Day 92: Move-in Day Moves Again

Move-in day is delayed.... again. The weather is not cooperating with our floors curing, and we have 3 more days of poly coats before our 48-hour final curing and drying period. Throw in rainy weather, and it looks like we're not moving in till next week. I can hardly stand it!

Day 91: Floors looking good so far

The crew started work on refinishing the hardwoods on Monday - we've checked in every day and taken plenty of pics (they totes love it), and the floors look better already!

<< Here are a few sneak peaks.

We've picked the stain for downstairs (provincial - bottom left in the samples pic) and upstairs (natural) and the guys are moving right along. Upstairs is heart of pine, much wider planks and just a different wood altogether. Thus the different stain. There's also not as much natural light up there, so we didn't want it to be too dark.

We have our fingers crossed for good weather to allow for good curing for all three coats of  poly after the stain. This has delayed our move-in date though. Looking like next week. Fingers crossed!

Day 90: Phone Nook

Here's one of my favorite features in the house - the phone nook. I just love it! And now it's all painted and gorg. Behold! I've even outfitted it with an over-the-top light switch plate. It deserves it. The plate was originally IN the top of the trim, but I removed it, bondoed over and smoothed it out and Shannon moved the switch up. It looks AWESOME.  I can't wait to put flowers here :)

Day 89: A red front door

We've always wanted one, and now we've got it!  On the inside, anyway. Our paint guy was a little confused... that's OK we can enjoy it from within :) Until we get around to painting the exterior ourselves, that is. We did specify inside and out... which is a little unusual. But we wanted to enjoy it from both sides. And as Shannon pointed out, everything else was interior painting only... Anyway - it really is the perfect color for this awesome door.

Day 88: Bathroom Finished... er, Usable!

Today we installed the toilet, gigantic vanity, sink faucet and drain! The bathroom is now officially usable! We still need to install the wall sconces so we can have light (kind of important!;), hang the mirror, put up the shower curtain rod, install towel bars, TP holder, and put up some final trim. Then it's on to the closet! And the bathroom will be D-O-N-E. But for now, it's usable and that's what counts. :)

We also cleaned out the entire house, clearing the way for the floors to be re-finished starting bright and early tomorrow morning.

Also, joy of joys, we discovered the A/C did not break as we suspected last week, but rather by toying with the breakers we inadvertently turned off the cooling system, but not the fan. Now that we're done with all the electrical work and have everything switched back on, the A/C is working just great. Hallelujah! 

Photos from today's progress are here.

Day 87: Work Continues

We had the tub reglazed yesterday, and it looks great! It was pretty cool to see the whole process take place.

We also took some more pics of the paint crew's finished product. Lookin' good! We still love our palette, but I think we're in shock a little. We're going from khaki colored walls (in current house) to full-on color, everywhere. We keep saying 'It's just so GREEN...' every time we walk in. Ha ha! ;) 

I will say - Valspar's Hemingway color is our definite favorite. On the paint chip it looks so plain and khaki-ish. But on the walls, it has such a gorgeous greenish yellow glow. We just love it! So glad we went with that for the ceiling colors too.  Same story with the cabinets - the bottom cabinets (woodlawn charm) are pretty bright right now, but once the countertops are in place, and the appliances (coming next weekend!), everything will look fabulous.

We also got the call yesterday that our couch has arrived. Perfect timing :)

You can see more photos from yesterday here.

Five more days!!!

Day 86: T minus 6 days (eek!)

Chandelier casts a fancy shadow on the DR wall

It's here already.

Our last working weekend before move-in day. This time next week will be our first full day in the new house.

We're not sure yet whether that's a good thing or a bad thing, but it's a fact!

The painting team is done. The floor guy is MIA. And maaaaybe 1/5 of the house is packed in preparation for the move. Things are crazy busy at work, and at home.

We're kind of freaking out.

Just a little.   :)