Great bones! Jessa Seewald (née Duggar) and Ben Seewald gave supporters a sneak peek at their new fixer upper dwelling and the family members has currently created so significantly progress.
On Tuesday, January 11, the Counting On alum, 29, shared a video on YouTube documenting her and Ben’s initially steps in renovating their new 3-bed room household, promising their followers to maintain them up to date all over their journey.
The video, dated June 2021, reveals Jessa still expecting with baby No. 4 as she does a wander-through tour of the dwelling although describing the options for demolishing and rebuilding the present construction.
“The constructions fantastic and it’s got superior bones,” Jessa stated in the video. “We are dumping a respectable sum of our cost savings into this. but we really feel it will accommodate our wants for years to appear, so for that it’s really worth it.”
Ben, 26, and Jessa share two sons, Spurgeon, 6, and Henry, 4, and two daughters, Ivy Jane, 2, and 5-month-outdated Fern Seewald, the latter of whom they welcomed in July 2021.
Earlier, the spouse and children lived in a dwelling not considerably from Jim Bob Duggar and Michelle Duggar’s dwelling in Arkansas. The assets, which the few moved into in 2014, was reworked by some of her siblings though they ended up away on honeymoon. On the other hand, the pair knew that ultimately, they would have to transfer into a much larger abode.
But it seems the relatives has its function slice out for them. Fortunately, Jessa’s brother Jason Duggar has been on hand to assist.
“[The bedrooms] really don’t truly will need a ton of work. We’re likely to acquire down [the ceiling tile] and sheet rock that and do some recessed lights,” Jessa said in the movie, incorporating that just about every bed room has its own “pretty excellent sized” closet.
The pair also strategies to totally gut the current lavatory, add additional lights all through the residence and hold the unique hardwood flooring.
Possibly the major endeavor the crew is having on arrived in the sort of closing in the garage to build a customized-built master bedroom.
“Once we get this all closed in, it will be about 2,000 square feet, which will be just about double what we have now and this will be a huge blessing,” Jessa said. “Lots of good dwelling house for our loved ones.”
As constantly, there ended up snags when it arrived time to execute the renovations — specifically, in conditions of insulation. Immediately after tearing down the sheetrock to open up the dwelling, the household understood that there was no insulation underneath. Even though this is not unusual for a dwelling designed before the 1960s, it does mean that the remaining sheetrock, which they prepared to retain, had to be taken down in purchase to install insulation to avert drafts.
Hold scrolling to see a tour of Jessa and Ben’s new household.
