Update on current progress!

 It's been a while since I've given an update, but that's okay because we've gotten a lot done and still have more in the works!  I've been kept busy with 2 little boys running around.  Very hard for this Momma to get projects done.  But we had a productive week before Christmas when hubby's parents came to visit.  Let me take you on a tour!

The living room, painted and decorated so far

Looking into the dining room and den/school room

The hallway, painted yellow

The dining room, with new trim over the sliding glass door.  The new flooring has also all been installed.

The den/school room, still full of boxes to go through and unpack

The kitchen, painted purple.  I painted the island white and still have the cabinets on the right to paint.  I also applied the "wood" looking wallpaper to the countertops for a makeover!  They look much better!

Our new back door, installed and trimmed out.

Added a new mirror, light fixture, and paper towel holder over the utility sink.  Need to paint the sink and redo the countertop.

The new pegboard my mother-in-law helped me install during their visit.  Perfect place for most of my tools!

The laundry room - still a work in progress, but painted purple and home to all my cleaning supplies!

My desk, newly assembled yesterday!  

Our master bath - pretty in purple!  Hung the mirrors myself.  Just have to redo the countertops and paint the cabinets.

Our new shed

New guest closet shelves

As you can see, we've been busy!  We had the back door installed, the baseboards installed (only a few places left that need it), paint has been put up in every room (minus the pantry/hall closet/hubby's office closet), the sliding glass door was trimmed out, mirrors and a pegboard were hung, I have upgraded to a new desk (I'd had my old one since my teen years!), and the kitchen counters got a makeover with waterproof wallpaper!  We also removed the wire shelves from the guest room closet (where our youngest sleeps) and put in a stand-alone shelving unit.  We also put up a shed in the back yard for our tools and yard equipment.   

Our next project involves some yard work.  We had another tree fall while the in-laws were here and we've had a neighbor offer to help us cut it up and stack it.  Along with the other trees that were cut down because they were dead, we have a lot of wood on our lower lot to cut and clean up!    

Our lower lot, home to lots of fallen tree branches and logs

Once we get it better handled, I plan to build our chicken coop out of the pallets you can see by our shed.  My dad is also going to build our back deck this spring, as well as a set of stairs down our back slope for easy access to the lower lot!  So lots to look forward to!  

Becoming More Homey

We've been hard at work on the house, getting the inside painted, as well as putting up the corner beads throughout the house so we can mud them. 

 We also discovered after the sliding glass door went in that there are some sections under the siding that are disintegrating from water damage. We are looking at getting new siding put on since our current siding is discontinued and in bad shape.

And who doesn't like string lights?  Our driveway needed more light at night so we hung these up!

We (hubby) finished painting the guest room and then I helped him put the guest bed together so the mattress and box spring could be moved out of the way.  So much better!

We were also able to move the couch around to the right orientation in the living room.  So much nicer than having it unusable in the middle of the floor.

 We're starting to see our rooms come together!  Once we get paint on the walls we'll be that much closer to being finished.

Making our House a Home

We've been working hard since we moved in a month ago (can't believe it's been a month already!) to make our house a home. We've been painting room by room (well, hubby has since I've been recovering from my C-section) and getting things put where we want them.

A neighbor helped us patch the drywall

The other wall that got drywall patching

Hubby loves his new office!

The laundry room!

The laundry room

Max's bed

Max's room

The guest room

The hall bath

The living room

The den/school room

The dining room

Our new fridge!

The kitchen

The front entry way

 We are still unboxing things, cleaning, etc.  The den became our catch-all room, the guest room now holds all our tools, and the kitchen is going to be a long work in progress!  But all the blue rooms are painted (our room, Max's room, the office, and the hall bath)!  Next will be the lavender rooms (our bathroom, the laundry room, dining/kitchen, and the guest room).  After that will be the yellow rooms (the hallway, living room, and den).  We still have some mudding to do on the seams in most of the rooms and some of the flooring needs to be put down still (kitchen/dining room/laundry room).  But we're getting there and we're so happy to finally be in our new place!

