Operation: Finishing the Basement

We always dreamed of finishing our basement when we moved into this house almost 2 years ago, but now it has become reality. Since John and his Dad have somewhat flexible schedules as Realtors, they have embarked on the difficult, yet not impossible, project of finishing our roughly 900 square foot basement. The beginning supplies of lumber, wooden doors, and building materials were ordered and delivered in the early part of the week. John spent Monday night and Tuesday getting the basement ready for framing. He tore down the existing wooden shelving, a workbench, a pegboard wall, and then cleaned the floors and cement walls with bleach water. John and his Dad spent a couple hours yesterday and most of today framing. So far, it's coming along great! I will keep you updated on their progress and post pictures of the "before and after's."

Basement stairs

Main area of basement

Notice the darkened area on bottom of pegboard from where

basement has flooded in the past. We're praying that doesn't

happen anymore now that we have a back-up sump pump!

Maybe I'll pound a few screws before this whole project is finished...

but for now it's all about taking care of the kiddos:)

Despite her yucky cold, Kylee is still a happy girl!

What's more fun than chewing on socks and empty tupperware?