Baby on the Way: Home Needs Remodeling

My fiancé and I recently just bought a home and it needs a bunch of love and care. We are currently 5 months pregnant and living with my mother. We fell on hard times these past couple of years so we are trying to save up a much as possible for the home before our daughter gets here. 

Our move in day is sometime in May and I am due July 08th. She cannot be in the house while remodeling is going on because of the dust and the construction. We wanted to go ahead and get a head start of remodeling everything before I give birth since the house is kind of older. We want an open and bright look since the house now has a darkish orange feel and it’s just something we really don’t like. 

The remodeling isn’t going to take years to do but it will be on the pricey end since we will need to remodel the kitchen, the dining room, the stairs, her nursery, the shower and all bathroom cabinets need to be raised. I would like to start on her nursery so while my fiancé is redoing the downstairs portion we will be able to kind of live in the upstairs portion. 

My fiancé is going to try to do most of the construction himself to save money but we will eventually need to higher professional painters since we have high ceilings in the front. Thank you so much for reading this. Any support is greatly appreciated !