Oh wow, what a crazy week!!
There was tons going on, tons of little things to be done, and it made for some late nights for Robin, the girls, and myself..... but we've finally arrived at the finish line: The Parade of Homes starts this morning and our house is finished! (actually, the house was completed with a cushion of a couple of days, which is highly unusual!)
(just a note: I'll be creating two posts on the topic of "Done!". One will be the update since the previous post, and then the second will mostly photos from last night, the evening prior to the Parade beginning)
Just a recap of what's all happened since my last post, and then I'll get right to the photos... :)
The carpenter was in the house a couple of times finishing things up. The painters came back and did their final touch-ups too.
The cleaning crew was in the house three different days (for most of the day each time) cleaning the place from top to bottom.
The decorator spent several days decorating...
Dennis and Joe O'Brien spent alot of time at the house over the last week too.
Those were the scheduled things on the contractors' side....
On *our* side of this effort were:
A last-second run to Lowe's by Robin to replace a crooked light fixture in the half-bath and get a different mirror for that room.
The massive wood chip pile in the back yard has finally been wiped out.
The front "planting area" by the sidewalk is now planted, and mulched.
Mirrors were hung, appliances arrived, and the lawn has sprouted blades of grass.
The shower door arrived too.
(I just know I'm forgetting alot of them.. lol)
Also on Thursday we met with Dennis at the site and signed the "final draw" paperwork. Once processed, this paperwork will allow for final payment to all the supplies from the bank/title company and thus the conclusion of the construction phase of our new house :)
Yeah, yeah... I know.. enough with the text.. get on with the photos!
Ok, here you go!
The rest of the appliances arrived the day after my last post. Sears is where we got them all. (just a note, if you get a fridge from sears with a water dispenser you'll need to have a water shutoff valve immediately behind the fridge or they will refuse to hook it up for you.... company policy, yet the sales people never mention that fact)
Then, last weekend we hung most of the bathroom mirrors that we could hang (the half-bath being the exception).
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| Rachel's vanity |
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| Lyndsey's vanity |
The front door was removed, painted (after a few minor dents were pounded out), and replaced early in this last week.
As the week went along, alot more began happening.
Debbie (the decorator) was very busy this week, putting up staging decor and window treatments.
We went with wood blinds in most of the rooms, and all the fabric window treatments you see are hand-sewn by Debbie.
Some of the decor in the photos is our stuff, but alot of it is Debbie's. She has a stash at her house that she uses parts of when staging Parade homes.
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| kitchen window |
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| living room Wall of windows |
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| Wall of windows |
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| master bedroom |
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| master bedroom reading nook |
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| office |
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| Lyndsey's room |
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| Rachel's room |
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| the patio door vertical blinds |
After I planted all the plantings in the front of the house "planting area", Lyndsey and I were there mulching late one night this week.
Now for the next post with last night's photos on it... :)
Paul
