House Update

We are so close to moving in! Things continue to move along, and I think I will start moving stuff in tomorrow(Saturday) or Sunday. It's so exciting! Tonight Nick and I worked at the house until about 9:30 pm, cleaning and doing little stuff. We got Rylan's closet system in, some towel rods/hooks up, some carpet vacuumed, and some of the tile floor clean. The tile floor will be the end of me I think. It's so dirty! I first pick up big chunks, then vacuum, then use the Hoover Floor Mate (love that machine) then on my hands and knees, I run my hands over every single tile, feeling for anything that needs to be scraped off, like grout, caulk, paint, and whatever else. Just the scraping part, I average about 1 tile every minute, so it's slow going. Then I go back and use the Hoover again on everything. It looks so much better, but if anyone comes in with shoes on, they're dead!

I still need to finish Mackenzie's closet, put up the rest of the towel bars/hooks, touch-up paint everywhere, and vacuum the upstairs. I'm hoping to get that all done tomorrow, so I can start moving stuff in on Sunday. I can't wait! The main reason we aren't moved in yet is that the railing still needs to be put up, but it's coming either tomorrow or Sunday, so this next week we should be able to sleep there! WooHoo!

We had some new furniture delivered today too, so that makes it more real. We got a new dining room set and a bedroom set for us. It all looks so great!

Anyhow, I realized I haven't put pictures of the house on here in a while. I put them all on Facebook, but I know not everyone is on there, so here are some of the latest.

I finally got the tree done in Mackenzie's room and it turned out great! It's floor to ceiling.

I didn't want to do an all-out theme for her room, but I have gotten a few things from Target's Love and Nature collection. It's all nature/woodsy stuff, and it's so cute! Anyhow, I saw a small canvas print at Target and loved it, but thought it needed to be a bit bigger. I think it turned out wonderfully!

Here are pictures of all the bathrooms. The mirrors and light fixtures are all in now, and they all look great.

Half bath - the sink is a bowl I got at Pier 1 for $20 and we had it turned into a sink. I saw a similar sink in the Kohler catalog for $700, so I think I did pretty well with this one! (it looks really small in this picture though)

Guest bath - if you ever come to stay, this will be yours!

Kids' bath - the mirror needs to be lowered and I need to get their towels/decor up so it is more suited for kids.

Master bath - the half wall still needs some work

The siding is all done!!! It looks wonderful and I love it. Although since this picture was taken, the outdoor lights have been put up where the white bars are by the garage doors.

Oooh, and the driveway will be finished tomorrow as well, they only have one section left to pour and it will be done. We damn near have a Nascar race track in our front yard, but it will be perfect for the kids to ride their bikes on.

Here is a close-up of the granite in the laundry room. I think this is my favorite granite in the house, the picture doesn't do it justice!

Here is my other favorite granite in the kitchen, love this one too!
A very cool vein

Well, I will take pictures of the driveway and railing tomorrow, and then more as the house fills up! It's still sort of surreal that we will be living there, but I'm so excited!