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Monday, September 8, 2008

SHOCKING what can be done in a week! YES!

Obviously, this week we have been diligently working on the rental - and by diligently I mean this is all I have done besides the basic needs of my children (minus the fall off the counter, that was careless). It has been exhausting and overwhelming at times and satisfying to see our efforts pay off.

Tonight we showed the house for the third time to a very nice family who is interested in renting soon. It was fun to let our kids run around the empty home and have a good time and to feel like it was quite "nice" as of this evening, since every day before I would leave them in the car or have them swim in the pool. They couldn't come in.

It is still not perfect, but it is definitely miraculous how much better the place looks. Now a healthy, happy family can actually live there! So we are happy! Tomorrow the vents will all be cleaned and the maids come, Ty hauls off a few more loads of junk and we are DONE! We will have hit our goal to leave for Seattle Thursday ready to rent the place out!! Awesome. Check out these befores and afters:

The Entry


The Family Room Entertainment Center


The Den

The Master Bathroom


A special shout out goes to Blake and Ali again for coming this weekend and being SO helpful to the cause, and to my great husband who juggles it all without complaint or frustration, or anything ugly. He is amazing. And to my feet who have put up with all this crud for the most part in flip-flops . . . and to my back . . .

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

OH MY GOSH! ThE HOUSe LOOKS AMAZING!!!!!! I AM SO PROUD OF YOU ALL. I'll rent it?

Anonymous said...

well done.. pat yourselves on the back.. if you can still raise yor arms. have a great time in seattle! lvoe mom

J & J said...

hard work plays off, it seems. i can't even tell how much better it looks--way to go team hillstead.

natalie said...

the place looks AMAZING! way to go!! what a BEAST of a project--but it looks a million times better!
thanks for your cute comment on our blog--and yes, we are coming to st. george! REALLY excited to see you guys--can't believe it's already mid-september. this baby will be before we know it!
i love your blog--thx for keeping it so current. i check it ALL the time :)