House Progress

Sorry it's taken so long to post about progress on the house. We've been spending almost all our free time mudding, sanding and painting, so by the time we get home, blogging takes third place behind showering and falling into bed.

Much progress has been made!

The heating and duct work was finished a couple weeks ago, but pictures of vents aren't much fun to post. The electrical has also been coming along quite rapidly. They're putting in the last lights and outlets this week.

Jacque came to visit two weekend ago and helped us make major headway in the painting department. Since we have plaster walls, any cracks need to be dug out, filled with drywall mud, sanded, filled again, and sanded. Then, pick up all the dust with a handy Shop-Vac, wipe down the walls and finally can get to taping and painting. I'm tired just typing it.




At this point, the front half of our unit is done being painted. In my office, we have Toasted Cashew on two walls and High Drama (a shade of red) on two accent walls. [btw...the color quality here won't do these justice]

In the living room, we have Bermudian Blue.

In the dining room, we have the Toasted Cashew on all four walls.


[so you get a sense of how the rooms flow]

I had hoped to have Heath's office done prior to moving in all our boxes, but the week got away from us. Moving day was Saturday and our friends were total rockstars. It's amazing what people will do in exchange for pizza and beer. This image gives you a sense of the insanity that was our truck, carrying both our and the DeCostanza's worldly possessions...

We moved all the boxes in just as demo was getting underway in the kitchen and bathrooms. The kitchen is taking a little longer than expected as they tear through six (yes, six!) layers of linoleum. Insane!!




Our bathroom went fast, and is already down to the studs.

Also, we had the carpet put down in the attic—the first step to making it the coolest bedroom we've ever had.

So that's the update—finally! It's looking like mid-March for completion. I'll try to post more regularly in the coming weeks.