Paint and Cabinets

There is color now!!  This week had some great changes in that all the rooms are painted, the outside is 75% painted (they still have the trim to do) and cabinets were installed.  The outside was also graded in prep for concrete and grass.  Next week, the plumbing and electrical should be finished up.  Not too much longer!

Very pleased with the cabinets and layout of the kitchen!  Can't wait to get it organized!!

Can you tell there will be girls living in this house?  We had 3 color choices in the budget so we had to be creative.  At least there is no pink downstairs :-)

Looking like rooms

It is really beginning to look like a house.  The drywall began going in 2 weeks ago after the insulation inspection was done.  The girls were very excited to see their rooms taking shape.  These were taken on 6/30.

Here they are on the staircase.  

What a different feeling now that we can't see "through" the stairs. 

The kitchen - still having trouble visualizing everything fitting in there

Youngest to oldest, they are all thrilled with their soon to be rooms!  Btw, we had been out picking blackberries so that is why they are in long pants in the middle of hot, hot summer!!

The prep for the stucco had also been started.  Those very dark clouds dropped some torrential rains right as we left.  I don't think they got much more done outside.

We went out tonight on 7/6 to see what had been done while we were out of town.  The drywall is done, the stucco started and doors hung with the trim work begun.

The septic field has been built and the well has also been dug.

Mowing and Picking Blackberries

We spent yesterday afternoon at the house mowing the front part of the property.  It was quite hot (a real feel of 112 degrees around 1 p.m.) but thankfully, we had the riding mower to make the job a little easier.  June's mom even gave some help with the mowing.  We also mowed a path around the outer edge of the back part of the property so we finally got a close up view.  I took a picture from the back of the property looking up to the house.  The path also allows us to start reaching some of the thousands of blackberries on the property.

Hopefully, after a second framing inspection, we will be able to start posting pictures of drywall and such going up.

House guts

The last few weeks has been the "guts" of the house going in.  Electrical, plumbing, a/c and now central vac.  We will hopefully have a frame inspection by the beginning of next week and then start getting the drywall up.  Mike is going to put insulation in some of the inside walls and a spray insulation will be put on the underside of the roof.  Speaking of roof, there are shingles up there now.  New front windows are being ordered so everything will be non-grill.  Slowly getting there!

A Swallow-Tail Kite enjoying the evening breezes. 

Mike looking for blackberries

Shaping Up

Here's some pics with the roofing going on. We've got windows in and the doors are ready for installation as well.


Note to self though... next time if the builder asks if we want grids in the windows, ask HIM if he means ALL the windows. June was very adamant about no grills. Apparently they heard her for all but the front windows.

We're working on that.

Here's a parting shot of the back.

Just add water!

We were totally shocked on Thursday when we went by the house.  Most of the roof was sheeted!!  It actually looked like a house as we drove up.  Most of the downstairs was framed out and a staircase was in leading to the second floor.

Kitchen area

Looking into the master bedroom and out to the front porch

On Friday, all of the roof was finished and the upstairs was framed out.  We had such fun walking through and seeing where all the rooms will be.

 Standing in the common room looking at the staircase

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A bathroom and bedroom behind it 

Looking like a house!

Moving fast

One day after the walls went up, half of the floor tresses were up and some of the inside walls were framed.  It is neat to begin seeing all the rooms shaping up.