2 Post Day!

As the other blog gets ignored... (#writersblock) its a 2 post day over here at the Money Pit... SO let's talk about sills shall we... or aprons, or stools or whatever you want to call it... either way, my Dad rocks windows socks off...
So last week... after working his full time job, and after working an entire weekend at a craft show for my mom's full time job, my dad came to my house and measured all 20 of my windows to fit them for sills... then went home and cut them. I got this picture [when I woke up] because my dad texted it to me at 11:30pm Tuesday when he finished cutting them...

 THEN came over to install them...

 Wednesday, Thursday... Friday...

 Saturday...

Stopped by Sunday before and AFTER the football game...

Until we had:

In like... every room... #greatestdadever

But you'll have to wait for the rest of the photos, my lovelies... we'll be doing a full post-inspection reveal tomorrow... depending on how the inspection goes :)

Whoa.

So... today is the FINAL (hopefully) bank inspection... which would mean, no more contractors, no more begging the bank to pay the contractors, no more inspections, no more (non-self imposed) deadlines... basically; for the first time since we got into this mess, we will no longer have to rely on SOMEONE ELSE telling us how/when/what to do with OUR house. Freedom. SO... lots and lots and LOTS of work went on this weekend, and this past week... but I still owe you a shower installation post!! So let's start there. Back on Thanksgiving weekend (holy crap that was so long ago at this point!) Kev came over to fix the screwup from our lazy/dumb/overpaid plumber made of our shower, which basically meant taking the whole thing apart, cutting the pipes, and putting it back together. It looked something like this...

we were starting to get a little punchy...

Two boys in a tub grabbing a pipe... not as sexy as it sounds...

But the finished product.....:

TAAADAAAA!!! Well done boys!!! (I extra enjoy the beer on the back of the toilet!) Couple that with our schmancy new sinks:

And we've almost got a bathroom... 

Too Busy to Blog?

For shame!! Let's catch up, shall we? I have a bathroom and a wood floor post for you! But, since the photos for the bath are not quite "blog-ready" – let's cover the floor first...

We had this:

when we moved in; 12-15 boxes of pre-finished cherry hardwood (about 350 sq ft). In the house, ready to be installed. So this weekend we installed it in the hallway on the second floor. 

Saturday we had help from Nick's stepdad Dave, who, as usual, was pretty much a rockstar. First we put down the underlayment...

 Then the first row had to be nailed in by hand.

 Getting started was the hardest part...

Till we got to this...

I knew this part would be tricky... and after much debating...

We figured it out...

 More nailing, (and Genny Cream Ale) and by 8:30 pm we had....

Siiiigh, not bad for 12 hours... I guess... On to Sunday...

Sunday Meg and Paul came to help... and thanks to them, despite feeling like we'd both run a marathon, we were able to soldier on!

 

Until finally I turned around and saw Cole sitting in the middle of the finished part of the floor playing with his toys, and I said, "Meg!! Your son is actually sitting on the floor of my second floor playing!"

 That was pretty cool...

So by the end of Sunday... we had actually [almost] finished the whole hallway... 

Finished enough to take the rented nailer back at least!! Some last touches with our pneumatic nailer and we can put a bow on this baby... I'm pretty pleased with it... Which is good, because this might be the most extreme form of "nesting" known to man...

Ha!

{Insert Wood Joke Here}

{Every title I tried to come up with sounded like an innuendo...} We've got mouldings and refinished furniture and all sorts of word working going on here, so let's get on with the photos, shall we?

First off we have a bathroom with perrrrty pine mouldings... all ready to be stained a nice espresso to match the vanity (up next)

mmmmm that's some nice wood grain...

Now, for a dresser-turned-bath-vanity...

 Mr. Moneypit doin' a bang-up job of staining those drawers...

And oh, don't worry pretty bedroom moulding, you'll have your turn too... 

 There are rumors going around that my bathroom might get done today... I am skeptical, but you will know as soon as I do. :)

Color Me Happy

So we actually got to paint this weekend... YES PAINT!

NOTE: Yes... I'm still taking pictures with my iphone because I cannot find the cable to my real camera... yes it probably makes the colors suck... which therefore makes the blog suck. Sadface.

Bedroom

Bathroom

Family Room

(this room is getting original wood wainscoting that came with the house, hence the halfway paint job!)

Hallway:

Its definitely not perfect... and we're not completely done...

And there are tons of corners to paint around!

But we're just glad to be painting finally. This week is the wrapup... doors, floors, and moulding... I can practically see the finish line...

We Might Actually Pull This Off...

We have.... drywall.

**Clouds part, rays of sun shine down**
**Choir singing**
**Angels playing harps and trumpets**
**Puppies and kittens, living together in harmony**

Lets do some remembering, shall we?

Bedroom

 

Bathroom

 

Stairwell

Studio

Attic

It'll probably be another few days (ok maybe a week) until its all taped and sanded and such, but then it's on the fun parts!!! In the words of Peter Griffin, this house is [gonna be] freakin' sweet...