Things are moving along and we are finally getting to some of the fun stuff! Move-in is less than 3 weeks away! We are installing flooring, finishing up the bathroom, and cabinets are coming next weekend.

What a difference a fresh coat of paint makes!

We installed 4 x 8 subway tile surrounding the tub.

For the floor, we did a wood-look plank tile.

Here's a close up of the grouted tile. I'm in love with the subtle woodgrain!

After looking at all the wood floor options possible, we decided on laminate flooring for all throughout the main floor. We just finished installing it in all the bedrooms. Martin did a great job installing it!

It's going to be a super busy next couple weeks wrapping things up for move in! We are excited to move in but not too excited about finding time to pack and move! Stay tuned for the next update!

Here's a quick update as we are finally seeing some major progress on the house after this weekend, but things definitely continued to get worse before they got better. Electrical has been a much bigger project than expected, but is wrapping up so now we are closing up walls and starting to finish the drywall, which is very exciting!

All the drywall torn out of the kitchen and bathroom was a scary sight!


The completely gutted bathroom!


We built a wall back up between the two bedrooms where previous owners had taken a wall out.

We installed a new deep tub and plumbing and we are almost ready to prep for tile!


What a huge difference drywall makes in the kitchen!


My sisters came into town for the weekend and were a huge help! Since all the walls and ceilings are smoked stained, we have to clean and Kilz the whole house. Thanks to my sisters, we were able to Kilz 3 bedrooms in one day!


The rooms feel so different with the drywall on the new wall!


Starting to finish the drywall!


Until next time!

Between working on the new house and preparing to move out of our apartment, I sure am having a hard time justifying decorating for Christmas this year. So instead I put together a few things I'm loving from this year's Christmas collections. Click the links below to go right to the item. Next Christmas, be ready. I'm going all out. Enjoy!

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