Makeover Monday...The Shed

 If you know Brian and me well, then you know we love a good project around the house.  If you know Brian, then you know he is really talented when it comes to fixing things...I mean REALLY talented.  While we have been waiting our way through the adoption process, we have been busy working on lots of projects around our house.  In fact, we've been so busy working, that I haven't taken the time to get all of the pictures organized and ready for posting.  So, for the next few Mondays, you can enjoy the transformations with us. 

Since we got married, Brian has wanted a shed in our backyard.  We've held off for a long time because of the cost; but this spring, we finally decided to build our own from scratch.  No shed building kits for us!  My engineering husband drew up the plans in autocad (drafting software) and made a list of everything we would need.

We picked out a spot in the yard where the shed would be tucked away.

Then we built the floor and the walls.

Next we put together the roof in large pieces and attached them to the walls.

So close to having the structure finished...

Then I primed and painted while Brian attached shingles.  It is painted and shingled to look just like our house.

Not long before we started this process, we had dinner with some friends who also have adopted from Ethiopia.  I remember the husband giving us the advice that, while we were still a family of two, we should continue to work on building our marriage.  I thought to myself for weeks about what that meant and what kinds of things we could do to build our marriage.  Then, as we worked side-by-side on building a shed, it hit me that all of these projects are more than just projects.  Over the two weekends that it took to complete, we weren't just building a shed, we were building our marriage as well (because goodness gracious, it takes lots of patience for Brian to teach me how to be a helper as we emabark on each new project together)!  I sure do love this cowboy: