Carpet

Carpet is in!

Rock Around Fireplace and Gutters

They put the rock around the fireplace.

Gutters are on - let's hope this doesn't signal the rain to start! :)

Fridge and Mailbox

Our refrigerator got delivered today!

I installed our mailbox – quite proud of myself! It required a little digging help from dad, but other than that, I cemented it in and nailed and screwed it on! As a side note: the numbers are a result of letting a seeing-impaired person pick them out! They are HUGE! No one now has an excuse as to not knowing where to turn!

Update: I blocked out the numbers for security reasons. :) Just know that they are as big as the square that is now there!

Paint and Deck

The house got painted this weekend.

Friday we got our driveway pad and walkway up to the front door.

We got tile around the soaking tub in the master bathroom.

We got most of a our deck off the back door - railing and stairs need to be finished. (A note on the paint: the white trim on the backside hasn't been painted yet. It should help break-up some of the "homemade butterscotch"!)

Lights and Water

Lights got installed today!

As did the plumbing fixtures - toilets, sinks and faucets!

Cabinet Doors, Counter Tops and Bathroom Floors

Cabinet doors are on and counter tops on in!

Island looking into family room. Cooktop and oven will be in that hole.

Bathroom floors have been laid.

We Know Why…

…but HOW did he get himself behind the monitor???

 

He started here:

 

And somehow got himself here:

 

P.S. Chicken on the counter is why! This was after he barked at it and got no response from us…Then we heard things tipping over on the desk and discovered he was on it!

Cabinets, Shakes, and Septic

Kitchen cabinets are in...doors still to come!

Shakes on the front of house are up.

Septic system is in...just needs to be tested and covered.

Drain field is in. It was awesome how they only took out the brush and were able to work it around the trees!

Cabinets and Hardwood

The cabinets got installed today and they went straight to work installing them!

They also started laying the hardwood floors.

Finish Work and Septic

We're on to the finish work!

Almost all the doors are hung and they are working on the baseboard.

Railing is up and trim on edge of stairs is in.

I have to show off my work...I painted the floor of the two storage rooms in the basement with garage floor paint. Neither room has windows since they are on the back side of the house, so they won't be used for much besides storage and hopefully having a lighter floor color won't make the rooms *quite* as scary. It turned out very nice, if I do say so myself!

They started installing the septic system today.

This will be the lovely view out of Chris' office window! Just kidding! It will be covered and I will put in some plants to make it look much nicer for him!

That's a lot of tank!

More rock ?!?!?!

I learned today the MacGyver LOVES his new house!! We pretty much already new this, but he hung out with me for a good 4 hours today while I did work around the house and cleaned up. He explored the whole time! Some of you wouldn't believe that he had that much energy. And, when I said it was time to go home, he wouldn't get in the car! I'm so glad he's going to love his new home! He, of course, like any good dog would do, found a dead mouse and proceeded to roll around in it for about 5 minutes - every time I tried to get video he'd stop (of course!).

Interior Paint

The interior is all painted!

Great room.

Kitchen with the entry way on right. Pantry and laundry room are through door in middle of picture.

Basement - guest room is on the other side of the wall. (Well, future guest room. This will be the guest room once we have 2 kids. The guest room will be upstairs until then!)

Basement from other side - Chris' office will be on the other side of this wall (and back a little - this wall sticks out and the office is recessed (is that how you'd describe it??))(Future) Guest room

Blue Angels

Mel and James' friend took me, mom and dad out to watch the Blue Angels practice today. This weekend is SeaFair and they put on a full show over Lake Washington before the hydroplane races on Sunday, but practice for 3 days leading up to it. It was cloudy today, so we got to see the "low" show - not too much of that straight up climbing and full "g"s, but a lot of low flying right off the water. It was awesome! You could see the pilots in the cockpit as the zoomed by in front of you!

Yes - he is as low as he looks in this picture!

It was hard to get a good picture, but there were a lot of boats out watching!

They close the I-90 bridge and some of the water space around it as private air space. These barges cruised around and made sure people stayed far enough back.

Siding and Doors

They started the siding on the house!

In the back, he had only gotten to framing out the windows...

Interior doors are delivered and ready to be hung once the house is painted.

Drywall Taping

All the drywall is hung and taped over the seams! Word on the street is that we are going to be painting the house by Friday (please don't ask about picking a color!!). Grandma Dorothy came for a visit today - she gave her approval, so we're all good there! She especially liked the room for the nursery! :)

Garage Doors

Garage doors are hung!

Start of Drywall

They wasted no time - they already started hanging the drywall!

Great room.

Garage

One of the bedrooms.

They also started on the siding - it starts with some moisture protection paper. They will be hanging the siding over it next week!