In Which The House Is Coming Along!

Big things have been happening over at the house, folks.

The crews from the various fantastic companies that have been helping us out have been working extremely hard over the last week, and look at the gorgeous results!

Except for the three foot long lowered roll-in area of the island (which will go at the end closest to the cabinets), the granite has all been installed in the kitchen and both the bathrooms, and I can't get over just how beautiful it looks.  Is this really the kitchen I get to cook in?  I can't wait to pull out my recipe file and get crackin', and I'm pretty sure the food will taste better just by association with this place!  And I'm totally, completely in love with the granite in both bathrooms, but especially in the guest bathroom.  I love those huge swirls of color-- it reminds me of tin roof ice cream.  Yum.

And just today Meridian Plumbing put in both toilets, the faucets in both bathrooms, and most of the shower heads!  Tomorrow I believe they'll be installing the dishwasher drawer and working on some more of the plumbing. 

Okay, is it weird to say that I really like the toilets?  Maybe that's weird.  Oh well-- I'm going to say it anyway.  I really like the toilets.  They're the elongated bowl variety with the higher profile so that they're easier to transfer to, which is very cool.  Yes, I think even our toilets are cool.  Moving on.

All of the rest of the appliances except the fridge and the washer and dryer also arrived today!  So we now have a cook top, oven, and microwave waiting for installation in addition to the dishwasher drawer.  As if that wasn't enough, the flooring also arrived.  It's currently sitting in the house acclimating so it won't expand or contract significantly after it is installed.  We went with some beautiful medium-tone maple laminate floors, which should hold up well under the wheelchairs.  I'm maybe the most excited about the floors out of all the things happening over there this week; I keep imagining how the house is going to look with them in and I have no doubt that the reality is going to be way more stunning than anything my imagination has come up with.  The floors should go in this week so I'll be able to find out soon!

They are really working hard over there to get the house ready.  I think I'd better finish up my packing so we're ready to move in as soon as they're finished-- it wouldn't do for me to start slacking off now!

~Jess