wow, i didnt realize that it had been so long since i had posted. now that we are moved in i just dont think about it. you must know that these pictures do not do this house justice, but here a few anyway

• dining room wall--this is the most recent project. at some point the clock will no longer be there, and that open space will be turned into a ladder to get into the loft--that opening ensures that i will never be able to gain a pound in my life...
• the living area with our new wood burning stove, which really heats the entire house
• puss loungin (as usual)
• guest bedroom (we still need to get some stuff out of there, but just wanted to give you an idea of the space)

• lexan panels lit up
• kitchen shots
• hallway to bath/bedroom

here are a few pics with some of our furniture; we still have a long way to go before we are completely moved in...it will probably take us the entire week to get everything out of boone.

puss is taking a strike against packing. his dream is for his whole family to move out so he can have the whole house to himself...

today is move-in day--thank goodness!! for those of you keeping track of our progress, please be patient as we slowly transition from our house in boone to bethel. hopefully the next pictures will be of us completely moved-in.


this picture just shows the rug; we have since put a clear coat on the floors, which has made a huge difference; they look great!

as you can see, there have been several updates on the house in the past week or two

• the outside is finally complete; bill put on the final pieces of metal last week. this weekend, chad put the railing on the back open deck on the front of the house, and also got the stairs to the porches done; we are now up to code on the exterior
• the kitchen is also moving along with the appliances in place and all the plastic off the cabinets; we have a few more final touches like the cabinet/drawer pulls and the metal upper shelves that will go on the sink side of the kitchen, other than that we are hoping to be moving in by the end of the week--we shall see!

this is the front side of the house, notice the railing chad put up; it looks great, and now no one can fall off

the moment you have all been waiting for...
looking a lot better these days, huh?

ok mom, we are still not ready to show the appliance pictures because they are still not in place, but here are a few for now

• the kitchen sink, dont you just love the hardware; the hose extends from the top
• the bathroom counter and sink; to the left will be shelves for towel, and where there is nothing under the countertop will be my dressing area with a stool, etc.
• toilet and bathtub; after we put the hardware for the shower we are hoping it will look like a freestanding tub
• our door to the bedroom
• our track lighting in the hallway, which is a lot cooler in person

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