Boxing

There's nothing like boxing up your stuff to make you lose your appetite for buying anything ever again.   I don't need any more stuff.  Someone asked if they could help with anything and a tornado actually came to mind.  Spinning my stuff up, up, and away.  What are we going to do with all this wedding china?  Is my marriage cursed if I sell it?  I've listed a lot of stuff on Craigslist, but I'm hardly getting any nibbles.  It's all making me itch.

More work done Monday

 This is the trim for the windows.  Clean and simple.  I love it.

 This is the baseboard that I picked out.  I'll probably have to dust it more than the angled style, but it looks so nice.

Discovering the floors are not water-stained or damaged was a thrill.  And I love the color.  Hopefully we can get it matched close to this as it's refinished. 

There's a piece of wood trim going diagonally along the edge of the fireplace tiles that I am also happy about.

 The linen closet is hogging a ton of space, but it's necessary.  We should have the vanity in tomorrow.

 Oh, the cabinets are beautiful.  I'm calling this color milk chocolate.  It makes sense that it  makes me happy to look at it.

I stopped by to measure the vanity before Bob picked it up today.  It looks lighter than the linen closet in my photos, but hopefully it'll match.  I checked the invoice and they both say "light cherry".  

We went with different, lighter cabinets for the bathroom than the kitchen because they were less expensive and easier to order.  Our kitchen cabinets are through Lowes, and the ordering/purchasing process has not been painless.  We'll see how it all works out.

The house is coming along.

Windows are trimmed and some are painted.

Front of the house

 Profile of the north side.  We dropped one of the windows down a couple of inches to make them evenly matched and legal egress for bedrooms.  Now, whatever room you're in, if there's a fire, just open a window and jump!

 Hardwood floors exposed.  I like them.

The cabinets are going up.  The tall cabinet next to the fridge allows for the freezer door to open.

 Our stove arrived yesterday.  It's a downdraft like what we have in our current place, because we loved that feature so much!  But, of course, the hole for the blower is right where a joist is.  Bob had to cut it and frame it out.  So, that was done today.

 Here's the tile that Bob gave us for the back door.  He wanted us to put something there for traffic and shoes, but we weren't sure.  So he offered up this that he had leftover from some job that matched our brickwork in the rest of living areas.  Hopefully it also matches our crazy tan and red berber carpet.

 First view of our hardwoods in our bedroom.

 Richard getting another couple of cabinets squared away (pun intended).

 And some wall shelves are up.  Woohoo!  It's looking real.

So far, I'm impressed.  The finish on the cabinets is beautiful.  I can't wait to see it all together.  Countertops will be measured on Tuesday.  Buying tiles on Monday.  Floors will be sanded in less than a week!

Jamie's Room Color

I took Jamie over to Home Depot to pick out paint swatches for his room.  He had been describing his colors for many weeks as sea green, sort of turquoise, aqua or something.  So, after about 30 minutes of deliberating and anguish, he picked this:

I couldn't be more confused.

Honestly!

Me: Boys, did you brush your teeth today?
Boys: Yes.  [playing Xbox]
Me: For sure?
Boys: Yes.  [playing Xbox]
Me: Great!  Just in case, I'm going to go check toothbrushes.

Boys: OK!  [playing Xbox]
Me: If I find out that you didn't, you'll owe me $5.
Jamie: But I only have $1!
Me: I'll take an I.O.U.
Joel: OK.
Boys: Wait!!! [running to beat me to the bathroom to brush teeth]  I think I forgot.

Drywall Progress

 They tapers came and skimmed the seams on the drywall this morning.  The electrician was going from room to room updating the lights and switches.  Three new can lights in the rec room today.  The contractor and I went and bought carpet for this room.

 New pipes!  The the plumber has been working hard Sat and today and is all finished with the kitchen plumbing.  He still has to get the gas to the stove.  But not until the blower and duct is put in for the down draft stove, which we haven't bought, yet.

 This is Joel's room.

 The upper living room.  Such a mess on everywhere.  I can't tell you how much debris has been removed but it's crazy.  Last I heard, there were six 2-ton dump trips.

 The dining room will have two new can lights (the outer two holes).  The one in the middle is de-commisioned.

 Here's our new master closet.  Hopefully one can will be enough light in there.  The contractor and electrician wanted 2 but a bigger closet in our current house has only one and it's adequate.

 This is our new pantry.  We put up a wall to separate the furnace from the canned goods.  We also put insulation around it so that the furnace doesn't sound like an airplane landing in our kitchen.  When I heard it today, it was so much quieter.  Yay for Problem Solvers!

 Ted the Plumber is awesome!  Such a great attitude.  He has had a tough couple of days with one hurdle after another in our bathroom.  There was a lot of plumbing in a very small amount of space and he just got in there and made it happen.  Good man!

 This is how much old pipe he had to replace.  Look at that cast iron "Y" beauty there.  Yes, he had to get a shovel and dig out the dirt under the house out from under it so that he could get it out of there because there wasn't enough clearance.

 Our bedroom looks really small now, but all we need is a bed in there anyway and a little room to walk around.  If we've measured right, there'll be just that.  And not much else.

New bathroom plumbing!  I know it was a crazy couple of days getting to this point.  I'm glad that I wasn't there for all the swearing during the process.  I just get to see a nice new toilet flange and pipes ready for faucets and such.  Voila!

Drywall day

Drywall is in!  So fast.  Every day another big project is done.  

This is the sunken living room.  We're going to use it for entertainment and music.  The plan is to put a tall shelving unit on that wall on the left and outfit it with our TV and such.