Do It Yourself!!!

One of the most frugal things you can do, is to do home projects yourself.

Our family has grown beyond anything we ever dreamed! With 12 grandchildren we no longer had one room that they could all go play in and there were times I would actually trip over someone.

We had already taken out a wall to make the living room larger for holiday gatherings which made our 4 bedroom house to a 3 bedroom. Still room to play was no where to be found. The only empty room was a very small one and it was scheduled to become an office for me later.

We checked out the attic. The only access we had was a small hole in the ceiling of our closet and you had to be a size 0 to fit in it. We cut into the ceiling in the living room and my darling hubby went to work.

Half of the attic is for storage, the other half is for the play room. Because this is a frugal budget it will be a while before it is done. I refuse to blow the budget!!! So painting and a new floor will come as funds are availale. Actually, the flooring is the lamanate wood in the kitchen. When I get the new floor for that, the old goes upstairs. Same as the window! I want a greenhouse window in the kitchen, then the old goes upstairs!

I will have it play ready by Thanksgiving. Just not decorated or finished. But up there, I won't trip over little ones.

The picture of the stairs is what hubby is working on in the living room, with selves and under the stair entertainment center. This also is work in progress, just remember!!!! Baby steps!! Don't blow that budget!!!!! Take your time....

A lot of the wood is recycled from other projects and the 2 landings are actually free unusable counter tops my son got free from his job for us!

The railing is temporary, the one i have in mind is beautiful!!! With stained woood and iron spindles.

Use your 3 R's folks!!!! Reduce, reuse and recycle!!!!!!