Finished House

So here you go...

front of house, before 'spray grass'

foyer hall

stairs from foyer

front door

living room

living room

living room

kitchen

pantry and fridge

sink

oven, microwave

peninsula

'catch-all' off of kitchen

dining room armoire

dining room

to garage

1/2 bath

loft

loft

upstairs hallway

upstairs main bath

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SEE PARENTS VISIT TO HOUSE

I don't even like posting pics that have furniture in them because they look so pathetic. Our apartment sized furniture is not working in this house. But it's going to be a long while before we can replace it. Although...I do have a plan. I just posted up the pictures of our living room on 'rate my space' (love that show on hgtv). Now I just need all of you to go to the site, and rate my space a ONE! (no, seriously). That way I can be rated low enough to be picked for the show, and trust me, I could sure use that makeover! Our living room is struggling! VISIT RATE MY SPACE. I'll be keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully I will be a little luckier with this than I am with the lotto. I mean, I play and play, yet I never win. How much more effort can I possibly put in? Geeze.

Anyways, an update: Alexis and I have been sooo busy lately, it's overwhelming. He is taking accelerated classes online, I have been enrolled in classes for the last two years that are about to expire, so I have been trying to get on the ball with that; we both are working full-time (plus), and now we have the house to take care of, and the new lawn is super time consuming. Hopefully things will get a little better when these classes end. We are fairly settled into the house, if you don't count the fact that we are seriously lacking furniture. There are a few things we haven't unpacked because of it. We also have nothing on the walls yet. It's frustrating because we know what we want to do in each room, but don't have the money to spend on it. I think the first order of business will be blinds. I don't know if it is more awkward for us for the neighbors that they can see everything we do.

Anyways, I spent the first part of the morning on homework, so I am going to spend the rest of the day cleaning and lounging. I only wish that weekends lasted longer. (sigh).

Progress

working on carpet

living room

kitchen cabinet, waiting on glass

kitchen

with microwave and sink

dogs

More Stuff

boobie light

foyer

nook

upstairs - second bath

master bath

kitchen

hall off of kitchen

kitchen

still no closing date yet! errr!

May Update

I'm baaack...

driveway

fireplace

drywall, mudded and sanded

paint - bedroom

kitchen

fireplace

loft

up the stairs

on our way to Club Soda

Teddy

Bella

Today on my lunch break Alexis and I bought a fridge. Best Buy really is...the best. We kept going to Sears to look at refrigerators because they were having a sale and the rest of our appliances are kenmore. But after three trips and three different 'helpers' (salespeople on commission) we were in the midst of checking out on a fridge we had settled on when we said...nevermind. The next day went back to Best Buy and found something immediately. And no pressure salespeople on commission, yaaay!

Hopefully there will be some more noticeable progress in the house over the next few weeks so there will be something post-worthy. Cabinets don't go in til the 14th :(

Later!

60 day countdown

paint on the house

brick - much darker than I remember!

back and side

upper foyer into loft - drywall

stairs to loft

dining and kitchen

living room

living room

construction checklist! (you can click on the image to make it bigger)

more than halfway done

When the drywall went up, it meant we are at the 60 day mark...but I am thinking it will be even sooner than that! Things have been moving very quickly.

This week I have something new to focus on...cleaning my apartment (yuck). As much as I would like to just give up on this place, knowing I'll be leaving soon, with mom and grandmommy visiting next weekend (yay!) I really need to make things look presentable -- probably for the last time!

Under lock and key

Some more progress this week...

more siding

finished siding on the front (primed, not painted), and windows installed.

garage doors

fireplace
back of house

The house is now locked up, so only WE can go inside! (We met some neighbors earlier this week -- inside our house!) They told us good things about the neighborhood. They said that the people down the street from us are selling their house so they can downsize (their kids are moving away) - but that they are building again in the same neighborhood! Definitely a good sign.


Other things going on...

Went to a hockey game in my company's box seats.

Our version of a living room 'fort'