B of M

Dad and I just finished reading the Book of Mormon and now started reading it again. I've talked dad into a 7:00 am wakeup call for reading and praying every morning. He has been a real trooper. This morning we read the 5th chapter of 1 Nephi. We were struck by the importance of getting the plates of brass from Laban, even having the Lord instruct Nephi to kill for them. This is important for all of us to remember, that these scriptures were the only way that Lehi could preserve a testimony of the truth within himself and his children for generations to come. A testimony encourages obedience to the commandments and a desire to KNOW the Lord.
"And we had obtained the records which the Lord had commanded us, and searched them and found that they were desirable; yea, even of great worth unto us, insomuch that we could preserve the commandments of the Lord unto our CHILDREN.
Wherefore, it was wisdom in the lord that we should carry them with us, as we journeyed in the wilderness towards the land of promise."
This world is the wilderness for us in our day. The land of promise is a real, honest relationship with the Lord!
Please seek the Lord personally and as a family through scripture study.

Videos of the beachouse before the remodel

To see everything I have posted, you will have to go to older posts. I gave you a pretty comprehensive idea of what we will do and what's there.

Front of house

This is the high ceilinged roof and front door.
Two guest bedroom windows and front door. That T 1-11 is dry rotted and termite infested.

This is the front gate to the house. It is leaning and ready to come down.

As you walk through the gate, to the right is the trellis covering the sun from the sewing room. This is leaning and falling down.

The widows in the house had a film on them which now looks like the diseased skin of a turtle.

Looking out from the front gate at the garage to the right. The garage is broken and won't open. It is also termite infested.

Trellis that is coming down.

Entry and living room.

This is looking from the living room through the foyer to the front door.
This is the fireplace which we will drywall and put cabinets on either side of it. We will probably put the T.V. over the fireplace.

The ceiling is probably 25-30 ft. high. We will bring it down to 12 feet and put some faux beams up. The slider will be changed to two 6 ft. french doors.

This is the view from the frint door. We are removing the old laminate.

Entry and sewing/study.

This is a small room just to the right as you come through the door. It has small double doors that open into it. We will use it as a study/sewing room. We will put french doors here.
The mirrors are coming down. The trash bags hold the grassweave wallpaper.

Doors into room.

Just behind this room to the right is the dining/kitchen. This entire wall will come out to make it a great room. To the left of the picture is the living room.

In the front foyer looking into the living room. To the left is the hall closet. When we add a staircase here, I will make this space into a curio cabinet to display holiday decor.

kitchen/dining

This wall here looks like it's two colors because the wallpaper isn't all removed. We decided to knock this wall out to the living room and make it all one big great room. We are taking out those pantry cupboards too. The whole wall will be gone. This counter will be gone and the door as well. The window will be moved to the left.

AAll this cabinetry is moldy and dry rotting. It will all come out and replaced with new.

This entire wall is moldy and dry rotted as well as a portion of he ceiling. It will have to be replaced. The window will be removed and wall in it's place.

The mirror will be removed. You can see the mold all over the wall better in this picture.
All these walls were wallpapered in 30 year old wallpaper.

hallway and master

This is the hallway from the front foyer to the back bedrooms. At the end of this hallway and to the right is the master and to the left is the hallway to the guest bedrooms.
Master closet. Up a ladder in this closet is the attic which is really great spcace we will utalize. About 12X17 ft.

Master bath. Ryan tore everything out Weds.

Master bedroom. Mirrors on the wall will come off. Nice size room.

Small little double doors into the master.