Finally Updating!!!

So sorry that it has been 2 weeks since I have updated the blog.  Things have been very busy, as you can imagine.  A lot has happened in the past two weeks.  We have gotten our countertops, appliances, new carpet and MOST importantly we have moved our furniture!!!!  YAY!  It feels amazing to actually be living in the house now.  There are still some misc. things that have to be done, but nothing that prevents us from living there. 

Since it has been so long since I've updated it's really hard for me to remember day to day what all we did.  So instead I'll just update with the most recent pictures of the rooms.  They are really coming along.  I have refused to hang anything on the walls yet until I am certain I want the furniture to be where it is.  I know that my father-in-law spent a lot of time and hardwork fixing sheetrock and I am not about to put holes in the walls unless they are going to be covered! :-)

Before I get to the pics I wanted to say another big thanks to mom, dad, Ronny and Treva for ALLLLLLL their help.  Also a big thanks to Sam, Aunt Nessie, Andy, Troy and Jessica for helping us pack/move/un-pack.  We really appreicate it!

For those that don't remember what the original rooms looked like, I'm adding a picture of them before the new ones. 

Dining Room

Before:

After:

Den

Before:

With new windows and new carpet:

With furniture:

Kenny's Office:

Before:

Now (still a HUGE mess....):

Downstairs Bedroom

Before:

After:

Master Bedroom

Before:

After:

Rae Rae's Room

Before:

After:

Upstairs Guest Bedroom

Before:

After....well so far:

Kitchen/Sunroom Area

Before:

After:

Master Bath

Before:

After with our new vanities and cultured marble countertops:

My vanity:

Kenny's Vanity:

That's all for now, this site is messing up terribly today and it has taken me forever to get this much done.  Sorry if things turn out weird, it has been really hard adding pictures today!!!!

The end is in sight!!!

Well we had another awesome weekend of work at the house and I am so happy to say that the end is finally in sight...well at least for the inside of the house. :-)

After the cabinets were installed last week, dad and mom spent a lot of time at the house getting some things ready for the weekend.  Dad finished trimming out the openings to the sunroom and kitchen and mom cleaned the whole house.  It looked so good going into the weekend!

On Saturday, Ronny and Treva came back out and we began work right away.  We needed more trim paint and some primer, so while Treva and I waited for the guys to come back from Home Depot, we worked on pulling up some weeds and bushes in the front.  This turned out to be a lot harder to do than we thought and boy were we glad to be done and go sit with our feet in the pool to cool off.  It looks so much better though.  I can't wait to add some bark in there and finish landscaping it for this Summer.  After the guys returned from Home Depot, Treva and I began primming the MDF boards in the den/kitchen/sunroom areas while Kenny and dad got the baseboard and quarter round back down in the sunroom.  Ronny began working on sheetrock work (of course) and painting.  Treva and I finished primming then began putting a second coat on the trim in the sunroom.  While we were doing this, dad and Kenny were able to get the trim and beadboard up under the bar area.  It looks AWESOME!!!  I am very very happy with it!  After I finished in the sunroom I had to leave and get cleaned up.  Whitney and I went out to Greensboro to our friend, Tracy's, wedding. 

Sunday I returned to the house and saw that the trim and beadboard had been primmed and painted.  Treva was finishing painting the trim we primmed the day before, Ronny was painting the ceiling in the guest room upstairs and mom was cleaning our shower like it had never been cleaned before.  Between the three of us, Ronny, Treva and I were able to knock out all the trim upstairs this weekend, including the doors.  All that lacks as far as trim is a small area of baseboard and some chair rail that needs to go back up in our master bath.  Also, the downstairs hallway trim needs to be painted.  Other than that we are done with painting trim!  Thank gosh!  Also on Sunday, dad and Kenny got the recessed lighting covers up and added the crown for the kitchen ceiling. 

Going into this weekend all we lack is painting the few misc. trim places I mentioned and finishing sanding and painting in the den.  There are touch-up places that we will hit throughout the house, but we are waiting to get the furniture in and do a final "walk-thru" to touch places up.  We heard from the countertop guy and they should be installed either this Friday or Monday!  I cannot wait!  We are having our tile floors sealed on Monday night and our appliances will be delivered and installed on Wednesday of next week.  Then Friday we are having the den, upstairs guest bedroom and stair carpet replaced. 

The thing I am most looking forward to this weekend is moving furniture finally!  Kenny and I are planning to start moving stuff on Saturday morning.  We could definitely use help if anyone has some free time on Saturday! :-)  As of right now it's going to be me, Kenny and Sam doing all the moving.  We are hoping to get the dining room, office, downstairs bedroom and Rae Rae's room setup.  Then next weekend we'll move the other guestroom, den and master bedroom stuff.  I cannot wait!

Here are some pictures from this weekend:

Trim is up in the den/kitchen/sunroom!!!!

