End of renovation is here!

This post is long over due and many have asked about our move and if we're in the house. The simple answer to that is yes. It's been a bit of a blur because the kids got a stomach/pink eye combination virus all around the same time so I was just trying to survive and let's face it, not kill anyone. I asked several people where I could find a really tall building.

So let's take a step back in time and check out the house the Friday before we moved (for the record we've been in the house for 9 days).

We were very nervous that the floors weren't going to be ready because there was some drying issues that resulted in crackling and rough spots that they had to re-do. So literally we couldn't walk on the floors until early Friday morning. This meant that a lot of the work that the team had to complete got delayed even further. But with a big team effort (literally there was a huge team of us there) on Friday, it got done. Of course there are some minor punch list items left but that's to be expected.

So this is what the house looked like before and after the initial renovation...

Living Room (before)
 

 

 
Living Room (after)
 

 

As you can see there is still a ton to do in all of these pictures but it's at least helpful to see what it looked like before we did 7 weeks of renovation.

Dining Room (before)

Dining Room (after):

Kitchen (before):

Kitchen (after):

Den/Office AKA man room (before):

Den (after): sorry for the bad pictures...iphone pics are all I have...apparently I needed to clean my lens.

Master Bath (before):

And who can forget this filth with the plunger in the sink...

Master Bath (after):

I thought we'd really struggle with such a tiny bathroom but it hasn't been that bad. Once we add some shelves over the toilet then we'll actually be quite fine with this size bathroom for now.

Hall Bath (before):

Hall Bath (after):

Hallway (before):

And now on that blank wall above there is this...

The rest of the rooms aren't dramatic enough to really capture until we get the boxes unpacked and rooms more organized. It will be fun for us to watch the before and after's transform as we go through the process of further making this home "ours" - but for now you can see what we started with once a 7 week renovation was complete!

We still have a few minor renovations to do - namely putting in glass to the cabinet doors and replacing the cloudy windows (see below) but we're still in the approval process with our bank for those minor adjustments.

Stay tuned for a few pics from moving day and why we felt like we moved in to a smaller house!

For a list of all our renovations, check out this post.