Walk-thru and Closing

They're fine-tuning the house and we have our final walk-thru on October 5th. We close on the house on October 11. Woo hoo! Unfortunately, we have been so busy that we haven't started packing yet...but hopefully we'll be able to get some done tonight.

We have carpet!! 9-21-07

entry way...


master bedroom...


stairway...

We have our closing date!!

We close on October 11! Holy moly do we need to get our butts in gear!! We have our quarterly monitoring for foster care (inspections to make sure our house is clean and following the codes and rules) on Wednesday night and then we plan to kick it into high gear and start packing for our move. Wow!

Carpet, Door Knobs, and a Problem 9-21-07

The carpet and doorknobs have been installed. We noticed a couple of problems though, so the builder is going to have the flooring people come out and fix the landing on the stairs as well as plane the upstairs so it's all even where the boards come together and then re-install the carpet. That was all supposed to have been fixed before the carpet even went down in the first place. I'll show pictures later tonight or tomorrow though.

Security System -- 9-19-07

We went over and met with the security system people at the house last night (9-19) to go over what plan we wanted so they could get that installed and set up for us as the wiring for it has already been done.

It's really cool that it will tell you all throughout the house which doors to the outside are opening. So, if the little ones are downstairs playing and I have to run upstairs for any reason and one of them opens the front door or the back door, it will tell me that the door is opening so that I can get down there really fast.

Mirrors, Electrical Covers, and our Doorbell -- 9-19-07

They put in our mirrors today. They also have our electrical covers installed as well as the doorbell now. We just didn't take pictures of those.

master bath mirrors...


living room...


kids bathroom mirror...


our breakfast nook in the evening...

Toilets, Sinks, and Light Fixtures -- 9-14-07

They put in our toilets, sinks, and light fixtures today.

master bathroom lights...


our kitchen sink...


kids potty....


the pedestal sink in the entry way bath...


bedroom light fixtures...courtesy of the boys room

Linoleum and Vanities -- 9-13-07

They put our linoleum down today as well as added our master bath vanities. They also grouted in the fireplace.

master bathroom vanity...


master bath linoleum...


close up of the kitchen linoleum...


kitchen linoleum...


kids' bath linoleum


fireplace with grout...


entry way linoleum...

Locked in on our interest rate...

We locked in on our interest rate yesterday. We have a fixed 30 year mortgage and we were able to lock in at 6.75%.

Fireplace, Front Door, Kitchen Countertops -- 9-10-07

they did our tile work around the fireplace...they didn't grout it yet...butit's all in place


our front door (this will be painted a forest green color later)


the outside of our house with our new front door (this will be painted a forest green later)


the countertops on the right side of the kitchen


the countertops on the left side of the kitchen

Kitchen Cabinets -- 9-8-07

They installed our kitchen cabinets today!

the right side of the kitchen...


the left side of the kitchen....

Bathroom Cabinets -- 9-7-07

They installed the cabinets in the bathrooms today!

the master bathroom (one of the vanities...we have his and hers)


kid's bathroom

The porch has been shingled! -- 9-6-07

They finally finished the outside of the house! The shingles have been put on the porch overhang!

Walls, Stairway, Mantle, Doors, and Bookshelf -- 9-5-07

Well, they put up our stairway banister, our fireplace mantle, our doors, and our bookshelf today. We even got a close up of the texture of our walls and ceilings. It's starting to look more and more like a house!

the texture of our walls (the color looks a bit weird as we had to take the picture up close to see the actual texture)


the stairway


the fireplace mantle


the doors


the bookshelf


the stairway banister

Texturizing the walls -- 9-1-07

The came in and put the texture on our walls and ceiling! No popcorn ceiling for us!

the living room


the kitchen

Dream Teddy Nursery

I found this set at Babies R Us. I wanted to find something that would be gender neutral and a friend showed me this set when I was trying to figure out whether I wanted to do stars and moons or something with a teddy bear theme. I keep coming back to it and so I think this will be the set we'll get unless I find something that I like better when we get around to doing that room.

Deidra's Tinkerbell Room

I found this at
http://www.wardskids.com/wdkids/prod_display1.asp?product=89119

and Deidra and I both have fallen in love with it. She can't wait to decorate her room.

Hit the road...

This is what I'm going to do the boy's room in. This one received the most votes and I think it will be a big hit. :-)

Living Room Furniture

I found this set at Rooms to Go also, Andy's not 100% sold on the dark brown, but I think it would look nice. We may wind up picking it out in another color...but for now I really like this one.

This is what I want for my new dining room table...

Well, I went hunting for furniture ideas for the new house at Rooms to Go and I have fallent in love with this dining room set. We're going to decorate one room at a time, but the kitchen is the first room on my list.

Frogs for the Kids' Bath

http://www.target.com/gp/detail.html/ref=br_1_8/601-4788571-8626551?ie=UTF8&frombrowse=1&asin=B00076HH8U



I think this is what I'm going to do for the kids' bathroom. I found it at Target. I figure it works for boys or girls and it's cute. It's also what I keep being drawn back to, so frogs it's going to be.

I'll probably paint their bathroom a really light green to match the theme. Then again, I may just leave it the polar ice color (silvery gray) that the painters are going to paint it.