3 Days and Counting!

Woohoo! Maybe this house will be done on time, folks! A whole bunch of stuff has happened in the last 48 hours, so let me fill you in.

We'll just start at the front of the house and work our way through.  This is our front door.  Clearly it's not installed yet.  And yes, it's upside down in our unfinished basement.  I'm showing it to you because the paint color we chose a few days ago was just applied today.  We wanted it to look like wood, even though it's a fiberglass door, so we chose a gel stain in a walnut color.  We're thinking this will go well with the classic, timeless look of the exterior. This should be actually installed tomorrow.

Jason, my brother-in-law who did all the cabinetry work, made and installed this bench in the front foyer.  It's perfect--love this little niche.  I can just picture a couple of fluffy throw pillows on here to make it more welcoming.

Also in the foyer we have the railing going up the staircase.  I've always wanted one of these and I adore how it incorporates both the white trim color and the stained wood color.  

To the right of the foyer is the office, which now has carpet.  Yay!  Evan and Marea both stepped on it and oohed and ahhed over how soft it feels.  

The powder room (I'm not really sure that's what they're called nowadays, but that's what our floor plan say) is pretty much complete.  Look how amazing this oval mirror is over that pedestal sink!  A pedestal sink has been in the house of my dreams for a long time and now I get to have one.  Thrilled about that!

 The carpet is also in the living room area.  I love how cozy this room feels now.  Are you tired of me saying how much I love everything?  I'm sorry to be so redundant, but I really, really do.  This is my dream house so for me, there's lots to love!

The kitchen now has a few appliances (still need the fridge).

And we officially have a kitchen sink, too.  The faucet head pulls down to use as a sprayer.  How cool is that? Maybe it will be cool enough for me to the dishes more often (my least favorite chore ever).

And now we head upstairs.  Here's the stairway once you come to the top of the stairs.  This light fixture rocks my world.  It looks pretty dang awesome hanging in our stairway.  Oh, and look! We have electricity now! So we can actually visit our house after 4:30pm (which is when the sun is setting here).  Yay for modern conveniences!

The master bathroom now has a counter, plumbing fixtures, lights, and mirrors.  Check it out! Two sinks with tons of storage.  Um, somebody pinch me now.  I really can't believe that this is going to be my home.

 

The closet shelving is almost all installed--just need to get the racks of shelves up in each closet.

And that pretty much wraps up what's been going on.  Since we got to visit our home on the Lane during the dark, we got to be the only ones there tonight.  For the first time, it felt kind of like home.  I think that was partly because when we've been going there lately, the house is full of workers so it hasn't really felt like the house is ours.  Also, the kids were running around, playing hide and seek, and wrestling on the carpet.  They were making themselves at home--making it into our home with their joy, energy, and laughter.

As Eric said to me today, for the last year we've poured out hearts and souls into creating this house and making this dream come true.  He's right.  Now we are just 3 days away from making this house into our home.  I couldn't be any happier!