Making Progress - July 18, 2011

We're actually feeling hopeful that our new home will be liveable soon.  The floors are finished, although the baseboards have not been installed.  Ben continues to remove wallpaper.  The kitchen, dining room, hall, and bathroom are finished, as well as half of the office.  The only other room left to do is the master bath.  Then he will texture everything.  He thinks he'll be finished on Wednesday, Thursday at the latest. 

I've painted part of the kitchen and all of the living room.  I'm finding it more difficult than I expected, and slower going.  We'll probably have the rest painted professionally.

The best part, though, is that we now have our new refrigerator and stove.

And we've been able to set up the living room and dining room so they're usable, which is a good thing, since it has started to rain and eating out on the deck would not be nearly as much fun as it was a few days ago.

Just to keep things interesting we've also had a plumber out.  He installed a new water heater last week and came back today to put in two new toilets.  The old one in the master bath had some sort of turbo boost and flushing it was truly a terrifying experience.