Finished Product - Foyer, Staircase, Dining Room, Bar, Breakfast Room, Living Room

Okay, the finished product....this will be broken up into a few posts because it will be so image heavy.

Let's start with the foyer....you can go two ways from here (well, actually three if you count the stairs!)

This leads to the living room.

First flight of the staircase

Second flight and upstairs railing.

When you come in the front door, on your right is the dining room.

Another shot of the dining room. Through the door in this picture is the breakfast room/kitchen area.

But first, the bar!

This is the breakfast room.

And the living room

Closing Day!

Closing day! Can't believe that it's finally here!

Look at Al....signing his life away!

Getting the keys from David!

Gratuitous cute picture of Sam in the dining room window!

After closing, we took the rugs Al bought in Iraq to see what they looked like in the rooms. This is the dining room.

And this is the living room.

Skype shopping, FTW!!

Day 70

Everything is supposed to be done by tomorrow afternoon!

Stairs getting stained - it was hard to match the floors!

They will look gorgeous when they're done!

Trim guy came and did the trim around the range hood. I think it looks pretty cool!

Day 68

Closets shelves were installed this morning!

Pantry - looking from back to door side.

Pantry - looking from door side to back

Master bathroom linen closet

One side of the Master bedroom closet - aka Jen's sewing room!!

Day 67

Inside, there is painting going on. But outside.....

...we have a mailbox!

Look at it, with its little pineapple on top! It's so cute!

Day 66

Oh, we are SO CLOSE to being done! It's so exciting to see things being go up!

The range hood was installed today.

The trim guy is coming back in to make it look pretty with the crown molding, and of course, it's stainless underneath the white wrap that is still on it! Can't wait to see it!

Day 65

Just a few pics from today - it was a pretty busy one because Al got home!

The fireplace got its logs and gas. It puts out a surprising amount of heat!

And the tub got its surround.....silly teenagers! That's Mama's tub!!

Day 64

The staircase is almost done!

Sam loves to climb the stairs at his new house!

It just needs the rest of the spindles on the bottom part of the banister.

The painters came back today to start the final paint job. They will also be the ones who stain the stair treads and paint the risers.

Tomorrow, the cleaning team comes in to do a "rough clean." That basically means cleaning the windows, vacuuming up all the dust, cleaning the tubs/showers. They'll come back right before we close to do a detail clean that will have the house sparkling. The tub surround is also being delivered, and so are the logs for the fireplace.

Thursday or Friday, the appliances are being delivered and installed, which means the gas people can come out and set the propane tank and test the system. I'm SO excited to be able to cook with gas again!

We're on track to close late next week! I can hardly believe that the house is thatclose to being done!

Day 63

Today was sod and landscaping day for the house.

It took twelve pallets of sod to do the front yard and some of the sides of the house. It's our responsibility to do the rest of the sides and the back yard. I think we're going to try seeding it first, and if that doesn't work, we'll do sod.

Working hard....it was hot today!

Before shot - you can see the shrubs in the front.

And after...the sprinklers were going.

It's amazing how much difference grass makes in how the house looks!

Day 62

The staircase was finished today. It still needs to be stained and the banister needs to be put in place, but the treads are done! I don't have pictures because the trim guys accidently locked the inside garage door so I couldn't get inside to take them!! But it's done!!

Day 61

The house is all graded and ready for sod. The sprinkler system was installed today too.

Looks a lot different with all the dirt leveled out! The flags are where the sprinkler heads are.

The kitchen faucet was installed today.

Master bathroom tub is almost done.

Kids playing around in one of the upstairs bedrooms.

Breaking in the bonus room!!

Sam pulled out a bunch of flags, so I had to go around and replace them. He was SO MAD when I took them away from him! He thought he had done me a favor!

Sam with a stick....me looking for the last sprinkler head.

The magnolia tree finally bloomed!!!

Mr. Sam running down the driveway!!

Day 60

I didn't end up taking any pictures today.....they graded the lot in preparation for sprinklers and sod and worked on plumbing. Not a whole lot of excitement there (besides, it was HOT!)

Day 59

Lots of things happening today!!

My laundry tub! Hooray!

Shower doors in the master bath!

Mirror and fixtures in the master bath.....ignore the reflection!

Carpeting in the bedrooms - this is the master bedroom.

Bonus room.

Upstairs hallway.

Meredith's room...

The hardwood floors.....they are GORGEOUS!! I love them so much!

Floors in the dining room and foyer.

I think that tomorrow might be staircase day. I saw a bunch of oak in the garage that looks a lot like tread for a staircase.....I hope so! I've been waiting to see this staircase for awhile!