Room by Room - Laundry/Mudroom

Ta da! The Laundry/Mudroom is now complete! The bench was finally installed this evening.

Room By Room: Kitchen

We've been in our house now for over 4 months. I love our kitchen - when I'm making the kids' school lunches or feeding them at the island or baking a pie, the kitchen works the way I had imagined, hoped and planned. It's filled with little features that work for our family.

Room by Room - Entry

I've gotten a bit of flack from some of our friends who've been wondering, "So what's up with the house? What's the final product look like????"

Well, I like to think every home is a work in progress, even after you're all moved in, things are unpacked, artwork is up, etc. - not to say that we've even finished doing those things!

With that as a caveat, I'll try to provide a quick tour through most of the house. First stop, the Entry.

Post Move-In: Exterior Painting

I'm back. I'll try to recap the work done after move-in.

About a week after moving in, we had the exterior painting done. I'd kept putting it off mostly because I still wasn't sure which color to do. Here's evidence of my indecisiveness:


In the end, I chose BM Kentucky Haze, which is the bottom left-most swatch, a grayish blue with some green hints that come out depending on the lighting.



We also had our handyman, Mr. Xu, install the cupola and weathervane:

AWOL

Obviously, moving back into our newly remodeled house has posed new challenges. I haven't blogged in over a month for a myriad of reasons, some of which include:

• Still a ton of work to do on the house, including flooring in 2 BRs and the hallway; exterior painting, installing cupola and weathervane, baseboard, doorknobs, firing up gas fireplace, installing dimmers and a couple of additional light fixtures......the punch list goes on and on.
• Unpacking. We have over 100 boxes and not all of our storage spaces are constructed. No shelving in the pantry or linen closet, etc.
  
• End of school and the flurry of related activities.
• No more free babysitting, grocery shopping and cooking from the parental units.

I think the last one is the worst :-)

But it's been great being back in the neighborhood, having playdates for the kids, having friends over to check out the new house, and WALKING to school!