Kitchen: Done!

Our kitchen is done. The living room is done. The 3 bedrooms on the main level are done. The half bathroom and full bathroom are done. Unfortunately, things still aren't decorated and furniture still is in a temporary place. Eventually that will all change.


While finishing up the main level, we started working on the landscaping. We have a little (okay, a LOT) more to do (both the landscaping and exterior). I refuse to post any exterior photos until things are slightly better.

We're hoping to start the basement within the next week. Below is a photo of the basement when we purcahsed the house. The basement was one large "fellowship hall" room. Within the near future it should become a family room, spare bedroom and full bathroom. Hopefully.

Berry Pickin'

We've continued to work on some of the smaller details on the project house (as we prepare to tackle the basement). However, today we invited Ben and Vanessa Sanders over to pick some black raspberries in our "back 40." We thought there were a decent amount of berries when we first walked out. Turns out there were more berries than we were all willing to pick. It also turns out that Beckham (Ben and Vanessa's 1 year old son) could eat the berries faster than we could pick them. He was completely content to sit on the ground with a bucket of berries while the 4 of us kept picking. Hysterical!

Appliances....finally!

As of tonight, we have all the kitchen appliances installed and working. We haven't had a functioning kitchen since we sold our last house on March 21st - it's been a long 10 weeks. The appliances are beautiful and I love 'em. Items to still be completed on the kitchen: tile backsplash, crown (on top of cabinets) and window treatments. In case you are wondering, the snack bar counter is solid maple and will eventually be a shade (or two) darker.

As for the exterior of the project house, we have done basically nothing. However, we recently realized that we have an entire raspberry patch in "the back 40." I've been watching closely and they are just about ready. Trent was kind enough to mow a little trail through the general area so that I can pick them without killing myself on the thorns.