In February of this year, we were surprised to receive a letter from the City mayor. It made us feel really good! We have done home improvements on our former house but we didn't have this type of recognition so it was a sweet surprise. Then again, the mayor that time was a different person. But anyway, the letter states:
I am writing this letter just to let you know your efforts with maintaining the appearance of your home there on Donnell Street have caught my eye and I want to thank you for caring about your property as you have. We all know that pleasant and appealing surrounding influence us in a positive way and promote pride in our community.
It is such a pleasure to see a responsible property owner invest their time and resources for the upkeep of their home and betterment of their neighborhood and city. Thank you for being a role model for us all and for helping to make Weirton a great place to live."
Time flies, I can't believe we bought this house a year ago already. It is almost a year since we moved in and we have done a lot of DIY home improvement like refinishing the hardwood floors, doing some landscaping, putting new mailbox in, painting all the walls, upgrading the powder room, and installing new windows.
We also built some storage area down the basement and at the garage so we could organized all our seasonal stuff and tools. Here are my crew at work. We have a two car garage but there is no storage there so it's hard to organize the tools and things that we normally use outdoors and for the vehicle so we bought some materials and started working on it during the winter.It was not pleasant to work there at the detached garage during the winter because there is no heater there. The portable heater that we were using was not enough to warm us up but we did it anyway. We have completed putting shelves on the other side and still plans to build shelving on the other side to organize the big tools that we use in the garden.
Our daughter love helping with this kind of project. I think she has that natural knack for building things, just like her Aunt Crystal. You can't keep her out from doing projects like this which is the contrary to our son. He does not have the patience to measure things and figuring out the way to do stuff, he got that from me. I mean, I love helping but I don't like measuring and doing all that exact measurement s.tuff.
My daughter is like my husband, it has to be done right or not do it at all.
She might be very little for her age but she can do things that other kids her age hasn't done yet.
She's a great helper for her Dad when it comes to measuring as it prevents my husband from bending over or going to his knees.
Below is the newly organized garage, now I know where to look for the things we need.
I love doing projects like with my husband. I am the calming factor whenever he is getting frustrated. Below are the shelving we built at the basement.
We have a big basement so it is really an advantage. I hate looking at boxes laying around the floor so I am glad that we have this storage area where I can organize things.
Our next project will be the fence. We already purchased all the materials but we are still waiting for ,my husband to get done with school so we could work on it. Right now, he is doing all the final requirements and projects which is stressing him out. I can't wait till he gets done with his master's. He still have one more semester left then he can graduate.
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We put up a new two car garage with a work area. Built all the storage areas ourselves. We built storage shelves for all my canned good and canning supplies. Nice to be so organized and can find something when I need it.
What a great feeling!! It is awesome that the mayor took time out of his day to send you a letter! Congrats!
I think it's so much fun that the mayor sent out a letter to you! Looks like you're all doing a fantastic job!
I'm sure you had a great feeling t received a letter from Mayor! Such a brilliant ideas how to do DIY home improvement.
Good job!! First what a cool Mayor to send a letter like that! It does feel good to have someone notice especially someone of important like that. Second, the shelving looks great! My husband is doing the same thing for our small two car garage (we can't fit our van in it anyway). But first, he is building a shed out back of our house. I plan to write about that on my blog too.
It looks great you all did a fantastic job! Love how you got the kids involved!
I really love home improvement projects. I especially love involving the kids and letting them help.
It is great to get feedback about the improvements you are making to your home from the mayor. It is also great that you encourage your daughter to be so hands-on with many of the projects. I think it is good for girls to know how to use tools and create or fix things around a home.
That's so awesome that you're working on the project together. Looks like things are coming along!
That is an awesome achievement. I wish that I had a green thumb. When we first bought our home, I planted flowers but once I got sick I stopped doing it.
How cool that the mayor sent you a letter like that. Good job! I love that the whole family was involved in this project
I wish I were more of DIY kind of guy. It's so awesome that your daughter can and loves to help you out with these kinds of projects. It's such a great family bonding experience.
It's always fun to do home improvement projects with the whole family. Congrats on the letter. It's very important that we always keep our home neat and beautiful.
How exciting to receive a letter from the Mayor. You must live in a great community! I love all of your home improvements. Especially the bike rack. We need to hang ours up too.
What a fun letter to get! My hubby pride himself in making sure our yard and front yard is always taken cared of.
Oh my goodness, I am jealous of that organization. Awesome to get a letter from the mayor, that is such a cool accomplishment.
Wow.. that's an amazing project! Looks like your daughter had an amazing time! Congrats on the letter!
Great Job! We really need some of these things done around our house. Congratulations on the letter from the mayor!
I'd love to do some DIY projects in my future home. It sounds like fun.
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