Recent Home Improvements

Even though Billy was fortunate to still work a lot this winter, he got a fair amount of home stuff done. Since we went crazy last year with a whole new kitchen, this year was all about just finishing up the small stuff. 

I embellished the stool Billy made. I just am not crafty and do not have an eye for how to make beautiful things like Summer so this is mostly lame but oh well. 

Billy fixed up the fireplace.

He took off the "telephone poles" that used to be there and replaced them with metal brackets that he welded himself. He also painted the fireplace grill thing. It used to be gold. 

The kitchen got some new metal brackets, the bar got finished up (except the top is still a work in progress), we got a backsplash, some tile behind the stove and a handful of other small things that only we notice. 

I love all of it! I have loved having my half-finshed kitchen and didn't even think anything of the nasty wall where a backsplash should be or otherwise but it is so nice now having a truly complete kitchen. I am so spoiled and so grateful that Billy is so handy and talented. 

Also, he made this  cool coat rack with the antlers from the deer he shot. The only problem is it looks a lot cooler when there are no coats on it haha

And a hangboard since someone is always sleeping in our climbing wall room haha

And I guess this picture is not a home improvement haha but Truman was flipping through the conference Ensign and saw this picture and said, "That is Grandpa Chuck!" hahahaha I laughed so hard. And also was so impressed that he even remembered that such a person exists, even if he didn't quite remember accurately what he looks like haha. 

Ok, that's all! There's another post below about just random stuff which is mostly worth looking at for the picture of Burton on the swing!