Busy Bees

We're settling down with the remodeling now that fall is setting in. We've been really busy over the past 18 months or so. Now it's time to just enjoy what we've done. We started simple with wanting/needing to have our trim repainted. We choose a chocolatey purply color called Carib Chip. I love it. But from painting things snowballed. We ended up replacing all our windows because they were in such bad shape it made no sense to paint their trim as-is. We qualified for a commercial rate - nice (23 windows -and that's just the ones we replaced).
Next came all new floors (bamboo). That was just for us though, but I think it will add to resale value too. I love them and they've made me love the house. The old floors were horribly cracked and grooved; they'd collect fur and cat litter bits from kitty paws - obviously making the house look and feel dirty all the time. After that we thought we were done with big stuff. Concentrating on small, more weekend warrior type jobs, we replaced the front porch flooring, painted a couple rooms, installed new lighting in 90% of our rooms, upgraded our electric box and had a stair runner installed.
Then this summer we decided to dive in to the bathroom remodel - another big job. Part way through planning & getting quotes, we added on the laundry room remodel (and shoe-horning in a 1/2 bath) so we'd have some plumbing to use while the upstairs was out of commission. I'm really glad we went that route. Those tasks are done too - finally.
Now we have a new washer & dryer in the new laundry room/half-bath. Our upstairs bath is also completly redone - gone is the 4ft clawfoot tub and separate stall shower. Instead we have a fullsize tub with a tile surround. We considered one of those shower inserts that is pretty standard but in the end went with custom tile. We have two long but thin windows in our shower, and I would have hated to lose them. Now they are tiled and double as shelves for all my shampoos. Don't worry, they're just below the ceiling of our 2nd story so it's nothing exhibitionist or anything. Only the squirrels in our black walnut tree can catch a glimpse of anything.
It's a relief to have it all done. Not that I did much, what we didn't hire out D did. At best my role was project management. All we have left for the fall is to install gutters on our sunroom. Then this winter's list is de-cluttering and setting up the nursery. Come spring I think we'll be even more glad we tackled all of this when we did. We'll be a bit overwhelmed & preoccupied with a whole new person.