Drywall Finished (10-25-2010)

Well....essentially finished. A few spots need to be sanded, especially around the rounded sheetrock corners.

I decided to give you all a tour this time around, sorry if it is a little shaky, it was taken from my phone...

The knockdown ceilings where done today, so that is why the ceilings look a LOT more textured than they will be - they were still wet. Hopefully the cabinets and trim show up this week...we are getting close!

Let us know what you think!

Drywall Taping in Progress (10-15-2010)

Hi everyone, Happy Friday!! Brett went out to the house again today and looks like they're well into taping drywall. Up next will be "mudding" the drywall.

Today the builder confirmed that when the trim goes in, we'll receive our estimated close date. Last week he told us we should expect to be finished mid-Nov to first of December. That means we need to get PACKING! 

This is my KITCHEN! 

Moving to the living room:

Looking from the living room towards the stairs; there is a little block of drywall and the open section will have wood railing.

On the left: the art nook leading into the master. This will have closed storage on the bottom. A good place for photos, vases, etc. On the right: walking towards the second and third bedroom, or to the second bath.  The open areas under the ceiling vault are "plant shelves", and they are purely decorative. They both have outlets on a switch for Christmas lighting, etc.

The office! This room will be so relaxing. Lots of light. I spend a lot of time in our "home office" now whether it be on the computer, organizing files, recipes, etc. 

The entry way. This will be tiled, and there's a nice-sized coat closet on the right. I'd like to have some sort of cute little table under that window. 

The master! Love this room. Love love love it. As my mom pointed out, yes that's a window seat! I imagine this will be our cats' favorite spot!

See the 4-plug outlet on the left? Thanks to our brilliant realtor Terri who told Brett that it will save a lot of heartache if we're not fighting over outlets in the morning...!! 

Leading into the master closet. It was so fun for me to run between rooms before the drywall was up, and step from the closet to the living room. No more!!!

That's all for now! Its so amazing to know that we will have our first home in just a matter of weeks. I've already ordered adorable moving announcements and I really am going to try and start packing a couple boxes this week!!! 

Drywall Hung (10-13-2010)

Just like the title states, all drywall has been hung! Well, almost all, the workers were finishing up the garage while I was taking photos. Also, the house has been painted and the back slab has been poured since our last update. They were carrying in the mini-bullnose sheetrock corners tonight as well - so my guess is we'll have it all taped and mudded by the weekend. By that point, we will have caught up schedule wise with a spec home that was started 2 weeks prior to ours. Its REALLY exciting to be able to walk through the house and have all of the spaces defined!

Front Bedroom:

Center Bedroom:

Master Bedroom:

Living Room:

Living Room...looking into dining area

Dining Area:

Kitchen:

Now to the outside, can finally park in my driveway!

Back side all painted:

And our concrete landing poured:

That's all for today, and probably the week. Hopefully we'll be fully taped and mudded by the weekend. After that, it'll get trimmed out and cabinets installed. Then trim painted, walls primed and painted, Tile work and light fixtures installed, then flooring...then Finished! We're getting close, a little more than a month out!!!

Ready for Drywall (10-07-2010)

All the rough in is finished, and everything has been inspected and passed! SOOOO we are finally ready for insulation and drywall! Also, we spoke with our super and we AHEAD of schedule. We are set to be finished mid November to December 1st.

As always, updated pics!

Our Deck - FINISHED

Walkout Pit - FINISHED

Still waiting on the house to be painted.



Inside all roughed in.

Basement.

Driveway and front steps/porch poured, brick - FINISHED

One last one of the deck.

We should have all the drywall hung next week!