Before and After projects

Life isn't all beautiful sunsets, wine, swimming and delicious food (ok, maybe like 50-50), but we do work a lot while we are here.

The first month was particularly treacherous as Jen and I aimed to get the most of it out of the way, so we could relax, but the endless stream of projects has only been slowed somewhat as we catch up on our to-do lists.

De-rustified tools, new drawers for small stuff and consolidated all paints.

Jen hand washing wool pillow covers. 

Painted ceiling beams, sanded shelves and repainted the pantry.

Times like this is when I am glad I purchased the power saw.

                                         Seaside arches                                      Fresh cement

Aaron finishing up with some painting

                             As we found them...                                     New patching and paint

                                     Sans Clutter                              New shelves and cleaned beach stuff

Fine Sanded and double varnished this lovely table.

 (Shadows from bamboo roof make it hard to tell)

About a 1/4 of our major IKEA shipment,

Resulted in us fixing up some rooms...

Some of our new appliances

My old room that used to be two single beds, can now double as a king with a new mattress.

This only covers about half of the things we have done, not including new lightbulbs everywhere, cleaned cushions, new laundry lines, fixing slatted beds, cleaning the roof excessively, not to mention, lots of gardening. We are quite proud of all we have done so far, but know we have got plenty more to do. For those of you visiting for the first time, we hope we will have it as nice as possible, for those who know the place well, we have made every room quite a bit more comfortable and hope it only entices you to visit more frequently. :)

Happy Birthday Mom! Look forward to seeing you soon!

And forgot to mention we added a guard dog. Isn't she ferocious?