Open House!

The concrete was finished today and the finish guy was hard at work today to finish up all the trim and little touches, the siders will be back tomorrow to wrap the front porch posts. We should be able to move in on Friday evening or Saturday as long as everything passes for the final inspection!!  We have already passed for water and electric. :)

 We hired John Scott and his sons to do our concrete.  They are great guys and did a wonderful job!! I HIGHLY recommend them!!

 The back patio, you can't tell from this picture but they checker boarded the squares when they broomed it. It looks great!

 We added a turn around off to the right.

We put all of our hand prints into the driveway. <3

Granite!!!!

Our kitchen and downstairs half bath granite were installed, and they are absolutely beautiful!  Now Kevin and I are regretting not getting them upstairs as well.  I highly recommend you go to Granite Mafia/Cornerstone Counter tops, www.cornerstonecountertops.com if you are in southern Oregon. They did a beautiful job at a reasonable price!
As far as the rest of the house goes, the vinyl floors are in, most of the trim work is done, electrical and plumbing are finished.  The flooring guy still hasn't installed the laminate and carpet, not sure what's taking so long... We had a painter lined up and the day before he was going to start painting he power washed the house then called me and said he wanted $1,000.00 more than what he bid me, stating he accidentally gave me winter rates instead of summer rates(even though it's April and not summer).  He wouldn't honor his original bid, so we decided to go with another painter.  Unfortunately the house won't be painted now for a couple of months.  But before the original painter left our house he dumped his garbage on our front yard, gee thanks buddy! So, needless to say I DON'T recommend 'That Cheap Painter' in Medford!
As far as the driveway goes, we hired John Scott and he and his sons were busy putting up the forms for the driveway, front porch, side steps, and back patio on Friday.  They will be out pouring the concrete on Monday and Tuesday.  I'm excited to see the end result next week. 
Now for some pictures...and just a note these were taken before the light fixtures were installed.

 The laundry room.

 The master bath.

Our turkey friends were back and gobbling at us. :)

 And just for giggles, the rudeness of the painter!

Proof that he left it, you can see his business name on the bucket! Bad business dude, bad business.

Almost there!

The house is scheduled to be finished by the end of next week! I think it will be the week after that actually because the concrete guy won't begin until Wednesday.  The painter is booked up until the week after next, but he is making a special trip out to the house next week to do the caulking so the house can pass inspection.  The flooring was started this week but it was stalled due to some faulty pieces of laminate that needed to be replaced. So, the flooring will be completed next week.  The granite countertops are being installed tomorrow, and I am really excited to see them!  The electrician and plumber will also be out at the house next week, doing all of their finish work. 
I cannot tell you how excited we are to finally get to move into our HOME!  Throughout this whole process everyone at the Medford Adair office have been so helpful and patient with us. They have spent literally hours upon hours on the phone with us, answering every silly little question I could come up with and some big ones too.  Now here we are 2 years and 3 months after we bought our lot, finally nearing completion. Kevin and I are so HAPPY! :)

The beginning of the downstairs laminate wood flooring going in. It's a new color called Ashville Hickory.....LOVE IT!!

The vinyl florring was installed.

Laundry room.

Master bath.

Coming together now...

Here's a little peek at what has been going on this week.  The finish guy has been at the house everyday working on the cupboards, subflooring, trim and doors.The flooring guys will be out there next to install the carpet, vinyl and wood.  We have also begun getting the driveway pour scheduled.  We have some great ideas for the front entry and back patio.

 

Our finish truck was unloaded. Here's the trim, closet shelving, carpet pad and carpet.

The cupboards!

 

Doors!

Here's the new tile backsplash I found and fell in love with! Along with a sample of our granite counters.  The granite guys are coming tomorrow to take the measurements for it.

Downstairs half bath.

 Hall bath.

 Master bath.

The laundry room!

 Our daughter's room seemed to need a little something more, so I stenciled butterflies and flowers onto her wall, they will match her duvet cover. :)

Some trim in the upstairs hall.



We're FINISHED painting the interior!!!

Hallelujah! We spent one week and a day painting all day to get the entire house finished on time!  My dad came and sprayed the primer throughout the house and sprayed the white on the ceilings and closets.  Then Kevin and I went in and painted. At first I was cutting in with a paintbrush and I must say I was pretty awesome at it.  Then Kevin got a little tool called the Accubrush.  It's AMAZING! It does all the work for you with cutting in.  I recommend it if you want nice clean lines, look on Amazon, that's where we ordered ours from, you can also watch videos about it on youtube.  We finally found the perfect grey for our downstairs.  The problem with grey is that when you get it on the wall it can look blueish or even purplish.  So, I recommend getting samples and trying them out first. We ended up getting four samples and finally found 'the one'.  We went with Behr paint for the interior. I will list the colors under the pictures.
The finish truck has arrived and will be unloaded TOMORROW! We are in the home stretch people! We are so excited to finally move into our dream home.  The first to be installed are the cupboards I believe. I will try to get out there to take pictures any chance I get.  On to the pics...

 Living room. Behr:Gentle Rain

 Living room.

 Kitchen.

 Downstairs half-bath.

 Inside the half-bath.

 Dining room.

 Office.

 Master bedroom. Behr:Gentle rain.

The laundry room, I LOVE how it turned out! Behr: Adriatic mist.

 Spare room/exercise room. Behr:Nurture.

 Our eldest daughter's room.  The pink accent wall is Behr:Springtime Bloom with Valspar silver sparkles. You can't see the sparkles unless the sun is shining on it.  The yellow is Behr:Gold buttercup.

 Behr:Gold buttercup.

 

 Our youngest daughter's room.  The most perfect shade of pink, not too bright or overpowering! Behr:Delicate rose.



Painting sneak peek.

     The mudding and texture ended up being a week late. Tom our mud guy was able to bust it out all in a few days and got it done yesterday afternoon, so that we could start painting today!  Right now we're spraying the primer and then we will spray the white areas (office, spare room, closets, bathrooms and ceilings).  Tomorrow we will be able to start painting the room colors.  We went with a light grey for the main house areas and master bedroom, a green-blue for the laundry room, pale pink for our youngest daughter's room, and pale yellow with a bright pink accent wall for our eldest daughter's room.  We also finally decided on the exterior paint colors for the house, also grey.  I forgot to get any pictures of the colors though.  Here's what's happening so far today:

 Dining room.

 Kitchen.

 Looking into the living room.

 Looking into the kitchen.

Dining room.

We found a cricket in the master bedroom! Which is good luck! :)