Day...there have been to many to keep track of! We're making progress!

Some people are blessed with more patience than others...me not so lucky.  Barrett, very lucky! As mentioned before, I am, lets just say getting quite antsy for the dust to depart from our life and to begin my favorite part of remodeling... decorating and unpacking all of our things that have been hidden away in our junk bedroom for the last month and a half.  With my impatience creeping in and a whole week of spring break free to finish up I got a little excited and a bit over zealous and oops, I accidentally painted the ceiling a bit.  Not much, but Barrett, being blessed with the patience "gladly" retraced my less than meticulous painting performance.  It looks beautiful.  Here are a few pictures to update on the progress. Enjoy!

We read a few blogs before trying this one on our own.  All of the blogs said that by the time you finish you'll be doing the happy dance because the brink is painted!  My dancing shoes are ready! 

 Are you guys done yet?

 Goodbye yellow kitchen!

 Unpacking...

Take note of that fireplace, hopefully the next update will include a finished/painted fireplace, 

and a snap shot of our dance moves!

 New banister and painted trim! Yes!

 Happy halfway! One side to go!

Welcome Home Oli!!!! Day 17

Now that the floors are all finished, Oliver came home! He's a little confused as to where is hairy, old, white carpet went...

Wooo! Look at our new Ikea purchase...We plan to do quite a bit more rearranging, and painting, but for now the living room is at least functional enough for Oliver to get used to, good thing because.... 

He's getting a baby brother!

He looks like a little Rat...but STAN is the middle guy! Just a little runt. He was born yesterday, March 5th! We can't wait to bring him home!!!

Day 16!

Barrett is the BEST!  Remember that inspiration I shared before about the banister?  He made me one, just like the picture!

 It's a work in progress, but while I was away at the state swim meet (wooo hooo Tigers!!!) he spent much of Saturday installing it for me :)  I LOVE IT!

It is FINISHED!

The floors anyways...lots of cleaning up to do.  Oliver is returning from Playa Del Auntie Anne this weekend, so we had a few more things to do before he came home...off to Ikea to search for a rug!

But one last thing before we left...check you later back splash!

The new counter tops are "supposed" to come in next Thursday! Can't wait to mix up the while color scheme a little :)

Day 14- We've Turned the Corner!

Moving right along! We've turned the corner and gone in and out of the closet! Looking like one more day and the floors will be all finished! Can you believe it?  We can't hardly wait!

Tricky, tricky, tricky...looking great though, thanks to Barrett's Dad and Tom! 

Day 13...Patience is a virtue!

Ugh, feeling a bit frazzeled and antsy this week!  We're making progress, but welcome to the Nuthouse!!! We had to move everything into the two bedrooms to install the rest of the floors!

 Living room in the bedroom...

 Everything else we own in the spare bedroom! Yikes! No wonder I couldn't find a matching pair of socks or my shoes Wednesday morning!  Ugh...I'm feeling a little unorganized, kinda crabby...

And how could I possibly forget?  D   U   S   T   Y!  

Day 12

Day 12!

Dear Inspector, 

Please continue to avoid peaking in our windows...

but everyone else, look at the progress we're making! 

A&B

Little by little, we're finishing or at least creating an opportunity to finish off the flooring.  We're all the way through the kitchen and dining room and capped off at the top of the stairs! YES!

Happy Weekend! Day 10-11

How creative and resourceful! What a fabulous drying rack that my brilliant husband invented.  Here's the beginning stages of our banister recreation.  Remember the inspiration from earlier...

Dear Home Inspector,

Please DO NOT peak in our windows! 

Love, A&B

Yikes...nice banister we've created!

Day 9- Rub-a-dub-dub!

Next up on the shiny new appliances, our dishwasher.  We were so glad that it survived the move and reinstallation.  Rub-a-dub-dub, after a test run and only a minor leak things to be cleaning up perfectly! 

Day 8! The Moment We've All Been Waiting For!

They're Finally HERE!!!!

 Power tools! Ha! Dad, this one is for you!

So proud of his new floors! The next couple of posts are a bit redundant, but slow and steady wins the race right?  Cheers to new floors and progress and good riddens to that Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaasty linoleum and white carpet!

Whew...Catching Up!

Apologies again for the hiatus...but I was searching everywhere for the computer and couldn't find it! Oh yeah, there is it, underneath all that dust.  We'll pick right back up where we left off.  Day 6!

Day 7

Check you later nasty, mini trim...hello wood paneling beautiful mop boards! (Well not quite yet, but soon!)