We're building a Ryan Home:Rome

Geez, I can't believe it's been almost 4 years in our home and 3 years since I've last posted. Life sure has gotten away from me. As I am home sick today, supposedly working from home :) I found my self discussing the process of home building in a FB group which led me to find the link share all of our wonderful blogs about our experiences. In wanting to share, I found myself reading my blog and I couldn't help but smile as I read that very first entry. Reading my words sparked those memories from just a few short years ago and I could feel the excitement and nervousness I felt back then. I can truly say, these last few years have been an awesome experience with both highs and lows (both my husband and I lost our grandfather's in the same weekend just a day apart) :( We sure have had some growing pains as a couple but I'm happy to say we celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary with a huge bbq that was pretty dang awesome!

Regarding our home, we have done a ton of things from, painting & decorating, redecorating (lol)extending our patio (it's huge now) to crown molding....if you ever want to test your marriage, install crown molding together. If you can make it through that, you can make it through anything. LOL (but so serious)! There are some things I would do over and some things I wouldn't for example, I regret upgrading the fireplace, love the way it looks but never use it (my gas bill does not love it). As well as things I wish I had done like, darker cabinets like my cabinets but should have gone darker. However, there is nothing too awful that we did or didn't do that doesn't cause me to look around in awe (even 4 years later) like wow, this is really my home...I so love my home.

Btw, the Hubby has put me on a 3 projects a year max. I have to think long and hard about my projects this year cause it's a test of our marriage each time I walk into Home Depot or Lowes...he is not very fond of my projects that become his projects on our "brand new home" as he calls it. LMBO!!!

Oh well, I just wanted to drop a few thought as I didn't feel it was right not to post while here. I'm off to go and try to actually do some work now.

Until next time....

Here are a few updated pics of our home.

Crown molding in formal living room and dining room.