Day 39

YAY! The drywall is DONE!!! I can't wait to see what happens next week - trim will start on Monday, and cabinets should start going in too!

The exterior is all done - other than the patio, steps, driveway and sidewalk. I love the brick!

This is where the "message center" aka The Bar will go in the breakfast room. You can see the pantry door and the hallway and laundry room doors as well. I can't WAIT to see The Bar when it's all finished. It was a last minute addition, and it is going to be AWESOME.

Picture of the smooth corner bead, all sanded and pretty.

Tray ceiling in the master.

Close up (sort of - I didn't have the other lens) of the tray ceiling. It also has the rounded corner bead.

I can't wait to see what next week brings!

Day 38

The brick is all done and gorgeous!! I'm so pleased with the way it looks with the siding and shutters....eventually, the door will be painted black as well.

Taking the scaffolding down before the big storm hits!

The drywall people put texture on all of the ceilings today. Here is the master bedroom.

And here is Meredith's bedroom.

Hopefully, this means that they will be sanding tomorrow so trim and cabinetry can begin soon!

Day 37

Look! We have shutters! And the brick was done even further than this by the time I'd walked through the house - so I'm guessing it will be done by the time they leave this evening!

Drywall......yep, still going. They did something to the ceilings today. Not texture, but something that went all over them. I'm dying to see some trim go up!!! Or even some stuff all over the floor that would indicate that they're sanding!

I'm impatient. It's one of my (many) faults. But I keep reminding myself that it's a big house, so things take awhile. Sometimes it even works! I'm just so ready to be IN the house....

Day 36

The inside is still drywall.....still kind of boring and no real changes there. But the brick is really coming along!!

Day 35

Things look pretty much the same inside - they are still working on the drywall - but look at the brick!! And we have columns on the porch now!

Edit: My smart arse husband pointed out that we actually had columns last week......brat!! I really hadn't noticed them until today!! I think it was because there was scaffolding in the foyer and I hadn't been able to look out the front door since they had started doing the drywall, but today it was down. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Day 34

Brick & drywall are still the theme of the day!

The brick keeps getting a little higher and higher each day.

The siding is actually a little browner than this picture looks....the light was a little funny. I took several pictures and none of them really gave the true color.

Rounded corner bead. We have this throughout the house on corners without trim.

Master bedroom ceiling.

This is the hall closet - but will be used as Sam's toy closet for now. It will have a little door in the back for extra storage under the stairs.

Living room.

And the rugs got here from Iraq! We couldn't keep Sam off of them - they are REALLY soft and plush! This is the one for the dining room.

And this one will go in the living room. Please excuse my ghetto baby, clad only in a diaper. He made a mess of his clothes at dinnertime!

Day 33

I only took two pictures today at the house. I would have taken more, but there was a thunderstorm coming in, so I walked through the house faster than I normally do - it was already thundering, and I just wanted to get back to the kids before it unleashed! I'll take more tomorrow.

The entire downstairs was taped and mudded, and part of it was already sanded. This is in the garage.

We are getting rounded corner bead throughout the house. We were wondering yesterday how they did that. There is a plastic or maybe fiberglass form that gets screwed in place at each corner, and then it is mudded and sanded over that. It looks really nice. There were a few places in the house already that it has been sanded, but I didn't get pics of that. Tomorrow!!

Day 32

Big changes today! The insulation was finished up yesterday, so drywall began this morning. This crew works FAST!!

Brick work continues up the house!

I love the color more and more each time I see it.

Kitchen!

Kitchen/morning room from the great room.

Great room

Bonus room upstairs with closet.

What will probably be Madeline's room.

What will probably be Elisabeth's room.

Meredith's room.

Tray ceiling in master bedroom.

It's a....HOUSE!

Day 31

Yay!! The day I've been waiting for!! We have brick!!

I have been so excited to see the brick next to the siding with the mortar FOR REAL on the REAL HOUSE!! I was not disappointed!! We made great choices!

It looks awesome together!

Day 30

Still insulation. I thought that the brick was going to be started today, but it wasn't. Hopefully tomorrow!!!

The insulation guy said that he would be done either today or maybe tomorrow, depending on how today went. So no pictures today, because it looks the same as it did on Friday!

Day 29

Today was mostly an insulation work day, but a few other things happened too.

We got our first set of shutters put in place....

Bricks and mortar were delivered - they will start going up on Monday! I can't WAIT to see the brick!

More foam insulation was sprayed in place. Here, you can sort of see the installer's feet/legs as he sprayed it. I was standing at the foot of the stairs, looking up.

Foam - expanded and in place along the roof.

This is our add-on closet in the bonus room. Here's the doorway.

Looking from the doorway down - there's a little space behind where I am standing too.

And the opposite direction. That one little change added a great deal of storage! I'm so glad we added it - the house already has a ton of storage, but it will come in handy, I know!

Day 28

Today we got to check another big item off the list - we had the pre-drywall meeting. This was just a walk through of the house with the site manager, David, to make sure all the switches and lights were where we wanted. We did move one light over about 12 inches and added some storage that would have gone unused in the space by the bonus room. Other than that, no changes, and we're still on track for an early to mid June closing!

The siding is all done!

I had almost forgotten this little piece on the front would be siding - it was a surprise this afternoon!

All trimmed out and ready for garage doors!

Things sticking out - dryer vent, range hood vent and gas line.

Meredith is in awe of how big the house is, I think.

The other thing going on today is insulation. Nearly the entire upstairs exterior walls were done with batt insulation already.

And a great deal of the roofline was sprayed with foam insulation. The insulation guys will probably finish up tomorrow, brick and drywall will start on Monday!

Day 27

Okay, today was a pretty big day. The house now has a roof - shingles and all! It also has passed both electrical and plumbing inspections from the county.

House with completed roof.

Shingles!

Shingles in progress this morning.

Rear view of completed roof - and almost completed siding.

The house got the line for the gas cooktop today. I'm SO EXCITED about having a gas cooktop to cook on, I could pop!

Sam, looking cute as always, standing on a toilet drain. This is the master bath.

Tomorrow will start drywall! There were stacks of drywall in each room.

More drywall!

Tomorrow morning, I have the pre-drywall inspection, where we walk through the house and make sure all the switches/outlets are where we want them. Kind of a "speak now, or forever hold your peace" type thing before the drywall starts. Al will be attending via Skype - LOVE Skype!!