Moving along...

We haven't done just a whole lot lately, with me being back at work and our weekends being a little more full. However, little by little, stuff is getting done. We got some pictures hung on the walls. Michael moved his furniture into the front bedroom (and his bags and bags full of clothes). The floor in the kitchen and laundry room has been finished, just waiting on the grout to be sealed. The plumber came yesterday and started his work (yes, we are going on two weeks with no hot water...). Hopefully, we will have hot water tomorrow and be able to hook up the washer and dryer soon. Although, without the electrician, we can't run the washer and dryer... which is why I had to go to my parent's house this week to do laundry - felt like I was in college again. As soon as the plumber finishes his work, we should be able to install the cabinets. That'll be great because then I can finally unpack all my kitchen boxes. So it's coming along... just not leaps and bounds....

We've officially moved in

Last weekend, we officially moved into the house. Everything was packed in a hurry, but we got it all moved out of the apartment. Getting it unpacked has been another story. Without a kitchen to put stuff in, unpacking become a challenge. I've got kitchen stuff stacked up in every single room. I tried last night to at least get all the boxes stacked neatly. That's about all I can do at this point. Here, at least, is what the dining room and the bedroom look like without all the "stuff":

The living room looks better than it did but is still a little messy:

The front bedroom is where we have stored most of the stuff temporarily, including the washer, dryer, and kitchen table:

On Tuesday night, Michael and his friend James moved everything out of the kitchen, including the stove, water heater, and sink. So I've been having to wash dishes in the bathroom - not fun. But they had to get everything out so that the kitchen floors could be started yesterday. The tile is looking really nice. Meanwhile, though, we cannot walk on it, not even the dog or the cat, whic which is not easy to do. It also means going through the bedroom to get to the back of the house and not being able to get to the backyard at all temporarily. At least its only for a few days....:

And in case you did not catch that, the hot water heater has been moved out of the house. Yes, that's right, no hot water. Which has become an awesome motivation for me to get up and go to the gym every morning because at least there I can take a hot shower. And the electrician still has not shown up which means I get to pull an extension cord into the bathroom every morning to dry my hair. I hope this doesn't last too much longer.... At least things are moving along and when we are done, I am sure everything will look awesome.

Lastly, I moved my 13-year-old cat, Puddin', in over the weekend. She seems to be adjusting nicely, much better than when I moved her into my first apartment and she wouldn't come out of the closet for two days. Holly is very excited to have her there, although Puddin' is not quite as excited that a new home did not mean a new dog. But she is finding new places to hide from Holly:

Getting very close to moving day...

Moving day is Saturday, July 17th. Yikes. And I am in Nashville so there is not a lot that will get done this week. However, we got a TON done over the last week and a half. You can hardly recognize the house.

On July 4th, Michael hung a flag outside the house, which looks great. Very patriotic.




Over last weekend, we stripped the ceilings in both the dining room and the middle bedroom and painted them. Now they look much better. We also finished painting the dining room and the middle bedroom, and even though Michael did not want any colors, I felt that those two rooms needed it because they tend to stay darker than the other rooms. And I felt like two out of 6 or 7 rooms was not too bad... I think they turned out very cute.

Dining room:

Bedroom:

We have really been pushing to get the bathroom done since obviously we cannot live in the house without a bathroom. We finished the beadboard and got it painted and it turned out very nice. Then we put in the toilet and the vanity.

We added these panels to the window to make it look like textured glass. I am pretty excited about it because I think it looks really cool.

My dad came over this past weekend to help out, too. He spent all day Saturday on the shower, even crawling under the house several times. Thank goodness, though, because we now have a workable shower.

Michael put up a new chair rail and we got it painted so the bathroom turned out really cute.

My dad also helped out with the closets. There is only one closet in the house with the capacity to hang clothes so he put a new rod and shelf in that one.

The other closet is not deep enough for hangers, so we put shelves in it for storage.

Since one closet is not enough space for my massive wardrobe, we had to get creative. We took the back bedroom and put panels in the middle and clothes racks on the other side. Now there is plenty of room for hanging clothes.

The other half of the room will be used for office space. I bought a new desk this week to use.

On Saturday, we inherited a china hutch which looks pretty nice in our yellow dining room. The table should be coming soon.

All in all, everything is coming along very nicely. The two big projects left are the kitchen and the laundry/pantry area. The electrician should be coming at the beginning of next week so that hopefully I will be able to dry my hair in the bathroom and make my coffee in the morning. Hopefully, everything turns out all right.

Holly is definitely excited about her new home. She loves running around in her new backyard and playing the piano.

Will update after we move everything in. Hope everything fits!

Nearing the end... of the beginning...

So much has happened but my internet has been out so it's been challenging to update. So here goes...

Well, we have finished a lot. The front bedroom is painted, trim and all, and I even put up a pretty light fixture cover and hung the new blinds. Now I sometimes like to go sit in there just to remind myself that it is possible to finish. I think it looks pretty awesome.

We then started in on the living room, which we were also able to complete, and I painted the hallway.

Michael finished putting down the laminate flooring in the back bedroom, and now that we've painted it, I'd say this room is one of the biggest improvements.

Before:

After:


The only thing left in this room is the trim on the bottom... and electricity. We bought a desk and a clothes rack for this room today since it is going to be our office/closet.

The bathroom is coming along very nicely. We finally have a toilet in, which I was pretty excited about. The beadboard has been painted and tonight, my dad came over and helped put the vanity in. It looks super awesome. Now we just need to get the tub/shower configured and the bathroom will be pretty well set... or at least usable.

There is a lot more to tell about, but it will have to wait. It's late and the mosquitos are biting me as I steal internet down by the pool....