this is our lighting in our living room; chad and i like to call them our flying saucer lights, and below you can see where our storage bench/dining bench is...all of our blankets will go under there.

it is hard work being me. i cant help it; i can always find a way to get cozy!

i thought i would show you these pics first because the house is actually clean. these pics are of the stained floors in the main living area kitchen.


ok, here is the kitchen, which is obviously nowhere near finished, but chad and i are working as hard as we can to get that CO; chad is believing for this week, but i happen to know that chad likes to tell me only what i want to hear, and it will be at least another week or two before that happens. let me also remind my fellow obxers that getting a CO in watauga co. is a lot easier than getting one there--we dont even have to have running water or a heating system to move into this baby, which at this point, as hard as we have been working, that sounds great to me.

and no, our cabinets arent blue; we are just leaving the contact paper on so they dont get ruined; i have unpeeled one of them and they look beautiful

notice the fan--isnt it hot; they are in all the rooms and on the porches; they will also blow you out of the house. who needs AC when you got something like this?

yes, our shower will be metal, and it looks awesome; stay tuned for more of the shower...

this is the main area pre-stained and wood floors completed; the hallway and master are the old floors that we just sanded and stained, and then there is chad's crack

the new floors really turned out beautiful (the ones in the guest room and main living area); keep in mind they are mixed woods, so each different piece is a different color

and we have some floors--they will be done at the beginning of the week; they are mixed wood floors with several different kinds of wood, and they are beautiful; however we will be staining them a dark brown to match the original wood floors in the hallway, master, and bathroom

let's take a few minutes to reminisce, shall we??

• the basement
• and the root cellar

it sure is nice to see no more black mold and some white walls, huh? it really makes a huge difference down there; it is a lot brighter...

just want to take a moment to remember all the beautiful artwork--wow

before

and after, so nice that there is no more roosters

before

after--the holes in the wall are places for bookshelves

this pic is old; it just shows the metal panel on the back of the house. it is still not on the front because we are trying to get the interior finished first

remember the lexane panels i talked about, this is how much light they allow in the hallway and bedrooms (without the flash); yes there are some pros and cons to this, but it looks awesome

doing a bit of cleaning before the wood floors go in tomorrow

• first picture: shot of the window seat
• second picture: shot of the stairway where shelves will be; this is plywood, not t&g for a lil' contrast
• third: better shot of stairway
• fourth: loving couple

the fridge will go on the small wall before the stair/hallway opening

chad in our master bedroom; yes, i know it's tiny. up top where there is no t&g we are going to have lexan panels to let in more light; lexane is similar to a corrugated fiberglass. we will also have this on some of our doors.
http://www.piedmontplastics.com/html/prodname-LEXAN_Polycarbonate_Sheet-349.htm
























this is the unfinished wall in the bathroom