This weekend

The kitchen countertops were installed on Friday. It's kind of hard to get a good picture of it, but it has black trim around the sides and top.

This is the door to the piano room. It still has the protective covering on the glass so it looks messy.

We went to Madagascar 2 on Sunday. It was a good movie. The girls loved it! I read on my cousin Ashley's blog about buying costumes on clearance so when we were at Kmart we looked through the costumes and found this cat costume that Addie refuses to take off. It's a little big, but that's ok since she has already decided to wear it for Halloween next year. We also bought the Little Red Riding Hood outfit. We got both of them for $5, originally $20. They will get a ton of use during dress-up time.

And Luke got a big boy haircut.

Seriously, is there anything cuter?!?!?

I didn't think so.

MORE house pictures

The kitchen cabinets have been set up.

The countertops should be installed later this week.

Wood floors are in the upstairs living area and kitchen.
Luke's room is done:
Emma's room is done:

House Updates and Paint Colors...

Cabinets are in, but are sitting in the garage for now...

Doors are being stained...
Garage doors are in.....
Now for paint. This is Luke's room with just sheetrock.

Luke's room painted -"Great Accomplishment". There will be black stripes around the top of the room. They're not done yet.
I don't have a before picture of Emma's room. But it is Budding Beauty on the top and Brandywine on the bottom. Her closet is to the right. She wanted it painted blue which is the color of their bathroom that I forgot to take a picture of. It is called Spa Day.
Addie's room. Forgot a before picture. But there are two walls of Budding Beauty and two of Solaris (yellow). That is the bathroom to the right.
Downstairs sliding doors

All of the brown color is Great Accomplishment (where do they come up with paint names?)
TV Room/Toy Room/Family Room in the basement

Master Bedroom....ceiling....
wall and area leading to master bathroom

Brown Sugar and Oak Barrel.

These colors would never be my first choice together but when you see my bedspread it will all come together. There will be a lot of red accents in the room, too. I call this the 70s room right now because the outside of the trailer I lived in for the first couple years of my life was these two colors and white. **Please reference the previous post!** Quite a similarity in color wouldn't you say? Wow! That makes me laugh!

Master Bathroom
Trumpet Gold

Laundry room

I didnt' get a painted picture of the laundry room, but this is the hall leading to it. Great Accomplishment is the color here.
Joe's Office

From another angle. Same color as all the other brown. There will be some grid paneling on the bottom half of the room.
Mud Room
Great Accomplishment again..

The Piano Room:

Hot Chocolate
Powder room and coat closet by front door
The green color is called Native Dweller. In the powder room I striped with satin and semi-gloss paint. Same color, just different sheens. I love this!
Kitchen and pantry

Fireplace and stairway

So that is all for now. They started putting in the wood floor on Friday. Then trim and cabinets and carpet. At this point we should be in by Thanksgiving.

Now if we could just get the corn picked...........

More House Pictures

Windows are in....

This is inside the piano room:

Inside the kitchen:
Inside of the front door:
Front (north) side of the house:
Fireplace:

Beginning of the deck:
Shingles:
Siding:
Addie started Pre-School at Trinity on Wednesday. She would not smile for this picture. She was very serious about starting school. When I picked her up I asked her what she did and she said, "I don't know, but it was sure fun!"

It's Coming Along....

Looking at the house from the west.
Dining room/Kitchen windows:
Can you see Loomis in the distance?

East side:

Front of the house (it faces north):

Garage (faces west)Another view of the garage with the sheeting on: Southwest corner:
South side:
Front of house with the beginning of the roof:
East side with beginning of the roof: