We called in the professionals

This weekend my parents came up to help with more of our projects so we can get some things moved in before Christmas. We focused on the baseboards, trim, cleaning, painting the kitchen, cleaning out the wood stove, fixing the chimney for the wood stove, and then some odds & ends. It was a LOT of work - but we got TONS done! We were so grateful for all the help!!! I am adding captions to some of these photos so you will know what's going on in them :).

First job is to get all of the wood off the porch...through the window.

Next we get all the wood off the porch and on to the trailer.

Keil's creating us a secret doorway through the plastic that is covering the Knotty Pine (so I don't get paint on it) :)

Dad starting the sanding.

Pete supervising

Staining the boards

Sealing the boards with Polyurethane.

Photo op :)

Finished baseboard and trim drying on the porch for the night.

Keil and dad got some of the baseboards up before they had to leave to go home.

Here is Keil working in to the evening to get more up.

Keil found this on holding the wood stove chimney together on the roof. I am pretty sure FOIL is not the recommended fix. OMG!

Keil can now add "Chimney Sweep" to his resume!

After removing the FOIL, he fixed the chimney properly and safely for this winter. There are some things that will need to be replaced next spring, but at least it is safe to use now.

Keil working on getting the wood stove cleaned out.

Mom working on cleaning the grime out of the shower, and the kitchen. WOW! You should see the difference!

Kitchen Primer paint DONE!!!

Totally loving our kitchen chimney brick!!!

I was sad I wasn't in any of the pics, so my mom took a couple pics of me painting the new color in the kitchen.