end of year house update

I figured I should give you all an update before the year is over. Selling, buying and renovating our new house has by far been our biggest adventure of 2016 and I must say I'm a little happy we're finally at the tail end of it all.

This post will be a lot of pictures so here ya go and happy new year!

 

Our cabinets came in [that's the new island] so it was time to deconstruct and have them install two days later [we were going to install ourselves but for $300 it was worth it!].

Cabinets everywhere!

Two days with no cabinets is not as fun as it seems...

And the boys thought this was their jungle gym :/

Love at first sight! Thanks to Kitchen Encounters!

Left our mark before attaching the island - hopefully when we sell [very far in the future] those owners don't want to remove the island since this is in sharpie :)

Everyone is a helper now.

Finally tiling our bathroom that has been without a toilet or a sink since we moved in.

 

So black grout for your first grout job may not be the best idea...

But we love it :)

And it's done! First room in the house to be 100000% finished!

 



And the plywood countertops are still there but that should change in 3 weeks for a grand total of about 11-12weeks with no countertops.



We love our slate colored stainless steele GE appliance - thanks Best Appliance for all the help!

 

Added lights over the island [they weren't there before so we had to run new lines] and over the dining room table [we've since shortened the rope]. The house is soooo bright now!

Holy crap we have molding! We now have molding on the entire first floor minus the bedrooms [that will get finished up in the next two weeks] and now all we have to do is fill in the nail holes and paint another coat - yeah that could be awhile!

In case you were wondering what has kept us going the past 3 months! Plus logging ALOT of running miles too!

We finally got around to painting the entryway.

 

From this angle we look like the house is totally put together - just don't look to the right!

And will finish it off with a cute 1.5yr old who is playing with his sleeping brothers legos that say they are for 4-7yr olds :)

a very vermont thanksgiving

We have gone home to NY for Thanksgiving for as long as I can remember. But this year was our first year celebrating in Vermont due to a sick baby so we made the best of it and tried to relax and enjoy a four day weekend.

Tom started off Thanksgiving brewing beer, we started drinking some beer at noon [traditions people, traditions] and because we're vegetarians we made some stuffing, with lots of veggies, from scratch and that's it! We did however go to 4 breweries on black Friday :)  Tom's sister came in on Friday so of course we made our brewery rounds - we started small business Saturday early ;) We also decided to brave the crowds [16,000 people!] and head to Killington for the World Cup on Saturday. We didn't stay long but it's cool to say we went, plus Finn's life was made riding a bus! Besides that we painted the entryway and just hung out. It was kind of nice but we definitely missed being around a big family and really celebrating - next year!

First stop, Foley Brothers Brewing. Faire Maiden is easily one of the best beers and none of their other brews every disappoint either!

We figured we were only 20mins from 3 breweries/ciders in Middlebury so headed up North. We stopped at Drop-In, Woodchuck and then Ottercreek before heading back to Rutland for dinner at Vermont Tap House.

Every brewery needs Hungry, Hungry Hippos and a massive bucket of Mr. Potato Head. Well done Drop-In, well done!

Always good and ended up taking home some cider/whisky reserve too.

Littlest helper knows what's good.

And Ottercreek just became their favorite brewery...

Finn was upset he couldn't ride the gondola and ski the World Cup...next year buddy, next year .

Now it just needs a second coat...

What's your Thanksgiving traditions?