HOUSE UPDATE!!!

Can it be??? Are we finally moving in tomorrow??? I REALLY HOPE SO. I had to make a break in my blogging catch-up to update the status on our house. After three weeks of renovation, it is nearing completion. Looks like tomorrow is the big day! But really, I thought we would be in before Halloween, then by the time the Howells came to visit, then Thanksgiving, then last Sunday, but finally...I am pretty confident that it could be tomorrow. They just finished staining our wood floors and the sealant went on today, which I think would put us in tomorrow...HALLELUJAH. But really, I'm kind of freaking out right now. This might be the worst timing ever! We've been here five months now and we're moving in 5 days before the kids & I take off for Christmas....uuggghhh. So I've been trying to get all of my Christmas shopping done, presents mailed out, and I can say I'm about 95% done with my shopping, yeah! Last package mailed today. So once we're in the house we can focus on unpacking.

Renovation update...I couldn't be happier with how it is turning out, it's a brand-spanking new house on the inside and I LOVE IT! I've been stressing about colors for about the last month, which tan do I paint, what colors to put in the kids room since I don't have their bedding yet. But it was time to paint and I gave our Renovator Man the colors...after everything was finished the tan was lighter than I was hoping, Kenedee's room didn't turn out like I wanted (I painted three walls gray and one pink to match her new bedding). Her gray walls were looking very purple because of the pink wall...which not to offend anyone, I'm not the biggest purple fan, actually I kind of hate purple. So when it was looking purple to me, I was kind of cringing everytime I saw it. But I was just hoping that with her furniture in there, blinds on the window, that it would tone down the purple and look more gray. Well, we set up her bedroom this week, new bedding and all and it looks AMAZING...and GRAY. I've been so excited about how it turned out cause I was nervous I would have to repaint it, but nope, IT'S PERFECT. As for the tan, I'm really starting to like it. It's not as much contrast as I was hoping but we painted a few walls dark brown (from our previous house) so the tan is looking quite pretty. Really, I am so excited to get in there, can you tell! Well, after all this, I thought I'd give you a preview of one of the rooms...the Kitchen. This baby needed a major overhaul. You'll notice in the pic towards the ground, white powder...let's just say this kitchen was covered in boric acid (not good). The cabinets were just so-so, appliances had to go, new sink needed, horrible lighting in there and now the transformation is looking awesome. New paint, new sink, new appliances, cabinets painted, crown molding added on the cabinets, crown molding added on the ceiling, light taken out, recessed lighting put in and here you have the Before and After... ENJOY!!!