Days 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57 - Deliveries, Lot Grading, Painting

Sorry for the sporadic updates!  I've had a lot going on lately.  Some very exciting yet badly timed news is that I will be traveling to Poland for work soon for 5 weeks!  It was shocking news, to say the least.  But it's also a little disappointing.  I won't get to spend any time in my new home before I leave. 

So onto the house progress.  We've made some big strides but I'm beginning to worry it wont be finished on time, at least not at the quality I expect.  There is still so much to do!

First, maybe second coat of white paint

Not sure if you can see it here, but we have a pattern ceiling :(

Our hardwoods went in this week!

We got lots of deliveries

I can't believe the number of doors we'll have LOL!

The brick is all finished

Some more rough grading - it still SUCKS!

Day 11 - Forms Removed, Egress Window Well, Water Proofing, & Sewer and Water Rough-Ins

Today's activity consisted of the foundation forms coming off, the installation of the egress window well, and the walls being water proofed with some nifty mar-flex geo-mat.  They also did the sewer and water rough-ins.  Lots of photos to follow!

The waterproofing used in our development

I'm concerned about the slope of the driveway :-S

Yes, I got in the hole!

Side shot of the egress well

Looking into the well for the depth of the window

I HATE the well but they wouldn't let me buy a different one

Backside - livingroom and morning room

Livingroom and morning room

You can see some of the piping

View from the side street

Garage

Furnishing Our Home - Window Shopping

We spent the afternoon window shopping for furniture.  The amount of furniture, appliances, and accessories we're going to need is a bit overwhelming.  We went in with the mindset that our new furniture would jump out at us.  Wow, furniture is NOT cheap.  We hit up 4 places today.  That was about all our legs could handle.  Between walking up and down every aisle on the very long concrete show rooms floors to the sitting down and getting up a BILLION times.  Our poor knees!  Some of these sofas sucked you in.  It was like it vacuum suctioned in your hineey.  We checked out Ashley, Morris, Morris Outlet, and Valley City Furniture.  Only a few things really got me excited.  Everything else just seemed like furniture.  I didn't like ANY of the dining tables.  Not a single one.  That is going to be the tough item to select I think.

We may try more stores tomorrow.  There are still many, many more places to look.  Sigh.

The rooms/items we need to furnish: