More new house pictures

Most of these were taken between May 30th and June 8th. Aunty Em came down to stay with us for about a week and helped us out with the house. Mostly she helped me paint since she is such a professional painter woman these days. We painted the little bathroom and the computer room and touched up all the windowsills. The bathroom is a light bluish color, and we have had people tell us the computer room color is green or blue or gray or teal. The actual color is called tavistock green but it definitely looks different throughout the day.

I think Emily got a little bored working on the house because she walked around taking pictures of random things. This one is a self portrait, I am not sure what that look on her face is for…

We wanted to make sure our jetted tub worked before we tiled it all in so we pluged it in and filled it up. Ethan was very excited and willing to help, mostly because he thought he was going to get to take a bath in it.

Then the weekend after Emily was here, Jake’s dad came down and brought Brandon (Jake’s cousin) with him. They tiled all weekend and their hands were totally raw by the time they left, but they got all the tiling including grout and everything done in one weekend.

 Ethan and Jake tiling the master bathroom shower…

 Jake’s dad grouting the master bathroom tiles…

 Brandon sponging the excess grout off the tiles.

And finally a cute one of Ethan playing in the cupboards. He had been hopping in an out of the bigger cabinets all day and then he came to the little twelve inch cabinet at the end of our counter. I told him that is was too small and he probably wasn’t going to fit because he is too tall. So what does he do but promptly open the door, slide right in, and tell me to shut the door. Obviously he proved me wrong!

 

House update…

I realized I haven’t posted much by way of new house pictures for awhile but it is because we have been so busy lately. These pictures were actually taken mostly on May 10th but I hadn’t gotten (?) around to downloading them off my camera until a few days ago. We are actually a little farther than this now but here are the pics anyway…

 

 

We finally got the stairs completely sheetrocked and mudded. Being that the stairs are curved it was kind of a pain (mostly for Jake) because we had to buy super thin sheetrock (1/4 inch, I think) and fit it around all the curves and the stairs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The entry way is also done with mud/tape and just waiting for texture. You can kind of see the ceiling in the corner of above the window and that has already been textured with what Jake calls “knock-down” but I have no idea what that means. Only that is makes the ceiling look good.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Working hard? Or hardly working?

The only thing more exciting than watching mud being stirred is watching paint dry, but these three seemed to be enjoying it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the “guest” bathroom on the main level. Jake just finished putting up the hardibacker for the tile, and finished all the sheetrocking stuff. Now all it needs is a little texture on the walls and ceiling so I can start painting it.

 

 

 

 

 

Here is a lovely picture of Jake texturing the walls in Ethan’s room. The ceiling is already done so you can kind of see what the knockdown texture looks like. Doesn’t he just look like he is having a wonderful time?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Of course Ethan is always trying to help out. Here he is making sure everything gets texture on it, even the door frame (but mostly his fingers). Then he will chase you like a monster with his arms sticking out in front of him yelling, “gooey hands, gooey hands!”

 

 

 

 

 

And finally, the master bathroom. It has all the hardibacker up and just needs to have the walls sanded then it will be ready for texture and paint.

 

 

 

 

  Yea! We are getting so close! At this point we are tentatively planning on moving the weekend of June 14th and 15th. We would only have to pay half a month of rent, and Jake will have been out of school for over two weeks. I recently found out that this is also Father’s Day, but unfortunately if things keep moving along this will be the best weekend for us to move. Besides, what better Father’s Day present could there be than finally moving into your own house? 

Happy Mudder’s Day!

At least that is what it sounded like Ethan told me yesterday. He may have been trying for mother, but we have been doing a lot of sheetrock mudding over at the house so maybe he actually did mean mudder. Hope all the mothers out there had a great Mother’s Day!

    I spent “Mudder’s Day” priming the walls in my kitchen dining room and laundry room. Not the most relaxing holiday ever, but if it gets me closer to moving in, then I am willing to make that sacrifice!