Today's forecast: Flurries

Forecast in Schrallville: chance of flurries.

Not the white, cold, wet kind. A flurry of activity! We move in t-minus 8 days people so Schrallville was in a full flurry of activity today.

A lot has been finished since our last update including finishing off the kitchen cabinet structure:

While it may not look complete to you (ok and not to me either), there's been much improvement in this room. In fact, we brought over our new kitchen island we found on our recent shopping trip so we could place the light fixture. Can I just say that there was something about putting in the island in the midst of this chaos that made me smile and feel happy. While I can envision the finished product including finished floors, new cabinet doors, lights, granite, and paint - putting in an already finished piece made me happy. I might have clapped my hands and squealed in glee despite weird looks from the contractors...don't judge people.

Today more paint is going up. We opted to bring in a painter to help paint as much trim as possible and also get all the trim primed. I think in the end the living room and dining room will have all the trim painted so all we have to do is paint the walls. Just that little bit of extra work being done makes it that much easier to swallow. We'll still be painting for years months.

Speaking of painting, next week I plan on painting the kitchen cabinets so they are dry and cured before we move in. The doors won't be ready until the end of next week but those I can paint later. I just want the option of being able to place all our stuff in the cabinets when we move in.

They also began hanging all our light fixtures. I snagged a picture of the new dining room chandelier as I was dodging all the worker bees.

I'm in love. You had me at hello buy me.

Perhaps the biggest impact has been the front door change. We opted for a 15 light steel door to get the most light possible in the foyer but not break the bank. That in addition to the widened and heightened entrance to the living room really has made a tremendous difference in the updated look of the house. Here's a reminder of what we started with...

And now...

The foyer literally looked like a dark closet off the living room. Now it's a light, welcome entry way. Can't wait to add some paint and accessories to this space!

Here's another look from the hallway (this is what you see when you look from the kitchen thru the hallway too).

Before...

And after...

Ahh light, there you are!

We've done some other minor updates ourselves like placing some of our plants around the front vs. having them piled under the carport.

I needed a little pretty in the midst of the ugly to help me not have a nervous breakdown feel less overwhelmed. You may also notice we took down the shutters. We painted those recently but are waiting for the house to be pressure washed before we put them back up again. We'll show you those before and after's soon.

Wondering what the boys do when we are at the house working? Take a look...

Tomorrow begins the big floor work. Daniel is still trying to wrap his head around how the current floors will look polished and pretty in just a few days.