Day 177

The drywall has been completely finished up! There wasn't really much to blog about while they were finishing up. I don't think pictures of drywall mud, sanding and dust would be very fun to see : )

Here are some of the rooms finished up. Its really starting to look like a house versus a construction site now.

Small guest room off the kitchen...affectionately known as Aunt Anne's room

View from guest room to kitchen

 View from other side of kitchen. The breakfast table will be in front of that large window and the room you see to the left is the guest room.

 This is the ceiling in the living room where the 2 large sky lights used to be. Its crazy to me that you can't even tell where they were. They did a really good job.

 

 

They have also been working on the hardwood floors over the past week. If you remember back a little bit, I mentioned that they would be sanding down all of the old floors before they put new stain on. This will make the old wood and new wood look the same. I am shocked at how good it looks. I really thought you would be able to tell where the old ended and the new begins. Here is a good example, the next 2 pictures are at the same spot on the floor and you really cannot tell the difference between old and new.

 

 This is the hallway where the bedrooms are, the sides have been sanded and the old stain is still in the center.

Living room edge still needing to be done but main floor complete

 

After the floors were completely sanded they put 3 different shades of stain down for us to look at. This picture makes it hard to tell the difference, but the lightest is on the bottom and darkest is on the top. We both agreed to go with the top color. It was the darkest option but not too dark. They are going to start putting the stain down this week. We will have to stay out for a few days while it dries.

 

One last thing...a few weeks ago I mentioned that they finished putting all new gutters on but I didn't have a picture. I took this on my way into the house the other day and thought I would post it.