Please excuse my absence from the BLOG but we’ve been very busy with our move, remodel and keeping up with client projects.

We did move into the “Laboratory”/”new” home about two weeks ago and we’ve been busy trying to downsize in some areas (bedrooms and garage), and increased size in our kitchen and bathrooms.  I will be putting together a together soon about what I’ve learned about downsizing and the process involved in deciding which decorative items to keep.

Tomorrow our contractor should finish up two of our major items, the staining and painting of our front door and the back splash in our kitchen and guest bathroom.  After that we only have a few  small items left on our punch list and then it will be time to send all of our little worker elves on their way.  I will go into high speed completing window treatments and ordering area rugs.  

I hope to post pictures soon .

Preparing the framed tiles that will go behind the stove top.

Preparing the framed tiles that will go behind the stove top.

 

 

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We are on our countdown, two days to move in!  Can I tell you how excited we are to move into our “new” little house.  We started this adventure at Christmas time 2013 when we decided to sell our home and move a little farther north in San Diego county.  After extensive searching my husband and I decided it would be best if we bought a total fixer upper because we completely enjoy the remodel process.  It’s now been nearly six months, with three months in a hotel two hours away, and nearly all of our personal belongings in a hotel . . . and we are nearly done!

Here are a few pictures of the latest updates . . .

Portion of island with microwave drawer.

Portion of island with microwave drawer.

Here (above) is a portion of the island, the granite will note go in for about a week.  We are missing one pendant and they are actually going to be adjusted slightly as the island was moved in a last minute design decision.  We are looking forward to using that new microwave drawer, a new toy for my husband and myself.  If you have suggestions for using this new appliance leave us a comment.

A portion of the kitchen.

A portion of the kitchen.

Upper cabinets have now been installed, along with the under cabinet lighting.  When we left the walk through today the cabinet hardware was being installed.  Over the next two weeks there will be a lot of finishing touches to this area.  For the time being I will be doing dishes in our bathroom . . . should be interesting.

The room beyond the workers is our laundry room, this was previously an outdoor patio.  The kitchen and the laundry room are separated by a pocket door.  The washer and dryer were installed this afternoon and we are looking forward to seeing them installed when we visit the house again tomorrow.

Master sink and fixtures being installed.

Master sink and fixtures being installed.

So much satisfaction to see our master bathroom coming together.  Basically the only thing we are waiting for in this room are the glass shower doors that had an ooooops and being re-cut.

Hallway Cabinets - Used to be a closet.

Hallway Cabinets – Used to be a closet.

Here are two of the hallway cabinets where there used to be a closet.  When finished this will also have a granite counter top and under cabinet lighting.

Today when we left a cleaning crew was washing all of the windows and then they were going to move onto all of the cleaning chores (take a look at those floors – – – eekes).  It will be such a joy  to move into a clean house and enjoy all of our months of planning.

 

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Wanted to take a minute to wish you all a wonderful Mother’s Day.  Yesterday I spent the day celebrating with my children and today we’ve spent the day with my Mother-In-Law, who is one of the best people I’ve ever known.

Me, My Daughter and My Daughter-N-Law

Me, My Daughter and My Daughter-N-Law

Me and My Son

Me and My Son

 

Me and My Grandson

Me and My Grandson

Again, I hope it was a wonderful day for all of you moms!

We did do a drive-by of the laboratory/”new” house today but I’ll save that post for a little later in the week.  All I have to save is that it’s going to be a very close call for us moving in next Monday.  All we’re asking for is a place to lay our heads and running water, were praying that at least those details come together.  No pressure 🙂

 

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