Tuesday (my sister's wedding anniversary)

This is how the big J and I celebrated my sister's wedding anniversary...

A HUGE  thank you to our dear friend Heidi for watching the girls while J and  I painted. We are so thankful!

It's dryin' - and there be no cryin'

Yes, this is probably overkill, this many pictures for a generic concrete floor. But - Ahhhhh - it's a beautiful thing. I opened the house this evening after the doors and most windows being shut for the past 2. And it was a sweaty-hot day. And it was pretty cool inside. Not cool like I-need-a-winter-coat cool, but like I'd be totally ok in there on a day like today. And with my shoes off? Ahhhh...feel the coolness of the concrete! Anyway. Here are some pics.

And peeps, this is a no-threshold, no-barrier shower. Rock it. - no wait - Smooooooth it. That's right.

FarMin' some ConcreTe

Not really true. I, nor did T, FarM the concrete. But, it is there! The boyz worked quickly - in at 7am and pushing out the door a couple hours later. 

I arrived at the house at 8:30 and saw this:

(siding done on the front, with just a little to go on the east side)

And....a lot of trucks and other machinery that I won't even attempt to name. It would be really embarrassing, since I've learned what I do know from Dr. Seuss books. Anyway.

Inside they had poured all the way to the great room. I snuck up the basement stairs to take a peek.

Mmmmmm....sweet slurpy concrete.

Covering the infloor heat....can't wait for toasty toes this winter!

Filling up my mud room...

Can't go in and take pictures until tomorrow morning. This has to dry for 10-14 days before a beautiful deep earthy brown coating will cover this, which is technically gypcrete. Not concrete. But close enough.

That gives me just enough time to figure out how we're going to hang this

 on my master bathroom wall without taking the entire wall down the first time K hangs from it. And get all first coats of color up. And install the electrical.
Sweetness.

Happy Infloor Heat Day!!

It seems like just yesterday that T was helping the guys lay the infloor tubing in the basement. Today it was the main floors turn. And tomorrow? Hello concrete! We get the first layer of main floor concrete. And I can't wait!

PaintinGPaloozA

Thursday through yesterday (Sunday) we painted. And painted. And painted. Went to church, then painted some more. God placed people at specific intervals to come help; just when we were thinking of taking a break fresh hands would show up. God is good! And many thanks to you who did help, you were a HUGE blessing!

So here's how it worked. By the end of Friday, the house was primed. Friday evening T and I rant into the Home DePot to pick up the interior paint color as well as the girls. Saturday we tackled layer 1 on the ceilings, which are a beautiful Asiago color.

The girls really enjoyed painting. Here's a "Before" picture:

This totally displays my 2 girls' personalities. Cracks me up!

J alternated between sleeping in this nifty wagon, being held, or hanging out in his bouncy seat. Such a good kid!

This is a totally dark, unedited picture. T and our brother-in-law, Scott, are painting the mud room with the first coat of Organic Garden.

The main bathroom is a bright yellow, Cornmeal.

The first coat of Oatmeal-something is on the girls' walls (which will be alternated with Wild Strawberry), and the great room is cut in with the same color.

Our bedroom is cut in with Smoked Oyster, a rich color which will soothe us to sleep. We hope.

Color choices and placement are complements of my sister aka awesome-interior-designer-minus-degree-she-should-be-getting-paid-for-this (but for my sake, I'm thankful she's still at amateur status). I was having a hard time visualizing the house and breaking up the rooms to where color should (and should not) go. She rocked, bringing out color swatches and spending a morning helping to figure it all out.

The exterior is coming along too. It's starting to look like a house!