Wowza!

So it's been a while since we've blogged about the house...sorry about that! We've had a few issues arise. First of them being that the kitchen will no longer be remodeled for HGTV :-( . We both were initially pretty crushed. We met with the crew during the tech scout and ultimately it was decided that there were too many potential issues in the kitchen that they may not be able to tackle in a short 4-day period. Boo. Now it just means we have one more project which we've already started.

The house is REALLY REALLY coming along since I last blogged. Unfortunately we seem to have misplaced the cord that connects the camera to the computer so it will be a bit before the pics come up (although I took a couple today with my phone...phew! technology)

Let's see...where to begin??? The inspector came and approved the plumbing and electrical in the bathrooms! Walls are now up to completely separate the two new spaces. Yesterday Eddie and his guys put in the tub in the guest bathroom and today there's tile!!



Yesterday they also finished the shower plumbing in the master bath and hot mopped (I think that's right...) the shower as well. Smells gross. Today they put the varnish on the wood floor so now everything is starting to look new and most importantly, the same! We're busily trying to select new colors since we decided against the first round we put on the walls. Eddie's guys will be putting the rest of the bathroom tile in this coming week, and we have our new vanities coming in this week as well. I'm so excited to see them! I just selected the finish we wanted for the guest bath's vanity- the one for the master will be white. The granite counter tops for the bathrooms arrived and tomorrow Nick will be looking at more for the kitchen.

We went back to Rio Marble and Tile last weekend to check out porcelain tile for the kitchen floors. We found one called Luxor Grigio that we really like- it has lots of colors we can draw from when picking a countertop and paint.

Hmmm what else what else what else! So much has happened since I last came on here! We ordered sconces for the bathrooms...I'm a big fan of the ones that will go in the master. Eddie's guys already took out the current kitchen appliances and will be putting the new ones in soon I'm thinking...

This week has been pretty crazy since Karen is on her trip! So really it's just Nick and I really coordinating everything and making sure everything is happening as it should and smoothly. The chimney had a massive crack in it that was fixed this week- a major comfort! We'll probably order knobs and handles and such this weekend or early next week.

In all everything is quite exciting! There was a moment there when it didn't seem like a whole lot was changing, but in reality it was all the little things you can't see (plumbing, electrical, under the house-type stuff.