Sunday, June 27, 2010

Roof is done and we have a garage door!


It was a good end to the week for the house. All the shingles are on, the garage door is installed and the house is sealed! I couldn't even get into the house because they locked it...which is good. But, it looks like most of the electrical work and plumbing is done...just waiting on inspection and then they can do the siding and the dry wall or sheet rock...whatever you wanna call it. Haha!
Our appt. last week was cancelled so we re-scheduled for this Tues. So we'll be picking out floors then.
We are finally...well not we because I don't have a job yet, but Kyle is financially where he wants to be so we went and picked out a sectional and put a down payment on it. So that's exciting because I didn't think we'd be doing that just yet.
We're getting closer!!!! =)

Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The start of shingles!!!




We have shingles on our roof! Finally! I was wondering when they were gonna start on this. Hopefully they can get all of them up there by the weekend, that'd be nice to see. They also did more electrical and plumbing work. They framed the 2 doors we have. (little things excite me, haha!) and the front door has a temporary door knob so we can actually close the door and lock it. Haha! Not that it really matters. So that's kind of what the picture of the front door foyer area is about and I also wanted to post a pic of the awesome plant ledge we have! So excited about that! We actually have two but the one is SO big with the vaulted ceilings...I didn't even expect it to be that big. So that will be fun to decorate. We have another house appt. tomorrow...probably the last one before the final closing. We'll finally get to decide what kind of floors we'll have...I'm hoping for hardwood but we'll see.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Garage and front porch are poured!




This is what they did today...along with more plumbing and electrical work. Our basement still isn't poured and they didn't even touch the roof today. Anyway, I like our front porch...it is bigger than I expected. I wasn't able to get a picture from the front because the yard was flooded and muddy. But, it looks good! Hopefully tomorrow we have a roof because our floor boards are getting wet and it looks like the rain isn't done yet.

Electric, plumbing, doors, tubs!




So, the electric and plumbing was started, we have our tub in the main bathroom and the shower in the master bathroom, and they took the cover off of the door so now you can see what it looks like. We ended up changing the doors for the interior. They will still be the 2 panel arch except they will have lines down the middle...I thought they were cute. What else...ummm, the picture of the house was taken before the storm on Friday...it doesn't look like that anymore, haha! A lot of the tar paper was ripped off...not too bad tho. But the house is ready for siding and shingles...so hopefully by Friday we will see one or both of those. The picture of the window is a view of our kitchen...I don't think I've ever posted a pic of it before. It isn't a huge kitchen but it's big enough for us. We had a house appt. last week where we picked out the rest of the colors and other stuff. We decided to get the same color cabinets in the bathrooms that we have in the kitchen. The paint color we picked is called china doll and it is a really pretty dark tan...that will go all throughout the house. The sink colors for the bathroom will be almond/white. We didn't get a chance to pick out vinyl colors because she didn't have the samples with her so we might upgrade to wood laminate....which I think will be so pretty. It all depends on how much more expensive it is. So we'll see.











Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Windows, Doors and Shingles Oh My!












Okay so we have windows, which you already knew, and dooooors! AND the shingles are ready to be put on! Yay! The front door will be painted burgundy to match the shutters and we'll probably just leave the garage door white. The door is a 2 panel arch door instead of a 6 panel. It was an upgrade that we got for free. So all of the interior doors will match that. You'll see it soon. Haha! But anyway, we walked through the house today and it seemed a lot bigger for some reason. Maybe because they took all of the support beams or whatever out. I just can't wait until it is DONE! I'm ready to start decorating!!!!!!!!!


Monday, June 14, 2010

We have windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Yes!!!!! Definitely was not expecting this to happen today....so, very exciting!! We also got a call today from Meridith and she said that the plumbing and electric peoples will be out on Friday! Yaaay! Sorry the picture isn't that great. I spent the evening at Kyle's and couldn't wait until tomorrow to see it so I stopped by on my way home....and then my camera died. I did go in to look around and we have our sliding glass door installed too. Hopefully tomorrow I can get out there during the day to get a better picture. I love the windows tho! They are super cute. I am just a little disappointed tho because the back 3 living room windows aren't like the front windows. They are just plain. Oh well, not a big deal. I'm still happy!

Sunday, June 13, 2010

More roof work...


Well, they skipped a day of work...not sure why. But the following day they added more tar paper and that's about it. This part seems to be taking awhile tho. Which, whatever. We originally wanted our house to be done by June 22nd so we could get the first time home buyers tax credit, but we went to H&R Block last week and it looks like we're getting it anyway. So, that is super exciting. We still want our house to be done asap, but no worries if it takes a little longer. I'm hoping to be able to post a good picture on Friday with maybe some shingles or windows or SOMETHING other than this house made of lumber. We'll just have to wait and see!