Dry Wall!!

It's up! It's beautiful! It really looks like a house with walls!  I'm amazed! And I love it!

Looking into the living room

 From living room into dining room and down the stairs

 Down the stairs

 Dining and kitchen

 Mudroom with door to garage and to the backyard

 Standing in the pantry looking out to the kitchen/dining

 Looking down the hall upstairs into the master bedroom

 Hall closet and upstairs bath

 Masterbath

 Looking down the hall downstairs

 In the family room looking into the play/craft room

 Looking into the downstairs bath

 Lucy's room

 Benson's room

 Downstairs door to the outside and the cute windows in the playroom (one of my favorites)

They just textured the walls and ceiling, again it looks more beautiful (if that's possible).  The trim guy comes in on Wednesday to start all that, which includes trim, banister, molding, shelves in the closets (happy thought indeed!). Then the painter comes after that :) Before we know it it'll be all finished and we'll be moved in!

Insulation

It's so fun to see the progression of this house! It's beginning to look like a real house!  And it's only taken 3 1/2 months to get this far :/
We got the insulation in last week and the drywall goes in today!  So those pictures will come later. Also you can see the new windows, they are lovely!

Looking from the front door/living room into the dinning/kitchen

 Fireplace upstairs.  Original stone and hopefully soon a new gas stove.

 

 Upstairs hall bathroom

 Looking into the master bedroom

 Master bathroom

 Looking into the master closet from the bathroom

Downstairs

 Bottom of stairs

 Family room.

 Other side of family room with soon to be new gas fireplace.

 Looking from family room into playroom and craft/utility/laundry area.

 Cold storage on the left and utility on the right.

 Outside basement door.

 Downstairs bath.

 Looking into the kitchen from the stairs.

 Looking into the living room from stairs.

 Pantry.

Framing

Framing is complete!  We thought Anthony would have plenty of time to do it and it'd get done super fast.  After getting most of the basement complete and then the house sitting idle for two weeks (we did go to OK for thanksgiving during that time and Anth went to ND for work for a week) we decided to hire it out.  Best. Decision. Ever! It was so nice not to have to stress over it and to just have it done. (At this point I really wish we could just hire everything out, paying top dollar, to just get the whole house done. But of course it's about the journey and what would we learn if we did that?!?! Oh and plus the whole $$ thing.)
Also in these pictures you can see the new stairs!! Aren't they beautiful!  I love them.  

 Benson is standing in the hall.  In the future there will be a half wall there.

 Looking down the hall to the upstairs rooms and bath.

 Nursery or small bedroom upstairs.

 Upstairs hall bath.

 Hall into master bed/bath

 Master Bath

 Master closet

 Master bed

 Dining room and kitchen (you can't see the old stairs anymore).  The door goes out to the pantry/mudroom.

 Lovely new stairs

 Under the stairs

 Looking through the wall into the downstairs bath and a bedroom

 Yes this is with the plumbing and HVAC started.  Standing at the bottom of the stairs looking through the wall into the bathroom.

 Looking down the hall to the two bedrooms and a bath

 Playroom/laundry/utility rooms

 Door to the under the stairs play area

Now that it's done we do HVAC, plumbing, electrical, etc... (we are only doing the electrical :)
Here's to gutting and redoing a house :/
P.S. I LOVE walking into the house now.  I LOVE that I can tell where things (like walls) are going to be :)

6 Years!

 

6 years ago today I married the best man ever!  It was a crazy fast courtship/engagement but I loved every minute of it (except when we broke up for a week)!  I think it feels like we've been married for so much longer.  We've experienced so much together and I'm so grateful to have had him to go through it all with! Love you Anth!!

(Hope you love the shower head:)