July 4th weekend! ...one day!
It has been way too long since my last update, but, my 6 year old Macbook Pro laptop decided to die and it's battery literally imploded. Its kinda scary looking. I'm hoping the Lappy can be fixed.
So this is going to be a long post because so much has happened since...April. After the floors were sanded and stained, the kitchen cabinets were installed and they look soooo good. See pictures below! In these pictures you'll see the new pendant light over the peninsula that we got at Ikea.
We also have the sink. Jerod ordered it online at Wayfair.com and got a great deal on it! Just under $300 with it retailing for over $1,000! The brand is "Kraus." It's black...oh yeah, baby! And it's made out of a blend of granite and something else. It's pretty cool. I really like it. Sorry, I don't have a picture of it yet.
Okay, so we move on to the master bathroom shower that Jerod installed. Piece by piece, frustration and frustration, he got it done. I am so proud of him! He can pretty much do ANYTHING. Tiling a shower isn't easy, folks, so make sure you really study up before attempting to do so.
I know I took pictures of the shower completed, but for some reason can't find them. I will take new ones when the plumber comes and puts the bling, bling on. ;)
Below is the floor of the same bathroom; in progress then complete.
Jerod also completed the laundry room floor tile:
Now on to the outside. In the middle of spring, I bought some lovely flowers to plant. I bought red lilies, yellow day lilies, and ground cover called Japanese Spurge under the 2 big trees in the front, right side of the yard.
BEFORE AFTER
I forgot to take a picture of the other tree. I do that a lot, huh? Already planted and growing up this spring were these GORGEOUS bearded Irises.
And then this summer, on June 21, the official day of summer, these beauties were right on time!
I have never seen a day lily such as this. I don't even know if it is a lily. Absolutely beautiful!
I got to do a smidge of decorating yesterday....ha :) Thankful for that smidge!
Okay, so thinking of sofas, we really liked the low ones like this:
But, they are too low. When you sit on this sofa, your upper back and head has no where to go. :(
So we will have to find something else unless this is something that we could get use to.
Lastly, at Big Lots, yes, Big Lots, they have this beautiful flax colored headboard for that price! It's the best price I've found so far.
My plan is to have a nice big headboard like this, or make one, and then buy
this platform bed frame on Target.com.
That's all of the updates at the moment.
We do have a move in date now. The July 4th weekend! In a weeks time we have to: get under the house and close up the air vents, seal up the crawl space with thick plastic to line the walls and floors to keep moisture (and snakes outs), install stainless steel counter tops, clean, buff, and poly coat another layer on the floors (3 layers total), paint and install baseboard and trim, finish painting in some areas, build and install 2 master bath vanities that we bought from Ikea, buy and install vanity lighting for that space, buy and install a few floating shelves for plates and cups to go on in the kitchen, put new laundry room light that we also bought from Ikea, clean every room and wipe down all the walls from dust, move in furniture and decorate. That sounds like a lot, but really, we can get it all done. I hope. :) Thanks for moving along with us through this adventure! Will have photos of everything new and ready to move in when we get there.
