Accepting the Facts

Gosh, it's hard accepting the facts that the move in date keeps getting pushed farther back. I mean there is no "move in date" per say, but when no one cracks the door of the house for 6 days, working days, it's not likely you are going to move in soon. I just don't understand the building process. One thing I do know is it is full of lies. 

So, this weekend, we had to accept the cold, hard facts, again, that it is just not even possible that we will be in the first of March. With that being said, it causes some problems with us needing to go ahead and move out, so Jason's brother can move in. Where do we go? How long will we actually have to be there until it's done? This means we have to move our stuff TWICE. 

Luckily, things are going to work out for us to stay in our house one more month. That's what it's been for a while now, just one more month. 

The good thing is the kids don't have a clue of all this stress, and are just happy go lucky with everything. Which reminds me, I just need to let it go.

Both kids bathrooms showers and floors completely done and GROUTED! For some reason, adding the grout makes it just look so much prettier!! 

Ready for toilets!! :) And the base boards still need to be painted. 

The lady glazing all the cabinets is pretty much done. She finished in the laundry room, and just has to come back to touch up. It looks so good. I'm telling you, the laundry room is going to be fancy, smancy with a chandelier and everything!

Tile Progress & More

Jaxon's Bathroom and the girls bathroom tile floor and showers are all done! Everything is glued down; now, they just need to grout it! 

The master shower and bathroom is quite the hold up. Why? I don't even know. Seriously, hardly any progress to report after a week. :(

The playroom is striped!! I love it! And a ceiling fan!! Yay!

But, other progress was made. The security system and air conditioners units were put in!!

What's left?

1. Finish tiling master bathroom, and kitchen floors.

2. Wood floors and carpet floors.

3. Paint the trim outside, and stain the decking outside. 

4. pour concrete sidewalks/driveway outside. 

5. Install the propane tank. 

6. Rock the Vent-a-Hood in the kitchen. 

7. Paint the baseboards, and touch-ups inside. 

8. Paint the garage. 

9. Glaze the Laundry Room cabinets. 

10. Put Hardware on. 

11. Install appliances. 

12. Finish hanging lighting fixtures. 

13. Measure and install mirrors for bathrooms. 

14. Lay wallpaper in powder bathroom. 

15. Do some landscaping. 

Can it be done in 3 weeks? :)

Moving On

I wish we were moving IN, but we are just moving on with a little more progress. 

The painters are pretty much done; they will come back after floors are in, and do the baseboards, touch ups, and paint the dining room. There is still outside painting to be done also. 

A lady that lives here does some glazing, striping, or any other kind of special paint job that you want. 

So, she did the girls bathroom glazed, and she did these glossy stripes in Kylee's room. I like how they turned out! 

And she is also going to do horizontal stripes in the kids playroom! Excited to see that finished!! 

They delivered lights and fans!!

And they put them up!!!

The tile guys are here working too!! I would be excited, but it is just going so slow! They are trying to finish the master shower and Jaxon's shower, and start on the master tub. 

There's just a long way to go on the floors..... That being said they did deliver the floor tile!!

COLOR!! and More

This IS the paint color! Yikes! I wanted to throw up when I first saw it. I didn't like it. It's called Benjamin Moore Revere Pewter. Supposed to be the "perfect greige". It just looked all brown.... 

But, I went back the next day, and I liked it better. It's starting to look more gray to me. This is the main color in the house.

The pictures show Maggie's room, the mud entry area, the hallway, and Jason's desk area, all the same color. 

The dining room, craft room, kids bathrooms, Kylee's room, and laundry room  have a different color. The painting should ALL be done this week, and then next week they can start outside. 

Below is the laundry room; the cabinets are painted a lite gray, and will have a glaze put on them! 

The girls bathroom got a glaze on their cabinets. I was nervous about this, but I like it, more and more! 

And yesterday, they installed the laminate in the craft room and the laundry room.  The pictures are bad, but the lighting is so bad in places in the house its hard to get good pictures. 

Septic

The septic guys came late Monday, and finished the whole job Tuesday mid-morning. So, I've decided septic tanks are no big deal, if you know what you are doing. 

They dug some big holes, and put two tanks down and laid this huge pipe out from the house. The kids, immediately, get in the BIG hole!!

Yay, for one more thing being checked off the list! 

Painted Trim and More

The painters are "nearly" completely done with ceilings, the door casings, crown molding, the cabinets are painted, and all the closets in the house. 

With that being said, there is still some brush work that is going to have to be done around some of the door casing because of the routed edge on the molding.

It's taking a long time. But I guess I need to lighten up. They have to cover and tape everything before they start the next, and they are doing a really good job, so I guess that's good. 

But, hopefully this week, we will start seeing some colors on the WALLS!!

My Craft Room! 

And, the outside is looking cleaned up. Supposed to be getting the septic system put in tomorrow!

Slow Progress

I should be used to slow progress by now, but I'm not! At least it's progress, but still. Looks like we might be in the middle of February..... 

The doors were the first thing they starting staining. Those are completely done with the 3 coats of finish on them. 

Then they started staining cabinets, and now those are all done with the 3 coats of finish on them.

Now, they are spraying the ceilings, crown molding, baseboards, closet shelves, and painted cabinets with the white trim color. I'm guessing that will take a few days though, and then they will paint walls, maybe next week.....

And a better picture of the island....my favorite thing in the whole house!