Sunday, April 27, 2008

It's painted!

Thank God for sun!!!! It stuck around just long enough to paint the outside of the house this weekend! Yeah!!!
John's domain - the enormous garage!
I'm so happy with the color. It seems like the perfect yellow!
It's even more beautiful in person. I truly feel incredibly blessed by God. I can't believe this is actually our home! God is good!!!
Tomorrow, the inside gets painted. Hardwood on Wednesday, and cabinets go in on Friday. It's going to be another exciting week.

Sunday, April 20, 2008

Pictures...as promised!

The outside hasn't changed much since I last posted pictures. We have to wait until we don't have SNOW, in order to even consider painting. I have been sampling many colors though. I'm back and forth between the one on the far left and the one on the bottom right. I don't want it to look gold or peachy. After we paint, we will have the stone done on the peak that still has plywood. The columns will go up after the front porch is poured. We also have shutters that will go up sometime after it's painted. So many things to do!!!
Here's the family room off of the kitchen.
This is looking into the kitchen from the family room.
This is what my mind looks like at 3 in the morning and I can't sleep b/c I still haven't decided on the paint colors - aaahhhhhh! Actually, this is my giant paint swatch that I'm using to try and decide what color to paint the interior. The dark rectangle in front is our hardwood. It's hard to tell how beautiful it actually is, but I LOVE it!!! The carpet swatch isn't the one we are getting, but the color that I like.
Well, there's the update! I think the painter's are actually starting to paint at the end of this week. So, in a couple of weeks I should have some really fun posts! It will actually look like a kitchen and not a big box!

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

New House Update

I know it's time to post some new pictures.
There's not much new on the outside. We are waiting to paint it at the same time that we paint the inside. Inside of the house we now have plumbing in the walls, electrical wiring, HVAC, insulation, and they just put up the sheetrock. Next they mud and tape the walls. Once they finish the drywall, then it gets fun again. We will paint, put in the cabinets, then hardwood, and so on. I will try to post some pictures this weekend!

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

WE ARE SELLING OUR HOUSE!



In the midst of building our new house, we've been busily getting our current home ready to sell. It will be a sad good-bye. So many memories wrapped in the walls of this sweet little home. My kids have loved it here. We told our kids that we would get a dog when we move. Gracie said she just wants the dog and wants to stay where we are. It's been a great place for them with the big yard and cul-de-sac and all their dear friends. (Notice the traces of snow on the ground on April 1st! What a crazy year!)

Tuesday, April 08, 2008

Spring Break!

We are on Spring Break enjoying snow, snow, and more snow in Idaho!