The Calm before the move

Lots of little things getting done over the past week or so...paint touch up, an asphalt driveway, picked out blinds, more electrical work, pulled up the floor covering

and roasted a turkey...

AND THE BIGGEST THING... WE GOT OUR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY!!  Doesn't look as cool as I think it should (it should have balloons and happy faces on it!) but we'll take it any way we can get it.  This little piece of paper give us the ability to move in!  (we are actually still waiting for the bank to close the loan but might be able to move in anyway).

BACKSPLASH

 Backsplash...
had a lot of options but could not find anything that we thought looked better than this

Blinds -

 I know...more neutrals and boring but we're kinda stuck in that rut right now!  We are getting blinds on the bedrooms and back windows, everything else is open!  

Driveway came this week...we can't drive on it until Monday...which is probably good we aren't moving right now...that would be a long walk uphill!

 I remember how excited we were the day we saw that we had this...outhouse.  Today it was picked up and as it drove away, I felt just a little nostalgic, like I wasn't sure I really wanted this to end....but then I slapped myself and came to my senses!

A TURKEY???

 So why roast a turkey in the middle of August I hear you ask?  Well ...across town in my little cabin I had a bit (to the tune of $2,000!) of an electrical problem and the power went out.  I got up there in time to salvage some refrigerated things but this turkey was defrosting fast and furious and it was either cook it or toss it.  I decided to try out the convection oven in my microwave...yes you heard that right!  Not sure what the point of that is but since the gas was out (the builder forgot to pay the bill) this was the perfect time to try it.  And it turned out just fine!

TA DA!

Floor comes to life!

 We took the cover off the floor ...finally!  This ushers in the hope that we won't have anyone else coming in to the house and trudging around with dirty boots and caulk guns set to go off without notice!  Here are some pictures I took today...we were worried that the floor would make the house super dark but I think it looks fine...esp. once we get rugs and furniture.

A mess of Men!

Concrete guys all over ...must've been at least 10 of em...2 electricians, 3 plumbers, 3 carpet layers...

and ME!

Wow!

All the plumbing is in...sinks, toilets, showers...everything ready to be used!

The electrical is 'partially in'...I was hoping that they would finish today but they said they ran out of parts so have to come back.  But the fans are in, lights downstairs and in most bathrooms.  The master bath is still waiting on two sconces.

Carpet is in!  Jury (me) is still out on the color.

The house looks almost done...and the concrete in the front is going to be beautiful.  Here is a mass of photos...

FIRST UP...Concrete

AND Electrical and Plumbing

And FINALLY Carpet...

So what more you ask?  Well definitely not too much...the rest of the electrical, an asphalt driveway, kitchen backsplash, final paint and clean up!...Lots of clean up!

Railings inside and out

Wow...what a difference!  The railings truly complete the deck!  I love the look and it doesn't obscure the view at all.

Inside the house...the railings took me a bit to get used to.  They make the living room smaller and a little busier...but after awhile they grew on me.

We got a few doors installed and our water heater.  The plumber will be back tomorrow and maybe the electricians but mostly the carpet arrives!  The carpet is probably the last big thing that will make the inside of the house change again.

Oh...and concrete...tomorrow too!  Holy Cow!  Can't believe this is all coming together finally!

  

 

Appliances & Electrician

The house is starting to come together...the appliances arrived only 2 hours late and the electrician was there (on time!).

Scary to watch this guy putting in the lights on the deck!

Nice guys...getting the dining room lights ready

Guest bath just about done!  Lightrs compliments of Chris and John when they remodeled
their house, these didn't work for them.!  They sure work for us!  Thanks C & J!

Moving in the washing machine

Getting microwave installed.

Appliances in!

Dining room lights up (but need to be lowered a bit) and appliances in! (still have blue plastic on them).