS SUCH A ROMANTIC!!! AND SO SWEET!!!!! GORGEOUS COLORS!

YOUR NEPHEW IS A LITTLE CUTIE PIE, I'M THE SAME WAY W/MINE, DOING ANYTHING CRAZY TO GET HIM TO LAUGH... AINT IT THE GREATEST?!

HAVE FUN IN TN, I'VE BEEN THERE, LONG AGO, AND REMEMBER STILL HOW BEAUTIFUL IT IS AND HOW NICE THE PEOPLE ARE!!! BE SAFE!!!!!

P.S. I FINALLY UPLOADED MY HOUSE PICS ON MY BLOG... SORRY FOR THE WAIT! =)

RACHEL =) said...

OH, AND WAIT TIL YOU SEE *MY* SCRAPROOM, BLEK!! I SOOOOO NEED TO GET ORGANIZED IN THERE!! YOU LUCKY, SPOILED LITTLE THING!! I'M GONNA CONTRACT DARIN TO COME TO MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! =)

Kat said...

what a beautiful bedroom! i can't believe he made it all, thats such a sweeet surprise! and i love the red, my bedroom has that color too!
cute cute cute baby! isn't it crazy the things we do to make babies laugh?
have fun in tn!!!

Mara said...

The hat - ahh, the hat.
Perfect!!
Love the house, Darcy.
So so perfect.
Enjoy your trip.
Be safe.

Anonymous said...

wow!
i love that you guys redo houses!!!!
how cool is that!?!?!

e said...

darcy....ahhh, can i say again that your house is AMAZING?!?!
well, it is.....what a talented man you have. WOW.
AND...what a cutie pie nephew you have....you ARE a cool aunt...unlimited pop eh?
my boys might want to adopt you! HA! xe
happy new year!!!!!!!

Jessica O'Brien said...

Wow, your hubby is amazing! The room is gorgeous- I love the red!