Moving In

Richard finished up painting this weekend and removed all the blue tape. We moved into the kitchen and Owen's room. We still have several boxes to go through (where are those coffee mugs?) but we've made a lot of headway. It will take a while before I can easily find where the different kitchen items have been stashed- and gets even trickier since Richard and I tend to keep re-arranging things- but this is a good problem to have.

Owen seems happy back in his room. Getting him to sleep has been challenging, but he's stayed in his bed through the night. Richard hung up his pictures tonight, and it looks clean and fresh in there.

Goodbye Dean!

See the rainbows over our house?

Powell and all the subcontractors and the port-a-potty have left our house. I suppose that should mean the remodel is done, but we still have some work left to do: Richard's still painting, we have a few more lights to install, and we need to tile the fireplace surround. And there's the little matter of moving everything into place...

Dean finished up this week on the deck and all the little details that were left to do inside. Everything was left immaculate. We couldn't be happier with the way everything has turned out. We both have said we'll miss seeing Dean in our kitchen each morning on our way to work.

We cooked our first dinner on the stove this week, and reheated it there the next night. The new refrigerator is in place and works great- the fridge is full now, and I need to move over the freezer stuff. It was a good opportunity to sort out all the expired condiments- yuck.

We will be moving upstairs slowly this week. It will be good to have our bedrooms again.

New light, Old light

Think we made an improvement?

Hood, glass

The hood was installed, we put in the microwave, the oven is in place. They also put in the first part of the gas fireplace insert. The glass for the cabinet doors was installed yesterday, and it looks great- seeded glass doesn't photograph all that well though. Richard put in the hallway lights last night. Left for next week: stair railings- inside and out, some wall patching, a switch for the disposal, and the remainder of the fireplace parts will be delivered and installed. Left for Richard: painting, painting, painting, and installing some more lights.

Lights!

and some more appliances!