Busy!

Wow things are busy!! There's lots of things going at the house and WOW is work busy too!!!!! That's probably a good thing because it's making the time fly by but it's making it a little harder to keep up with what needs to go on at the house...but things are going pretty smooth.

Lots has happened in a week - the driveway and most of the cabinets are in. The trim guys are there working away and the electrician and HVAC guys are doing a little bit at a time so that we won't be waiting on them at the end. We passed the 30 day temporary release inspection yesterday so most likely today we'll have real power in the house so that when i flip a switch a light actually comes on and the heat will be on. The heat will have to be turned on to regulate the temperature in the house so the wood flooring can be delivered and have the opportunity to expand/shrink whatever it does. The install of that should start on the 31st.

The cabinets and tile will be complete by the weekend, possibly the trim as well but they might have to come back and finish up a few things later. The wood flooring next week, the painters and plumbers the following week then the carpet.

The MOST IMPORTANT thing recently added was the basketball goal - we had a "friendly" family game on Easter which was awesome!!!! :) :) :) :)

Enjoy the pictures!

The new driveway and concrete pad.

The tile in the foyer I love how this turned out.

Kitchen cabinets and island.

Laundry room cabinets and floor.

Kitchen cabinets

Closets in Anna's room.

Powder room (1/2 bath) downstairs.

"Dana's Court" (yes it says that in the concrete) where my rules go! :)

And last but not least the new homemade cornhole boards that even Nana can play! :)

What a difference a day makes!!!

Ok, so technically its been like 3 days, but that doesnt work so well in the title! In a few short days we have an asphalt driveway and a concrete pad (which has been deemed "Dana's Court"already). I have a feeling there will be lots of lost "horse" games on that concrete pad for me! LOL!

The sidewalk has been poured, as well as the pads that hold the hvac equipment. The tile guys are working hard and the permastone has been laid in the laundry room, pantry and upstairs bathroom.

The closet people come today, and the cabinets will start this weekend. So next Monday we should be able to add some cool pictures!

Sidewalk

Workin hard on that basketball court!

The finished product

Upstairs bathroom

Laundry room & Pantry

My "current" Favorite Picture!!!

The Week in Pictures!

Just a quick update on the progress. The tile guys worked over the weekend and so far its looking amazing!!! Dana did a really great job picking it out! We had already decided if it looked bad we were going to blame it on the them!! Also, all of the return grills and ceiling vents are in, as well as most of the electric recepticals and the smoke detectors.

Work on the outside is busy as well. They marked off for the side walk as well as the concrete pad and driveway, and built the HVAC stands and boxes.

Anyway...I'll just let you take a look at the pictures!

The front side walk

The front foyer tile

The Master Bath

Smoke Detector and hvac vents

Stones for the fireplace

Outside Lights

Should be another busy week...so more pictures/updates to follow!

Floor time...

The painters are done for now...they will have to come back to do touch-ups but they are done for now. I'm very anxious to get the floors and trim up now that the painters are done to get a real view of what the house will look like when it's all done. We really like all the paint colors we picked out which is a good thing.

We had to clean the drywall off the floors the last couple of weekends and that has been a challenge it's not terrible but a little hard on the knees crawling around on the floor I see now why some of those floor guys wear knee pads. We finished all the cleaning for the floors that are being done first and we only have a couple more rooms to do. We had a little help cleaning which was great...it's great when your nieces and nephews owe you money so you can make them pay with child labor :)

This week so far the electricity has been run to the house instead of just having it at the temporary pole, we have exterior door knobs so we can lock the doors, we have lights delivered, we have some outlets already up with the covers up which makes a world of difference, the concrete for the pad and sidewalk estimates being done and the tile floor starting. The tile and permastone floors will be comleted on the 19th. The closets completed on the 20th and then cabinets starting on the 21st. I will keep you posted!!

The kitchen and great room...the color is absolute beige.

The theater room is a grey color.

This is the dining room to different shades of green that will be separated with a chair rail and crown molding at the top.

This is Anna's RED room.

Wesley is our child labor!! :)

The new garage door.

Short Rows

Getting down to the short rows and the fun parts where we get to pick out lots of stuff...that can be not so fun too though.

The drywall is complete, the ceilings are stomped, and the painting began today. Also some of the outdoor lights are up and the garage door is going up today. It's all coming together great!

The painters will be done this week and the tile and permastone is scheduled to be put in starting on Monday.

It's a little hard to show you the progress now taking pictures of the inside but I'll attach a few to try. Oh yeah and the yard is all graded and the driveway is finally fixed...all of that looks so much better!!!!

Things should continue to happen pretty fast now so stay tuned for more updates and pictures of tile and cabinets coming soon!

Above is from the kitchen area looking back into the great room and the fireplace etc.

This is the bonus room...I love this room!!
This is our only neighbor he stopped in for a visit yesterday...the fence you see there is my property line so it runs right down beside my lot.

This is the new and fully functional driveway that you can come up without needed a 4x4 vehicle!

These are the outside lights that were just installed.