Things are moving along nicely, just not really wrapped up. Little things here and there are getting done. Over the weekend, Ryan and his uncles and a friend came up to the house to work on tiling the kitchen. It looks AWESOME!!! They did a fantastic job...thanks fellas for the help!
With other tight appointments and always things going on, it's been tough trying to get up there to work on anything else. And of course, it's hard with two little ones underfoot. Ryan is hoping to grout the kitchen tonight and then start on tiling the entry and front bathroom this weekend. We have our kitchen cabinets being delivered this Friday (YEAH!!), bathtub this weekend, sinks, faucets, etc. Our guess is that by mid next week, the house will start to really fill out. Still a lot of tile work to tackle, but it's getting there. The painting in the house is done...for now. I am going to attempt to repaint the bonus a "more manly" color this weekend, as the celery color isn't flying too well for a man cave. Oh well, I need a good workout finally! As soon as I get up there, we'll take and post new pictures.
Take care everyone!
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
LOTS of pictures!!
There’s no better way to spend the Easter holiday than swimming and tanning in Florida!! Ethan and Gretchen spent a week-long vacation visiting with her family down there, visiting with brothers, sisters, grandparents, and new niece Peyton. We had a great time lounging around the pool, some shopping excursions, and even a full-out special day for Ethan at Port Manatee, where he got to ride a REAL train!! It was all low-key and relaxing…a very nice vacation to visit and catch up with everyone. Here are some pictures we took.
As for the house, this Saturday was the first since returning from our trip that I’ve seen it. Boy, it REALLY looks like a home now!!! The drywall is complete and all interior painting has been done. There’s color in the house now! Our room turned out a bit more bright-blue than I anticipated, but I hope once carpet, doors, millwork…and all our housey things are in, it’ll pull together just fine. The colors look great, they’re just very stark right now. Our bonus room is what Ryan doesn’t want to call “celery” green, but it is. Bright and fresh and something different. Leah has a soft pink room that I spent painting on Saturday. The entire house throughout is a soft khaki color and our bathroom toilet room is more of a dark caramel. That’s is as far as inside colors go. I’d like to bust out whatever else I can manage to paint before anything else goes in, but it’s hard up and deciding on colors without being sure of what all goes in the room. I think doing anything else will just have to wait until we’re settled. At least the inside is moving along now. We hope that the tile work inside starts sometime this week or next. Probably about a week for that…then it’s onto lighting, cabinetry, millwork, and other finishing touches. Altogether, a good guess before we can move in is about another 4 weeks, if everything stays on track. Stay tuned!
As for the house, this Saturday was the first since returning from our trip that I’ve seen it. Boy, it REALLY looks like a home now!!! The drywall is complete and all interior painting has been done. There’s color in the house now! Our room turned out a bit more bright-blue than I anticipated, but I hope once carpet, doors, millwork…and all our housey things are in, it’ll pull together just fine. The colors look great, they’re just very stark right now. Our bonus room is what Ryan doesn’t want to call “celery” green, but it is. Bright and fresh and something different. Leah has a soft pink room that I spent painting on Saturday. The entire house throughout is a soft khaki color and our bathroom toilet room is more of a dark caramel. That’s is as far as inside colors go. I’d like to bust out whatever else I can manage to paint before anything else goes in, but it’s hard up and deciding on colors without being sure of what all goes in the room. I think doing anything else will just have to wait until we’re settled. At least the inside is moving along now. We hope that the tile work inside starts sometime this week or next. Probably about a week for that…then it’s onto lighting, cabinetry, millwork, and other finishing touches. Altogether, a good guess before we can move in is about another 4 weeks, if everything stays on track. Stay tuned!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Still waiting!!!
It's been over two weeks since the speedy drywall was hung and nothing has been done to the house since. A few of you have been asking how things are, if we're any closer...and as of today, no - nothing has progressed. We've been at a standstill these past two weeks and the frustration is mounting.
We have received word though, that hopefully the drywall job will continue this week, pending it's warm enough in the house to do it. Ryan dug like a slave last week to get the conduit in place for the electric to run from the road to the house. I firmed up some colors for the house. We confirmed several delivery/orders that are waiting to arrive - kitchen cabinets, fixtures, appliances, carpet. It's like things are waiting to come...and we can't do much right now. It's obviously very frustrating.
Hopefully this week will speed right along and things will start hopping again. I'll keep posting when I hear more.
On a lighter note - we're preparing for Ethan's big-5 birthday this week. A dinner on Thursday, a party on Saturday, and then a Florida vacation the following week. It's going to be so fun!!!
We have received word though, that hopefully the drywall job will continue this week, pending it's warm enough in the house to do it. Ryan dug like a slave last week to get the conduit in place for the electric to run from the road to the house. I firmed up some colors for the house. We confirmed several delivery/orders that are waiting to arrive - kitchen cabinets, fixtures, appliances, carpet. It's like things are waiting to come...and we can't do much right now. It's obviously very frustrating.
Hopefully this week will speed right along and things will start hopping again. I'll keep posting when I hear more.
On a lighter note - we're preparing for Ethan's big-5 birthday this week. A dinner on Thursday, a party on Saturday, and then a Florida vacation the following week. It's going to be so fun!!!
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Drywall Up
Well, if anything can really make a house look like a house, it's drywall. And talk about a speedy job - these guys came in and hung it all IN A SINGLE DAY!! It's pretty cool - you can definitely see the rooms now, everything seems much bigger, more visible.
Here's the latest pics:
Here's the latest pics:
Saturday, February 27, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
The Results Are In
....WOO HOO! Inspections have passed - praise be!
Electrical is good...framing is good...and we are onto insulation starting early tomorrow morning. Once that gets inspected (I swear, I never realized EVERY layer was scrutinized), we are onto drywalling the place. That we guess, will take about two more weeks.
