And it begins!

Welcome to Ben and Tiffany's house renovation blog. We will be updating this blog as often as we can, hopefully on a bi-weekly basis to keep you informed on our house transformation process. So far, in the course of three days, we've done the following:

1. Ben (and Karl) installed a screw drive garage door opener, with remote entry. It's fantastic.
   
2. Tiff and Karl removed Ivy, weeds, trimmed bushes. . . 4 bag loads done, with at least 10 more to go.
3. Tiff cleaned both the full and half bath, including baseboards TWICE to ensure cleanliness.
   
4. Ben, Tiff, and Karl made a mega trip to Lowe's = 2 hrs. of shopping with three carts. (Round 1 of 2)
   
5. Purchased a used Craftsman self-propelled mower for $50 in Indy. Love Craigslist.
6. Ben mowed the yard with the new mower. Yay!
7. Water heater is to be replaced on Monday by our awesome plumber Mike.
   
8. Ben installed a programmable thermostat
9. Tiff vacuumed all vents in the house and all baseboards/ceiling areas.
   
10. Karl & Tiff took down heavy 8 ft sliding closet doors in all three bedrooms.
11. A fridge was ordered and will arrive on Friday. Carpets will come in two weeks.
    
12. All three of us tackled the wall paper, which was removed in the small bedroom, living room, and half finished in the hall (Karl had removal down to a science).
    
13. Tiff took down all window treatments in two bedrooms and the living room.
14. All paint colors for the house were picked out and purchased. Now we need to paint.
    

SO, we've been busy and we're getting to be sore, but it's a good feeling. We'll be posting before and after pictures of the rooms and the progress as we go, but we wanted to get the blog started so please come back and check it out regularly!

Love,

Ben and Tiff