The Ioka House

We worked our poor little finger bones almost all the way off this past weekend! By the time Saturday evening rolled around, I could barely make a fist with my right hand as it was sooooooo sore and swollen from holding a paint roller! We had lots of sore muscles in other places as well from crawling around on the floors and climbing up and down on ladders. We took lots of Aleve and Ibuprofen to get us through the nights!! We did however, get LOTS done on the house. All the rooms now have paint on the walls. We got all the painting done except the pantry, the bedroom closets, and the floor boards throughout the house. Sounds like a lot but really the bulk of it is done!!! (By the way, the house DIDN"T have floor boards when we started!) It looks pretty good. I wasn't sure on the color choices but after getting a room or two done, I've decided I really like it. The front and back doors need a color too but haven't decided as yet which color to put on them. The little house is proving to be not so bad! Still need kitchen countertops and flooring in the living room and the two bedrooms yet. At least it feels like we are on the downslide. The living room will have hardwood flooring (which we already bought and took out to the house) and the bedrooms will have carpet. I've started watching the sales for the carpeting. It should end up all looking halfway decent when we're done with her!! The neighbors keep thanking us for cleaning the place up and hauling so much junk off. Guess that gives us an upper edge with them when we finally move out there!! We'll remind ourselves of their gratitide when we're wondering if it was worth all the muscle aches!!