The Stroud Family: 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...)