We're happy to finally get the ball rolling again. Things should really start coming together.
* Stay tuned! Will get pics taken this weekend. *
On a side note, our sale house gets inspected this Friday. Prayers please that THIS sale finally goes through to completion; no glitches or further holdups.
xoxox - The Payne Gang
Electrical is good...framing is good...and we are onto insulation starting early tomorrow morning. Once that gets inspected (I swear, I never realized EVERY layer was scrutinized), we are onto drywalling the place. That we guess, will take about two more weeks.
We're happy to finally get the ball rolling again. Things should really start coming together.
* Stay tuned! Will get pics taken this weekend. *
On a side note, our sale house gets inspected this Friday. Prayers please that THIS sale finally goes through to completion; no glitches or further holdups.
xoxox - The Payne Gang
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
24 Days and Counting....
....until spring, that is. Wish we were only 24 days out until move-in with the house, but that's definitely pushing it. On one hand, it seems like the days just drag...and yet...I realize that these posts are about once a month - it really does seem more often. A whole month has passed already? Wow. Lots to fill you in about!
The new house: Our electrical inspection should have been given the green light as of yesterday (2/22). Today, we are waiting on the framing inspection to take place. The past four weeks have basically been devoted to all the electrical aspects. We had an electrican who came in to run the major wiring in the house (the heavy-duty stuff). That took him a good three weeks between starting and making sure everything passed code. About two weeks for Ryan and his WONDERFUL helper buddies (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) to run the low-voltage...and we are very anxious to be done with all the wiring stuff. Hopefully, that's now complete and we can move on. From what we hear, insulation should start possibly Friday...or early next week. A few days for that, then onto drywall. Things will start to pick up and move pretty quickly one all the required inspections get passed. That really does hold things up.
But, the house is coming along as far as what's left for us to finalize. Fixtures are picked, cabinet tweaks are done, any planned ideas are pretty set. I'm ahead of the game with this one...but I've already started planning room colors, curtain ideas, and the decorative stuff. Hey, we're caught up, why not??! =D
I'm hopeful that by late next week, I can take some updated pictures of the house showing some serious progress inside. The outside is much the same though.
The old house: We have an offer on the house!! Possibly the sweetest present we could hope for this Valentine's day came in the form of an offer on our Fillmore Dr. home. A few stressful days of waiting out the back-and-forth countering process, and a contract is now in place. There are still several things to wrap up befor this is considered a done-deal (like inspection, appraisal). I'm excited, but I'm DEFINITELY NOT getting my hopes up until the keys are handed over; we've learned from that several times already. If all goes well, closing is set for March 31st.
Stuff with us: Ryan has left for another two week work stint in Lynchburg, Virginia to help close out the equipment/department he works in back home in Richland. He flew out early Sunday morning and little good it did; they missed their connecting flight and spent the entire day at the airport. The next guaranteed flight out was this morning (Tuesday). What a headache! But from his text this morning...all is well...he'll be into Lynchburg shortly. I'm trying to hold the fort while he's away.
Kids have been really good - we're all staying busy enjoying the "heatwave" we've been having lately. It's been very spring-like outside; mid 50's during the day and lots of sunshine. I know I'm going to be counting down the next 24 days. I'm really ready for spring!!!
Here's a super sweet picture of the kiddos enjoying the beautiful weekend last Saturday.
The new house: Our electrical inspection should have been given the green light as of yesterday (2/22). Today, we are waiting on the framing inspection to take place. The past four weeks have basically been devoted to all the electrical aspects. We had an electrican who came in to run the major wiring in the house (the heavy-duty stuff). That took him a good three weeks between starting and making sure everything passed code. About two weeks for Ryan and his WONDERFUL helper buddies (THANK YOU EVERYONE!) to run the low-voltage...and we are very anxious to be done with all the wiring stuff. Hopefully, that's now complete and we can move on. From what we hear, insulation should start possibly Friday...or early next week. A few days for that, then onto drywall. Things will start to pick up and move pretty quickly one all the required inspections get passed. That really does hold things up.
But, the house is coming along as far as what's left for us to finalize. Fixtures are picked, cabinet tweaks are done, any planned ideas are pretty set. I'm ahead of the game with this one...but I've already started planning room colors, curtain ideas, and the decorative stuff. Hey, we're caught up, why not??! =D
I'm hopeful that by late next week, I can take some updated pictures of the house showing some serious progress inside. The outside is much the same though.
The old house: We have an offer on the house!! Possibly the sweetest present we could hope for this Valentine's day came in the form of an offer on our Fillmore Dr. home. A few stressful days of waiting out the back-and-forth countering process, and a contract is now in place. There are still several things to wrap up befor this is considered a done-deal (like inspection, appraisal). I'm excited, but I'm DEFINITELY NOT getting my hopes up until the keys are handed over; we've learned from that several times already. If all goes well, closing is set for March 31st.
Stuff with us: Ryan has left for another two week work stint in Lynchburg, Virginia to help close out the equipment/department he works in back home in Richland. He flew out early Sunday morning and little good it did; they missed their connecting flight and spent the entire day at the airport. The next guaranteed flight out was this morning (Tuesday). What a headache! But from his text this morning...all is well...he'll be into Lynchburg shortly. I'm trying to hold the fort while he's away.
Kids have been really good - we're all staying busy enjoying the "heatwave" we've been having lately. It's been very spring-like outside; mid 50's during the day and lots of sunshine. I know I'm going to be counting down the next 24 days. I'm really ready for spring!!!
Here's a super sweet picture of the kiddos enjoying the beautiful weekend last Saturday.
Love and hugs to everyone!
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