Busy Busy Busy!

I was supposed to be painting this morning but I cant get in the driveway so I figurd I may as well update the blog instead!  I finially have some (pretty much) up to date pictures for you all.  Things are really starting to fall into place now.  All the flooring is ordered and should be installed on March 13 and 14th so we have to get our butts in gear to be ready for that!  I am just about half way with the painting upstairs so that is just wonderful!  I am also working on staining all the doors and trim at home.  Marcel is busy framing everything in downstairs as well as finishing up the electrical and building a new set of stairs.  Once all of that is done we will be ready to drywall! YAY we are in the home streatch!

We are beyond excited to be gettting close to done!  Our hope is still to move in at the very end of March.

You can see spay foam isulation at the top of the wall.  That was quite an interesting experiment :P  We had lots of fun getting it to mix properly and to fill the joist spaces.   (Above is a photo of the kitchen walls) Everying is covered in Poly now.

 Above is our play area/office (conected to the living room)

 We were so blessed to be able to purchase all new windows and to put in a patio door in our dining room.  We are looking forward to a deck off of the back of the house :)

This will be Tristas bedroom (will be painted a bright yellow/orange)

 My big bathroom :)  Cant wait to see the vanity installed.  We are painting this room green.

This is a picture of the stairs that will be coming out.  The new ones will go straight up out of the porch.
Below is a dark picture of the master bedroom.  It will be painted a brown-grey

Big Changes!

Well I guess it has been months since I updated.  It is about time to fill you all in on what has been going on.  Since last time we have ripped off the old roof and added a full second story.  Planning where all the rooms would go was an exciting challenge for me.  Now that all the rooms are built I am very happy with the layout. We managed to fit 3 bedrooms a bathroom and a linen closet upstairs.

As far as I know the drywall should be being taped as I type.  The plumbers are also busy installing all new plumbing and heating right now.  I could very well be painting the upstairs by this time next week!  It is so exciting!  That being said I still have to choose all the paint colors!  YIKES!  I am also in the middle of choosing flooring.  I never imagined having to make so many decisions!

The main floor is also coming along quite nicely.  The main beam in the house is now replaced allowing us to remove a couple of walls.  We were not planning to replace the kitchen but unfortunatly the floor was rotten under the cupboards so they all came out as well.  I am not complaining though because I found a very affordable kitchen on Kijiji that is much more functional than the one that we ripped out.  :)

Our hope is to move in at the end of March so we are working away like crazy!  I dont see Marcel that much as he heads straight to the house after work almost every day.  I am getting VERY excited to move into our very own home!

Sorry the pictures are a bit out of date but at least it shows some of the progress :)