Week 28: Floors moving SLOWLY ... and concrete drive bid

Seriously.
I hate the hardwood floor install, stain and finish process... I'm normally pretty good with patience... but seriously... I am so ready to have a finish product!
We've gone with a dark stain... not exactly sure its prefect but the interior decorator friend likes it... and she picked the house color, that I questioned, and I LOVE IT... so I'll trust her...

so, so far... this week...

mon. sanding floors
tues. sanding floors & stain samples
wed. you got it... sanding floors & stain
thurs. 1st coat
fri. 2 & 3 coat

SATURDAY. is the BIG move date!

Week 28: Floors & more finishing touches

So it seems there are more finishing touches that I keep thinking of... getting closet shelving & poles installed... over sized face plates for island outlets... still need to find that 3ft door to keep the freezing basement air down stairs... and not filling our sweet home... I'll try to locate things this week... and hopefully we'll have most odds and ends tied up by the end of the first week of March...

TODAY... Tim and I filled (technically, it's half full) a dumpster... I think we've just about emptied the house of any empty boxes and debris that could possibly be in there... we pulled up the masonite boards & plastic which has been protecting the front room floors... moved stuff we want to save to the new garage... tossed EVERYTHING else...

Tomorrow... we'll go through the old garage one last time to see if there is anything else BIG that we want to get rid of...maybe we'll shop vac the house to get things all clean for the floors folks on monday... We'll also cover all the cabinets and tape them to try... to keep some of the sanding dust out...

I can not wait to see what the finished product looks like!
And even more... I can't wait to live in this amazing master piece!

Week 27: finishing touches

People we are in the home stretch...

THIS WEEK... We need to...
Pick hardware for kitchen & baths
(maybe get it installed)
Find a ceiling fan/light fixture for master bedroom
(install)
Find a light fixture for dining room
(install)
Install plumbing fixtures (kitchen & bath)
Get broken tile fixed & sealed - scheduled for friday
Order closet doors for last room (install)
Follow up with Arcadia Sash & Door for door hardware
Buy a new mailbox (ours is missing)
Follow up with interior painter (paint on window, curtain hardware & toilet)
Have shower glass installed
Continue to empty house of construction trash
Buy curtains & hardware for bedrooms & baths
Organize Sears deliveries (Ovens (ASAP), refrigerator & dishwasher)
Figure out who can install appliances (hehehehe)
Schedule final Fire inspection
Complete Public Works Paper work (collecting paperwork, waiting on d.r. to get correct numbers)
Schedule FINAL inspection

It looks like a long list... but really... it's just time... and luck :)...

It is so NICE to have a long list... and NOT one million people to manage...

Next week.
The floors get finished and we start move in FRIDAY!!!

It's hard to believe we're at the end...

BOLD = DONE

Week 25/26: while we were away...

While we vacationed... Kellie helped to make sure things ran smoothly... what a HUGE relief it was to be able to have someone in town... more or less... to keep an eye on things... I don't think I've ever texted one person soo much in a week... but it was the perfect form of communication... :) especially with the time difference...














While we were gone...
Rafee installed the sinks & countertops for both bathrooms and kitchen & figured out how to get the farm sink to work with the wrong type cabinet...
Reed finished his work with the crown molding, baseboards, door trim/jams, closets and hung all doors... cut misc holes for electrician...
Jose continued to work on painting the interior... (it has taken 3 guys almost 2 weeks to get about 75% done... it would have taken tim and I years... )
Felikians installed carpet in the three bedrooms...
Sears delivered the cooktop & downdraft vent...
The driveway became a crazy mudpit prefect for wrestling!


We're exactly two weeks away from moving in!!!
As you might know ... I was hoping to move in this weekend... but... the floors must sit... for 2-3 weeks minimum ... bah...

It's just amazing even with all the dust and miscellaneous wood parts and junk around... that it still really looks like home... I'm sooo excited to move back in... fill our pantry... enjoy our new living spaces...

Anyone interested in helping us empty the POD should save SATURDAY February 28th!
:)

Week 25: while we're out...

a Friend will hold down the fort...

I expect paint & floors to be complete this week...
a touch more finish work
HVAC complete
plumbers install sinks
countertops installed bathroom & kitchen

Week 24: Highlights

we have tile in bathrooms (& it looks LOVELY!)
cabinets installed (kitchen & bath)
door jambs
trim and stools on windows
trim around closet in guestroom/ nursery (by the way, I keep forgetting I'm preggo)
hardwood flooring is 70% complete
new window sashes in and door glass panes
interior paint is 50% complete (we decided to go with the same color paint throughout the house, its a medium-light shade of brown)
exterior paint is complete except new window sashes which have to be painted out
electrician came and installed exterior lights

its been fun to show a few close friends the house...