24 HOURS AND COUNTING

Monday Keith and I stopped by the house at the end of the day and our hearts sank.  The house was a disaster and I am not exaggerating in the least.  There were cabinet doors and draws on the floor.  There was garbage all over.  The appliances were not installed.  The tile was not done in the master bath.  We were pretty sure that our move would need to be postponed.

I called John immediately and he came over.  He, too, was concerned.  The plumbers were not to leave Monday unless they had all of the appliances installed.  The painters did not do the touch-up work they promised.  I expressed my disappointment and concern and he told us not to get too down as he would do his best to get the project back on schedule.  He said "you'll be amazed what can happen at this phase in 24 hours."

Well, he did not disappoint.  Yesterday (Tuesday) the stucco was done in about 9 hours.  The tiling was finished, a toilet was installed, the main floor bath countertop and sink was installed, the dishwasher was installed, and the house was transformed into a thing of beauty by early afternoon so the final coat could be put on the hardwood floors.  The fridge and stove still need to be installed today and the cleaning crew will have lots of dust on their hands when they arrive today at 3 but behold our new home in all of its glory:

Let's start with the purple guest bedroom painted with love to match the hand-made quilt my mom made me for my 50th birthday.  The color is appropriately called Purple Heart

And onto our 2nd guest bedroom painted Pike's Peak Grey

This is the main floor bathroom

This is our teeny tiny bathroom in the basement.  This will be a project we tackle once we're in and settled but the crew accidentally ripped out the aqua toilet that was in there since 1955 so John installed a new one

This view is from the landing going down to the basement which is Keith's media room

Here are several pictures of our master bath.  The glass and mirrors will be installed Friday so we'll have to shower in the main floor bath until that occurs

Still need the frame installed around the master bedroom fireplace.  The bedroom paint colors are wisteria and evening sky (you can't see it in this picture but the ceiling is also painted evening sky (same color as the fireplace accent wall)

This view is from the upstairs landing looking down to the living room

And my favorite room in the house - the kitchen.  I could not be more happy.

My second favorite view which captures the red staircase and black accent wall.  The paint colors are called diva red and nightfall.  The final coat on the hardwood floors truly make the house sparkle.