Busy week of moving!

 We have had a crazy past few days, but we have finally got the trees taken care of, electric company has been notified, and now we are in the process of painting and getting ready to move things to the house!  The next few days will be super busy as we have a LOT to get done, but we should have electricity hooked up by Thursday and AT&T internet hooked up then too.  We're looking to rent a moving truck tomorrow so we can get everything out for the carpet cleaners on Thursday morning.  

 I'm recovering from my hospital birth on Friday so I'm unfortunately not much help except for being a secretary (but I'm good at that!).  This will be quite the ride! 

Work at the house. Still no electricity!

 Hubby and I went out to the house yesterday to get some more work done.  My dad and brother also came to help us get the sliding glass door taken care of.  They managed to get the old door out, though it was screwed in all the way around, and some of the siding had to be cut/removed.  They then had to cut the door frame a little bit so the new door, which is taller, would fit.  It got to be 8pm by that time so we left the actual installation for today.  

I also checked to see if the electric meter was installed and discovered it hadn't been yet.  I emailed the lady at the electric company back to tell her and she discovered that I should've been told, but wasn't, that some of the trees we trimmed back in November had grown out again and were now back in the way of them running the power lines.  UGH!  So I'm waiting to hear back about which trees and I'm also trying to find someone who can help us trim them ASAP.  At least everything has been approved.  I'm just tired of dealing with these stupid snags!

Hubby's family is planning to come down again this Wednesday for over a week to help us with the house/moving, etc.  I'm trying not to freak out but I'm 36 weeks pregnant and really need to be in our new house before the baby comes!    

Electricity This Week Confirmed!

 I got a call from the electric company this morning confirming that they would be out to hook up our meter and turn on our electricity this week!  So we are right on schedule for that, putting down the rest of the flooring, and moving in the first/second week of October!  Praise God! 

Power Poles Are Up! And more priming!

Hubby, Max, and I went out to the house today to get some work done.  As we were driving up/down the road to our house, we noticed that the electric company had put up our power poles!  There was also a wire running from the closest pole to our house!  However, they still have to run wires from pole to pole and put in our meter.  I have emailed them explaining our timeline/situation and I will call them on Monday to see when we can get the meter installed.  We need to be out of our current place in two weeks, so it needs to be done this week!  

Once in the house, I primarily focused on taking care of Max while hubby primed the master bath and touched up in the hall bath.  I did do a little cutting in in the kitchen, though.  So in the end, the hall bathroom is all done being primed, unless we opt to touch up a few spots and behind the toilet.  Kitchen needs a little cutting in above the cabinets on one side.  Master bath needs cutting in.  We ran out of primer and also didn't prime in the kitchen pantry or the back walls of the cabinets.  Those can be done another day/next year.  We used the last of the primer on the walls in our master bath linen closet, which is more important.

We have a moving date!

We are slated to get electricity hooked up and turned on by next Friday the 27th and we are planning to finish getting the house ready to move in the week of the 2nd to the 12th.  I'm going to be keeping an eye out to see when they actually come out and hook us up because I'm curious (as are the movers) and in case they need a homeowner present for anything.

I can't wait to be moved in!

More Priming!

Foliage growing along the road that we'll want/need to trim back.

Weeds are growing along the sides of our house too.  We need to put grass seed back down.

First coat of primer in our master bathroom

Primer on the wall with the bathtub

Hubby did a great job priming the toilet room

Looking from the toilet room into the tub room

 Today, hubby & I were able to get some much needed priming done in the master bathroom.  We also put a second coat on the other half of the kitchen that needed it.  I also started cutting in along the kitchen edges, but didn't finish.  Next time we'll finish putting on a second coat in our bath and finish cutting in in the kitchen and hall bath.  

We've worked out a plan for the walkway up to the front of the house.  We'll use the cardboard Ram paper that we bought until we move in and then we'll put down a wooden walkway that can be rolled out.  It'll provide a firm walkway while not messing up the grading and allowing water to flow to the French drain.