Progress

We have been working, working, working on the house! Fortunately we had three days off together this week and made a lot of progress. We are so thankful for the contractor we hired, as his crew works very hard all day long!

We spent the majority of the week painting (the ceilings mostly) and have started on the walls. We needed a break from painting on Thursday, so we went and picked out our appliances. It feels so good to check things off of our list and be done making decisions!

The kitchen with the smooth ceiling. We had Jay (our contractor) install six can lights and they are just beautiful!

Jay also routed the gas line from the garage into the kitchen so that we can have a gas stove. We have an electric stove in our rental and we hate it, so getting the gas line installed was a priority for us. Jay also updated the water line behind the fridge so that we can have water and ice in the door.


We removed the wet bar and had the wall re-textured. I'm pretty sure that we are going to have a built-in bookcase in this space.

We've decided to paint the beams in the den to match the wall color, thus still making them noticeable, but not bringing the room down with their darkness.

THE PIT IS GONE!

It really opens the room up and makes it more useful having the floor one level and having the half-wall taken out.

Another view of our level living room.

I painted the lower half of the wall in the master bedroom. We are going to stick to a neutral tan/coffee color. That way it will be easier to change the accessories in the room when someone changes *coughmycough* their mind about the decor, eventually. We are still trying to find the right coordinating color for the top portion of the wall.

Another view of the master.

Lynn came and helped us put another coat of blue paint on the bathroom and we are really liking how the color is coming out. I think that with new mirrors and towels, it will look really nice!

We were going to leave the existing tile in the bathroom and try to match it in the sink area, but after walking on it this week, we realized that it is extremely slippery, even when it is dry. We are going to re-tile the bathroom floor and hopefully we will get to go pick it out this week.

We decided to save a little money by using the existing closet doors and spray painting the trim white to update them (they are gold and don't match our decor). It is pretty easy, but we did learn that using primer is a good idea because the paint doesn't really stick without it.

It feels really good to be getting paint on the walls and seeing the house come together. There are days where I don't want to make another decision and feel overwhelmed, but overall we are really enjoying the process and progress we are making. We are looking forward to having some extra help next weekend and keeping our momentum going!

As always, if you want to throw on some old clothes and come paint, we would love to have you over! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

P.S. Our moving announcements came in the mail this week and I am very excited to be sending them out shortly (I'm going to wait until we are closer to moving in, but I am excited to get them to you!).