Holy Sh#t Our House Is Done!**

**Jamie does not approve of the title to this posting.

We closed yesterday. Now all we have to do is move, paint, unpack and open up a revolving line of credit at Home Depot. We're gonna have a lot of good Saturdays. Here's a few more pics of the finished exterior and plexi in the loft. We'll post some more once we get the furniture in and get the innerwebs all hooked up.


Plexi on stairs and loft railing:

We had a visitor the other day. Nice complement to the stucco:

That's it for now. Hopefully the next posting will be an open invitation to a gigantic party.

Chairs and Pendant Light

The house is very close to complete and we should be closing on or before September 10. Even though we've been waiting for so long, we're still scrambling trying to get everything ready to move and shopping for furniture in the meantime. Today we bought a dining table from Four Hands and chairs and a pendant light from Design Within Reach. If you make it by DWR reach ask for Melissa - she was very helpful.

We don't have pictures of the table, but here's some pics of the chairs and the light I snagged off the interwebs. The light is actually going to be a glossy white to match the chairs.




We'll post more pics of the house soon.

Landscaping, Front Walls and Screen

More random pictures. We have grass now and some trees. One tree was planted right smack dab in the middle of the front of our house and we had it moved. We also have a CMU wall and stone wall that extend from the front of the house. The CMU was stuccoed and will eventually be painted to match the stucco on the house. Finally, we have a screen in our carport to prevent pets, toddlers and party attendees from escaping the backyard.

The offending, recently moved tree:

Backyard (we got a fence too!)

CMU wall

Carport screen

Bathrooms

We haven't posted an update in a while and lots of things have happened at the house. I've got a bunch of pictures from different visits that I'm going to attempt to categorize. First up: bathrooms. We've got tile, floors and plumbing fixtures in both upstairs bathrooms. We're very happy with how our choices turned out. The master bath shower is huge.

Master Shower

Slate Floors (and a "modern" toilet)

Master Sinks

Bathroom Faucet

Guest Shower

Also, last time I promised to post pictures of the light fixtures in the loft. Here you go:

Fans & Fixtures

The ceiling fans and light fixtures went in last week and they look good. We're changing the fixtures over the stairwell, so we'll post pics of those as soon as the new ones are in. In the meantime check out these fans. George Jetson has nothing on me.

Fan Switch:

Outdoor Fixtures:

Bathroom Fixtures:

Finally, no posting would be complete without an appearance from our lovely spokesmodel. Here she is showing off our brand new back steps and one of our ac units:

We're expecting tile, bamboo floors and counters any day now so we'll keep you posted.

Stainkonia

Jamie and I got a pleasant surprise this week when we took one of our nearly daily visits to the house and found that our cedar had finally been stained. We couldn't be happier with our decision to go with a dark color and we're very relieved that the international wood stain shortage has obviously come to an end.

Also, it looks like we'll have an entry walkway and steps any day now.

Slow but Steady

Slowly but surely our house is starting to look like, well, a house.

We have a driveway, nicely modeled if I do say so myself:

Drywall and interior paint are done:

And, we have cabinets: