New House - Week 3.5 - we have ceiling fans!

Okay, issues with blogger, so here's the rest of the pictures.

Jack has his construction hat on and cell phone in hand...

...ready to tackle our flooded basement!

 Yeah...apparently a window leaks, plus poor grading by that window well.  Luckily I hadn't move much furniture around down there yet, so nothing was really damaged. 
We do need to open up the walls to check for mold though.  I tore out the carpet padding (totally soaked), and there is evidence of previous flooding on the carpeting and wallpaper. 

 On the plus side, we had 2 electricians here today for over 5 hours.  We now have ceiling fans/lights in all 3 upstairs (non-master) bedrooms!  Yay!!!  I think this is my favorite completed project/update so far.  The ceiling fans really help, especially until we get new windows.  We also had them install a 2nd outdoor outlet, and do some electrical work in the garage.  Lots of things checked off the list today.  :)

New house - Week 3.5

We unloaded our 10x10 storage unit 2 weeks ago.

More boxes to sort and unpack!

Jack loves eating breakfast on the deck - me too!

3 car garage...hoping to put our cars inside before first snowfall.

Gorgeous clematis on our arbor

Boxes also make a nice playground  :)

 

New House - 1st week and a half

So we moved in to our new house 3 and a half weeks ago.  It has turned out to be a major project house, but we're (mostly) enjoying the process so far.  And we love the layout, yard, and neighborhood, so the rest is mostly cosmetic and fixable, even if it takes us years.  :)

(These pics are from the first week and a half.)

 

 Ernie had to ride in a Rubbermaid tub on the (10 minute) trip from old to new house.  We do have 3 cat carriers, but the biggest was in use by Momma Cat.  Jon was able to catch her, and we transported her to the new house.  Unfortunately, after just a few minutes under the new deck, she ran and was gone.  We really miss her, and I can only hope that she somehow stumbled upon another family willing to feed her.

 My first (and only so far) painting project - painting our closet's shelves with a crisp white.

 Jack loves the towel ring in our bathroom.

 Grammie and Poppy drove up to help us out with moving and house projects.  Jack had a blast with them!  :)

 He's still packing and unpacking these painting supplies - such a fun new game.  :)

Hanging out on the deck on July 4th.

We have an herb garden.  :)

Organized pantry

The living room/dining room in progress.  Doesn't everyone keep a stepladder in their living room?  :)

 

New House - Picture Heavy!

 

 dining room

 front door with a large coat closet :)

 living room - sorry about the wonky pic!

 kitchen - check out our classy mismatched appliances - we have all 3 major colors!  :P

 I got my coveted white cabinets...but they need a facelift

 the pantry is pretty cool - it has these shelves that swivel out so you can reach the back

 breakfast nook

 view from the kitchen sink

 family room

 back hall off the family room - heading to main bath and Jon's office on right, garage straight, and basement and laundry on left

 main floor bath - love the beadboard and white cabs...not so much the counters and shower door

 laundry room - nice space and utility sink.  I invision a fun aqua color in here, and eventually maybe a countertop by the sink.

 Jon's office

 closeup of his wallpaper  :)

 extra cabinet nook between the family room and kitchen - I'm thinking mail sorting/charging station?

 Jon's 3-car garage 

 arbor on the side yard

 upstairs hallway - those cabs are the linen "closet"

 Jack's bathroom (well, the bath for all 3 non-master bedrooms upstairs).  Why yes, that is a pink countertop.  :)  Big plans for in here, eventually...after we get the more pressing issues done.

 Probably Jack's room.  This is the window that almost fell on our inspector when he un-latched it.  Apparantly the latch is what's holding it in place.  Lovely.  Windows moved up the priority list.

 Smallest bedroom - probably craft room.  (Apparantly blogger ate my other picture - there is a 4th upstairs bedroom that we'll use as a guest room.  It looks about the same - white walls, wooden trim, closet, window). 

 Master bedroom

 Master bath

 Master closet (apparently cedar?)

 View from master window of our backyard

 Stairs down to the basement

 Basement - future playroom

 Love the beadboard!  It makes up for the wallpaper that I will be pulling down eventually.  :)  I'm thinking either springy green or a navy blue for the upper part of the walls.  I think the white beadboard will be enough light to allow a darker upper color?  We'll see.

 Unfinished storage in the basement.  It's got plumbing roughed in, so we could do a half bath down here at some point.

 Backyard - it's a full 1/4 acre lot, which we're super excited about, with lots of mature plantings.  (Tough to come by in our area.)

Oh, here's the guest room.  No idea how it ended up down here!  :)