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 :)

1 month progress [and lots of pictures]

I know this is supposed to be a blog about all things Vermont but right now our lives are consumed with remodeling and the only beer we're drinking comes from our new beer fridge! I will say that we've been doing a lot of ordering out and by far Little Harry's Restaurant in Downtown has been our go to. Their vegetarian burritos are huge and filling and so good, plus the boys love their veggie chili and unlike most take out food, the sizes are as if you are eating in the restaurant. So, there's my Vermont pointer for this blog.

Now onto our renovations over the last month. We've done ALOT in the last month. Everything is painted besides the entryway and basement and as of Monday we now have hardwood floors upstairs, our beds are no longer in the basement and Finn has bunkbeds! Our new cabinets will be here this week but of  course we're gone this weekend for a half marathon so we'll be putting them in as we can. After they're in then we order countertops and hopefully the kitchen will be finished in about a month - or that's the plan. We're slacking on the bathroom remodel and we need all new molding throughout the first floor but besides that it's looking good!

And that was our lives for 1 month, plus a toddler bed.

The side panels and top drywall are now up, but it's still lacking a toilet, and floors and the blue sink still exists.

Two doors since we removed a random closet to expand the bathroom

 

RIP blue toilet and tub, you will not be missed.

 

Wall removed!

Yeah, lets not screw that up!

Tom drywalled where the closet was and we now know his one shortcoming :P

And we have wood flooring! They had to acclimate for about a week so of course they turned into a jungle gym.

Finn with his worker belt.

Please note the name of the paint color for our front door is Nacho Cheese :)

And finally paint!

I came home from a day long event to wood floors and I became a very happy wife!

 

Master bedroom wood floors.

And as of last weekend we are finally sleeping in our rooms!

Finns bunk beds that he LOVES!

Even Ubu is loving the new house.

 So, there ya have it, a house update. It will probably be another month before you get another but hopefully by then there will be a kitchen and maybe a bathroom, just maybe!