This post is long over due but we moved in as planned and we’ve been a bit busy since then!  We had a few weekends off between a wedding and then camping but a little house work progress has also been made.

First – the floors were finished, the painting was finished, the electrical was finished (minus a few lights in these pictures but most are now done).

The first piece of furniture was moved in

Not a lot was done in Bella’s room once the floors were finished.  Shoe molding was installed in all rooms, a few minor painting touch ups.  The closet door still needs to be re-hung but it’s more convenient not having doors on closets at the moment 🙂

Another view of Bella’s room finished

The first night we were in we had no doors hung and with Bella not being a good sleeper in general plus no doors – we were all up at lot.  The next day we hung those doors immediately 🙂

Bella’s room moved in!

Alex’s room finished!

Alex’s room is also missing closet doors – hers actually have to be made still.  Initially we didn’t have her light or fan installed yet, her fan is in now but not her light (it comes next week – this is the third try ordering a pink chandelier – they kept sending white ones!).

The other side of Alex’s room

Thresholds

Ryan made the thresholds for the 2 doors but they haven’t been sanded or poly’d yet (they aren’t actually installed either, we’ll do that after they are finished).  But they are made at least!  He made them out of leftover cherry flooring.

Alex’s door and threshold – neither are finished

Another project we did the first week we moved in was outfit the kitchen with some new temporary cabinets and a new counter top (not finished yet)

Temporary cabinets

We won’t be re-doing the kitchen for a while now so this makes it much more usable.  We can fit most of our stuff in the kitchen now and I was able to unpack the kitchen once I put my large rolling shelves in the pantry.

The next project we did was the first weekend we had lived here.  We went out to boston for a wedding saturday but when we got back on Sunday Ryan and his dad finished the siding on the dormers!

Dormers have siding

This weekend we promised the girls some family time so we spent most of Saturday doing fun activities with them (a trip to the museum and then to Huck Finn’s playland).  Ryan and his Dad spent the rest of the weekend finishing installing the trim around all the windows!

Widnows (upstairs) are completely done!

Front windows one

Side windows

The outside is almost buttoned up for winter.  We still have doors to replace but those will be spring projects.