Before and after (Inside 1)

Before and After (Inside 2)

Batman and Spiderman on Holloween

The two superheroes set out on there way Halloween night to check on the neighborhood. After making sure everybody was safe the superheroes demanded candy from each homeowner. Batman felt that some of the offerings were unacceptable and refused them. Both had a wonderful night and the neighborhood survived.
 

Living large

Well, we finally can use our new kitchen. You can see in the pictures that we still have to paint the trim, but everything else is pretty much done. Our contractor is comming back on Monday to fix a handful of things we noticed, but overall we are very excited about the kitchen. It's such an amazing change from what we had. When we get the trim painted I'll post before and after pictures.... wait for it!
 
 
 

Drawers

Ok, so I know this is silly so you don't even need to tell me, but I thought it was pretty cool how these drawers close slowly even when you slam them... check it out.

Yard wark starts

John Gaunt, our neighbor, has started fixing up the back yard. We asked him to fill in the old driveway and smooth out the rest of the back yard. Hopefully we still have enough time to plant grass this year. Below you can see the microwave got installed and the plumber hooked up the faucet so we are almost fully functional! There is one thing that has been stressing us out though. Ever since they took the plastic down in between the dining room and kitchen we noticed a big bump in the wall. Our contractor is trying to figure out what to do about it and it may involve tearing down the existing plaster! Just when we thought we were almost done with all the cleanup work!

Family Hike

 
We went on a family hike today and had a great time. Indy provided most of the entertainment while we walked around bear pond in Hard Parker State Park. Here's a picture of Ethan and Lucas on a huge rock that they found.

Appliances and a new view!

The appliances were delivered today! They are not installed yet, but I unpacked them and set them as close to where they will be to get an idea of the space. They all look pretty good - the microwave will be installed over the stove, but it seems HUGE. Note: the dishwasher is not blue. Dave also took down the plastic that was up between the diningroom and livingroom. The archway is huge so it makes the dining room seem smaller. We are thinking that we should have made the archway a bit lower to match the other ones in the house, but we are still getting used to it so we may come to like how tall it is. I don't think you can see it in the pictures, but I can't reach the top of the archway so it's about 7.5 feet tall!

Trim around door and bottom of one cabinet

Not too much to see today except for some more trim was finished and the trim for the bottom of the wall cabinets started going in. The boys were hiding where the dishwasher will go...soon they will be washing the dishes.

Kitchen window is trimmed and lights!

The electrician was here to do most of the lights and all that. It looks like he'll be back to do a couple more outlets. And Dave did a great job with the moulding around the window.

Counters are in.

The counters were put in today and the tile was grouted...almost there!
 
 

Tiled

The kitchen was tiled today. Grout and counter top tomorrow. 

Cabinet Crown moulding on

A couple days later and we have crown moulding.
 
 
 
 

Cabinets are going in

Here are some shots of the cabinets as they were going in.
 
 
 
 

Kitchen with first coat of paint.

Kitchen with paint on it. Next will be the cabinets!
 
 

New Steam Radiators

Here's a couple shots of the new steam radiators. They come out of the wall about 1-2 inches! They are also only about 20 inches tall. I guess we won't really know if they work until November.
 
 

Plaster guys are gone

And our kitchen is starting to look like a room again!