What's in the attic and the new chandelier

Dave went up in the attic to put up some empty boxes and found loads and loads of insulation. He said it was two feet high at least.

On Thursday night he also installed the new chandelier we got for the dining room. He's only crashed into it twice so far.

New couch arrived!

Check it out:
Dave fixed the fan too, so it no longer comes halfway into the room.

A clean house....finally

Except the garage, that is still a big disaster. There is also a cricket and lizard running around in there amongst the mess.

We had a crazy cleaning day on Friday and got a lot of stuff cleaned up and even managed to hang a few things. The office still needs to be unpacked and we still have a lot more things to hang on the wall. Dave even installed some ceiling fans.

Living Room:

Kitchen/Family Room:
Loft:
Office:Master:

Hallway:

Finally shutters!

Today after returning home from our exciting morning at the zoo, the shutter installers were in our driveway to greet us. They spent a couple of hours installing shutters throughout the house. They look great and it's wonderful not living in a fish bowl anymore. Although I have to say that the house is a lot darker now, since previously we didn't have any window coverings downstairs at all.

I'll post pictures later.

Kitchen floor finally complete

Today Dave finished caulking the baseboards. We also rented a carpet stretcher and reattached the carpet in the two entrances into the kitchen/family room.

Unfortunately in the last minutes of our kitchen remodel project Dave gets a call from work and spends the rest of the weekend working. In fact, he worked all night long on Sunday coming home at 6am Monday morning!

Even though we completed the project, we didn't get to start actually unpacking the rest of the house or organizing the garage as planned. Now I know what our plans are next weekend!

Furniture Shopping

It has been difficult finding furniture that we like that doesn't cost an arm and a leg! We looked at a bunch of smaller furniture stores, but I still find myself drawn to the Pottery Barn and Crate and Barrel furniture. Luckily we found this place that makes pieces similar to the PB style. This is what we are thinking of ordering:
We are also looking at sectional sofas, but that's a little more challenging since we have to find the right configurations and the right fabric, etc.

The kitchen is still unfinished so no updates there. Hopefully this weekend we will make some progress.

Hallelujah

The kitchen floor is done! Dave finished grouting last night after working every night after work this week until 10pm. Hopefully the baseboards go in this weekend, but I'm going to put in the kitchen table and get the t.v. in the family room even if they aren't!

We now need to find a couch for the family room or it's going to be pretty uncomfortable to watch t.v. on the hard tile floor. The next big project is to tile Gigantor's bathroom because potty training is just around the corner! Then the backyard landscaping and hardscaping is next. I'd like to have a backyard by Gigantor's birthday so he can have a party, but we'll see.

The park across the street isn't scheduled for completion until July now. The trailers out front were scheduled to leave on Wednesday so I hope they are gone really soon!!