Countertops

The bathroom countertops are in!!

For the bathrooms we decided to go with caesar stone because of its modern look and easy maintenance.  The best part is you never have to seal it.

Here is the master, it is called misty carrera

And here is the boys bath

I really love the look of the caesar stone it is very clean and modern.

The granite for the kitchen is supposed to be installed today but as of 12:30 the installer still had not shown up.  I am keeping my fingers crossed that it happens today.

If all stays on schedule we want to move in this weekend, but the forecast is for rain all weekend so we will see what happens.

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Renovation Update

It's been a while since I posted and the finish line is looking closer.

Tim has started work on the flooring.

Cabinets have been installed.

Currently our bathroom countertops are being installed and the granite guy is coming today to make the template for the kitchen.

Next up is plumbing on Friday and over the weekend Tim will be installing the flooring in the kitchen.

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Tile is Done!!!!

So the tile is done in the boys bathroom and I could not be happier about how it turned out.

I love, love, love it and can't wait for the cabinets to be installed this friday!!!!!

Tim has been working on installing the laminate flooring which has been a tedious task so far.  I am hoping that once he gets the hang of it things will move along quicker.  After that is done we will be installing our sinks and fixtures.  That will also be a learning process.

Nearing the end of the renovation process is such a catch 22.  On one hand, I am so glad that the renovations are almost over, but on the other hand that means we will be moving and have to pack up all of our stuff.  I am not looking forward to the packing part.

Also while all of this is going on I am trying to make Halloween costumes for the entire family.  I will post some pics of the progress later this week.  

Back to sewing for now.

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Weekend recap

We had a lot of fun this weekend and we also accomplished many things at the new house.

We had lots of fun at Scarlet's 3rd birthday.

On Sunday I painted the office and on a whim we decided to paint the banister black:

Before

Almost done

 Tim installed ceiling fans in all four rooms upstairs and one hall light.

Love this fan.  This is the same one we have in family room of old house.

All the rooms are now painted except for the pantry and downstairs bathroom (which will be demoed once the rest of the house is finished).

Here is the pantry now:

from the kitchen

around the corner

I love the size of the pantry but I think I wanted to make some of the shelves deeper.  They have to be able to hold Costco size Cheerio boxes.

Hopefully this week the boys bath will be tiled and Tim will start installing our floors.

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Progress

We have been working hard at the new house for the past month.  Every free moment we have is spent over there.  We have finished painting the upstairs and hopefully this weekend will be finishing the majority of the downstairs.  Tim is there right now hanging ceiling fans and painting the floor (so the pet smell does not come back).

This week new pool tile and plaster was installed.

Before:

After:

Also this week, tiling began in the master bathroom.

I chose a dark espresso stain for the master bath cabinetry and I can't wait to see how it looks.

Next week work will start on the boys bath with these tiles:

Tim also picked up the laminate flooring we will be installing.  I am so excited.  It finally feels like things are getting accomplished in the house and hopefully we will be moving in by the end of October!!!

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Decisions, decisions

I am so excited to report that decisions have been made.  Tim took yesterday and today off so we could finalize some of the details for our renovations.

For the boys bath we are putting glow moon tile on the shower walls with a border of this mosaic and this tile in grey for the floor.

For the master bath this tile from Porcelanosa, with natif curry for the floor.

I am so excited that the tile has been finalized.  One decision down, 5 million more to go.

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Master Bath

It is so hard to decided what I want my master bath to look like.  I keep changing my mind.  At first I wanted tumbled marble tiles for the shower, then I found some large tiles with subtle stripes on them.  Now I am leaning towards this tile. 

I am hoping this will coordinate well with the tub we already bought and the vanity I want to get from Pier 1 Imports.  

Even with all this picked out I still need to decide on flooring and the color of the cabinets.

Are there any interior designers out there?  I am losing sleep over all of the renovations.  There are just too many decisions to be made and probably to much money being spent.  I just want someone else to pick it all out and tell me what to do.

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Renovations Have Begun

Almost two months ago we bought a new house.  It was a foreclosure and the previous owners did not take care of it.  All the carpet was stained with animal urine and dried on gum.  I could not believe people lived like this.

After the escrow closed, Tim tore out all of the carpet (0.88 tons to be exact) by himself and hauled it to the dump.

Our next step was to patch the hole in the front door and then paint the door.  This was a two person job.  We also got new hardware for all the outside doors, 6 to be exact.  I am now an expert in installing dead bolts and door handles.  Here is the hardware we chose:
Ashfield Single Cylinder Handleset, Exterior Only

Next the demo crew came in and tore out the kitchen and two upstairs bathrooms.

Here is what it looks like now:

Kitchen

Master Bath

Front door

Now we just have to decide everything else.

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