staircase done

The bannister is complete! Travis did a great job on making it! We are going to hang the handrail next!

Dirtwork....yay!

So far the one thing that has held us up so far has been the dirtwork. A guy that Travis knows is doing it for us as a favor. Therfore we have been pretty much at his mercy waiting on it to get done the past two months. We cannot get the driveway done, electric lines run, garage door installed, yard work done, and a/c units put in until the dirtwork is completed. So alot is on hold until the dirtwork is completed. But today...it's getting done. The yard looks completely different! They have already taken off many, many loads of dirt from the lot and are currently removing more. The lot has been leveled and now looks like an actual yard. It only took one giant bulldozer, one dump truck, and one loader.

Orders!

I've had several orders for letters! So I spent a large portion of today making them!

Hardwood floors and a bannister

Today, our hardwood flooring began to be put down. Our guys got the living room and hallway between the spare bedrooms finished. It looks so good! Travis worked all day on making the staircase bannister. At the time that I took this picture, he wasn't finished. He still needed to add more moldings. I'll paint it tomorrow. Tomorrow Travis will make the fireplace mantel. Our dirtwork should also be completed. That's the only thing that has been holding us up so far. Once that is done we can pour our driveway, sidewalk, and patio. Our electic lines can be run and our a/c can be completed!

Laundry room countertop

Our laundry room countertop was installed today at some point. It's absolutely not the one I picked out...the one I chose was much lighter in color. However, it was free so I cannot complain I guess.

More lights

The guy hanging our lights is incredibly slow and is still working on hanging them. Here are my two favorite lights. The first hangs above the jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom and the other hangs in the living room near the front doors.

Sad attempt at curtains...

I made a sad attempt at making curtains for the playroom today. I used the same fabric that I used in the pillows yesterday. I have never claimed to be able to sew well and these are far from perfect. And no, this is not the window they were made for. The window they were made for is much smaller. I hung them on a window at the apartment just to see what they look like.

New Pillows

I made these pillows today for the bonus/play room in the new house. The fabric matches the scrapbook paper we used in the paintings and letters that we made earlier!

lights

They've begun hanging our lights!

Countertops in the Daylight

We were excited to see our countertops in the daylight today. We both really love them! I especially love my big ole' undermounted sink!