second to last

best i can tell, this will be the second to last "in progress" house post we'll do. today we went, but the camera battery died as we got out the car, so we didn't get any pictures. so we'll just have to show you the new lights and light switches with the carpet, which happens to be the last thing they do before clean up and move-in. thus i think that will be the last "house in progress" post and this is the second to last (but even as i type that i remember that the door handles aren't on and the landscaping isn't done...hmmmm...)

but regardless, all last week they painted, so we have lots of those photos, and the plumber came! so without further ado, we'll begin with the paint:



there it is!!!! and this color looks completely different in different lights i'm realizing, so here's another look—



so the stone is in, and then the main color (obviously) and trim are painted! (that second picture is before the trim was painted, so that's why the little diamonds in the trim are still wood color)

and then it's not hung in the picture, but this is our door:



red!!!

so then as you move inside, this is the foyer:



so, yeah, the color's really hard to tell there, but trust me, every other picture of it was worse. it's called "blonde" and that's basically what color it is.

and then the dining room and the office are the same color:





which daniel's calling simply "martha stewart"

and then everything else is white. but seriously the prettiest white i've ever seen. and i love white. you wouldn't be able to tell from a picture but the white is great.

so that's all the paint!! then they did the backsplash in the kitchen and the plumber came. so we'll start with the kitchen sink...



we love, love, love the subway tile and do you see that disposal? a disposal!!

and then things like toilets and faucets





and of course bathroom sinks!



the guest



and the master!

plus, a couple of spickets



and a dishwasher!! yayyyyy!!!



almost there...

16 days and counting (or thereabouts)

what the heck is wrong with us? over a week?!? are we all regretting no more birthday posts? eh? anyway, i mean, we have a house to talk about for gosh sake!

sooooooo...without further ado....



we'll start in the bathroom linen closet (obviously...) look at those shelves! all that room!! seriously. seriously, what will we do with ourselves?!

more shelves in the guest bedroom closet (or possibly the office, i can't tell)



our upstairs hall closet (woo hoo isn't this fun!?)



our DOORS! ahhhhhhh we are SO obsessed with our doors!



the first window framed...but you can't really see because of the light...



this is the sink for the guest bathroom...



and these will go in the master bathroom



more doors!



hinges!!



hand rails for the stairs



and look! our "patio" yay!



and a DRIVEWAY!!!



the beginnings of the deck...





and look at all that trash! allllll of that is from our....





kitchen!!! gosh, i can't tell you how much this is my (and has become our) DREAM kitchen!!! it's unreal. UNREAL.











and a peek at our hardwoods...they've been all covered up since they were installed.



the downstairs bathroom (right next to the kitchen) floor!



and then only Labor Day weekend headed out and bought ALL of our appliances. labor day may be officially our second favorite holiday (christmas, of course). we got amazingly sweet deals. really, it was incredible, way more than we EVER thought we'd have in terms of household appliances.





a DISHWASHER! ohmygosh, seriously. i don't know how people live without dishwashers. that may be really, really snobby and lazy, but more so, i'm just entirely sick of such a messy kitchen. the truth is, we are lazy. and probably really snobby, too.



an amazing oven. maybe like 3 times bigger than the one we have now



a huge, huge, huge fridge. and look! ice on the door!! we don't even have an ice maker right now!!! and soon we'll have ice on the door!!!



and the washer and dryer of my dreams. of. my. dreams. i will do laundry all the time. anyone have some extra laundry i can do for them? i mean, right now it costs us $2 to do one load of laundry.


allllright, so that was long, huh? but there's more. see, the title of the post means that we move in in about 16 days. s i x t e e n days. sometime around the 5thish. woah. but i can't show you all the rest, have to save some. but soon, don't worry.

house update!

Two posts in one day and NEITHER are birthdays... that's right. The Monroes are turning over a new leaf!

Our house is coming along SO quickly! I told Matt today that I need to hold on to this feeling because I'm sure soon it will feel like it's moving SO slowly. But as for now visible things are happening every day!

So...since we last spoke about this...

They built frames on top of the footings to pour the foundation...

Frames with vents...

Then they poured the walls of the foundation... giving us a crawl space!!!!

And even more exciting, they put in the beams for the floor!

Just me walking across the living room...

Then we went back today and they had installed some heating ducts and water/sewer pipes over the weekend!

Pretty crazy huh?

And then as we were leaving someone else was showing up to do something else!!!!

So I'm sure we will have more to blog about soon! Stay tuned!

House Update...

Here is our latest couple of house pictures! The footings for the foundation are down so you can kinda see the outine of our house! The big square in the bottom left is the garage. Our front door will be to the right of that, just to give you a little visual. This picture isnt' the greatest for seeing the whole house...sorry.



This is just a pipe... we get kind of excited about little things...



So that's all for now! The are supposed to pour the walls of the foundation this week!! And then hopefully start framing NEXT WEEK!!! That means get excited Douglas'! You might actually get to see something that looks like a house while you're here!!