(As of Friday afternoon...)

(As of Monday morning...and Kenny pouring some coffee)

The baseboards are back up in the sunroom!!!

Ceiling trim up in the kitchen as well as the recessed lighting covers:

Trim at the back of the bar:

The area out front that Treva and I pulled up about 8 bushes out of and numerous weeds on Saturday:

Thanks AGAIN to mom, dad, Ronny and Treva for all your help this weekend!  We love you all very much!

We have CABINETS!!!!

47 days after ripping out our old kitchen cabinets we finally have our new ones!!!!  I have been looking forward to this day for so long!  Yesterday the cabinets were delivered and stored in our garage.  This morning the guys showed up to install them and it only took a few hours.  As soon as they were done, mom called me and I rushed over to see them.  I thought I was going to cry with joy the whole way to the house.  They are so beautiful and I am beyond happy with them!  Tomorrow the countertop guys will be out to measure and hopefully those won't have too long of a lead time.  I cannot wait to start setting my  kitchen up!
Now for the pics!!!!! :-)

All the boxes full of my cabinets this morning:

One last look at my kitchen w/o any cabinets:

Here they are.......

Our dishwasher and sink area with bar on the den side:

Refrigerator area:

Slide-in Range and Microwave area:

View from the dining room:

Master bath:

My vanity (still need to add my mirror)....

Kenny's Vanity (the mirror trim will be painted white to match the rest of the trim)

View of the shower w/ our vanities:

The countdown to the cabinets!!!

In order to be 100% ready for the cabinets this week we had a lot of things to wrap up this past weekend.  Friday night we didn't work on anything.  Instead, Kenny and I hung out at the pool with Branson, Jennifer and Raymond.  The temperature in the pool was finally up to 78 degrees, so it felt soooo good!
Saturday morning started off a bit rough.  Kenny cut his big toe open on his right foot Friday night and after attempting to get up and work he finally agreed to take the bandaids off and let me look at it.  One look told me that he needed to go to the doctor.  So we left dad working and went over to the urgent care place to have his toe looked at.  The doctor got him taken care of pretty fast and then we went back to the house.  Kenny could barely walk on his foot, so he wasn't much help for dad.  While we were gone, dad was able to get the siding back on the house in the back where they replaced the den windows.  He also started trimming out the bar opening on both the kitchen and den sides.  We wrapped Saturday up earlier than usual so everyone could go to the Fuller Family Cookout.  Unfortunately, Kenny was in so much pain that he just wanted to go home (to Winder) and prop his foot up.  So we enjoyed a nice evening at home.
Sunday we headed over to the house and gave mom her present.  Whit, Kenny and I all went in and got her a new camera.  I think she was pretty excited about it!  Now I'll just have to teach her how to use it. :-)  After opening her gift, we went up to the house to work.  We got a lot done on Sunday and I am very grateful that mom was willing to work all day on Mother's Day.  I worked on painting the baseboards and quarter round in the office and the dining room.  Those two rooms are now 100% done other than some touch up painting and cleaning the floors good from all the sheetrock dust.  Kenny stepped up and took the place of "sheetrock man" this weekend and worked on a lot of different areas in the house.  Dad trimmed out the windows in the den and the window in our master bathroom.  Then he trimmed out the door going from the den to the kitchen.  It looks so good and I can't wait to see it all caulked and painted!!!!  Since Kenny was still in a lot of pain, we sent him to mow the yard since he could just sit and not be on his foot.  The yard is really starting to green up and look a lot better than it did.  I really wish we had more time for landscaping, but right now we only have time to work inside the house.  While Kenny was mowing, mom worked on getting our master bath 100% ready for the cabinets.  Kenny had done some sheetrock work in there before going out to mow and he also removed his vanity so mom worked on cleaning it up and painting the trim and beadboard.  The bathroom is now ready. After wrapping up the day, we went back to mom and dad's house and enjoyed a wonderful steak dinner.  Nanette came out to join us for dinner and I was so excited to get to show her the newest changes in the house.
The next big thing that will happen will be the cabinets coming in!  I cannot wait!  They are being delivered tomorrow and will be installed on Wednesday!  Then we have our countertop guy coming out to measure on Thursday.  It is all coming together and I can't wait to see the cabinets in the house.  It will really start feeling more complete to have them.
Thanks again to dad and mom for all your help this weekend!
Here are the newest pics:

The view of the back of the den with the siding replaced:

The den windows trimmed out (still need to be caulked & painted):

  















The trimmed out bar area and doorway into the kitchen (and CC Marie):

Kitchen view of the trimmed out openings (and Ralph William):

Love these Rosette Squares that mom suggested:

The dining room is DONE:

The office is DONE:

The master bath is ready for the cabinets:

The window trimmed out in our bath:

That's all for now...next update will be pictures of the cabinets!!!! YAY!