Siding is complete

I finally got to the house to take pictures of the finished product. I love the way the house looks with the siding and front porch!! The color is gray, but depending on the way the sun hits it it does look different.


The side of the house


The back of the house...there will be a deck off the upstairs door.


The garage side of the house

The attic (from one end...as much as I could get)

The living room

The dining room

The kitchen


Looking down into the foyer...the stairs to the left go up to the walk up attic

So Manny and I took advantage of having no kids today we did some shopping. We went to look at kitchen cabinets and counter tops. We actually came to a mutual decision pretty quickly. The guy is going out to the house tomorrow morning to measure and do a layout to give us some ideas and prices. After my sonogram we went to look at tile. This is a whole different story. We pretty much don't agree on anything. Everything Manny likes, I despise. He didn't like much of what I picked out either. We had to (according to him) make decisions today. This was my first time looking and I didn't want to be pressured into anything. He had been there already and looked at tile. We did agree of tile for the downstairs family room and kitchen. I know what I want for one upstairs bathroom, just have to find it. I sill have to decide what I am doing in the other bathroom. I couldn't make anymore decisions today...I need to go back another day.

Dad, Chris and the duct work guy worked at the house again today. Chris helped with the duct work and Dad worked on the plumbing. The stairs are being delivered tomorrow and when Dad gets time and help he will install them. The electrician is starting Wed or Thursday and we had to decide for every room where and what we wanted as far as lighting and fans for the wiring. Siding guy will begin work this week, at least we already have those decisions made. Soon we'll have to pick out inside doors and door knobs as well as for the kitchen cabinets. I don't even know what else we have to decide on. I never knew there were so many decisions to make in building a house. Don't get me wrong, I am glad we are picking everything out and not moving into someone else's designs.

I hope to get there once the stairs are up and take some pictures. I have been told to not climb the ladder anymore, it is too dangerous being that I am pregnant.

Progress this week

This week Dad got a lot done at the house. He worked on the rough plumbing and also helped the guy do the vent work for the heating and cooling. Uncle Chip was also there all week lending an extra hand and cleaning up. We appreciate more than we can say how everyone has been helping out.

The last two weeks seemed to show so much progress. We went from having a foundation, to having a house with windows and doors. The next few stages will go slowly and won't show much progress in pictures. Dad has started his plumbing work and he will finish up (he hopes) just in time for the electrician about (9 days away). We picked out garage doors and stairs, so they will be the next things to be installed. We have to be measured for siding and that will have to be put on. I know we'll have to be picking out tile soon enough and that overwhelms me. There are so many slight variations of colors and shapes and sizes. I don't always have much interest in decisions we have to make, but one thing I stand strong about is the refrigerator we get. Sorry Manny but you are never going to win that one. You've gotten your way with the color of siding, garage doors, front door and probably more than I am thinking of right now.