After the Parents...there were contractors

Well who does not love visits from the fam...I for one LOVE that they come to see Hudson (let's be honest, they don't care about us as much anymore;). Who doesn't love BOTH sets of parents coming in for two weeks at a time back to back?

Seriously we have wonderfully supportive parents so we welcome them! They were a big help to us getting the house ready, especially mom and dad Rainey. It is partly their investment, but they'd do it even if it weren't...give give give, that's what they do.

While they were here we got busy really demo-ing. The rest of the kitchen went away, far away, never to be seen again. Spencer, mom and dad were on their hands and knees scraping flooring away, taking up nails...battling the dust and sneaky insulation that was seeping out. I would LOVE to put the picture i took of my mom acting like she was going to hammer my dad's head during all of this, but alas, she is prideful like me when it comes to pics on the Internet...HAVE TO FILTER.

In other news, my dad was trying to fix a plumbing problem, in both bathrooms (note we paid a plumber $75 to check out our one and a half bath before we started and he said it was "all good") when in the half-bath the leaky pipe burst and water was spraying everywhere. My mom had to run to the neighbor and get help. Our neighbor thought my dad had a heart attack because my mom was so frantic. I wish I could have been there to see that...boo!

And our neeeeewwwww kitchen will be...drum roll please....Lidingo White from IKEA. Everything is ordered and will be delivered the last week of September. I am so excited!! Here is a picture of what the cabinets look like. We will have three glass cabinet doors (woop woop!). As for the back splash, we are going with a white subway tile look, i think. The jury is still out on that.

After much deliberation, I have decided on the single bowl white farmhouse sink. We were going back and forth on the double bowl or single. After looking at our measurements, the double-bowl was just too big (36 inches) for the space. Here is the sink we ordered:

So now that the parents are gone, the contractors are coming around. We have work going on in the kitchen today...the cut-out should be done, doorway extended along with ceiling being patched after a random fan is taken out. The electrician will be there next Monday and Tuesday to wire it all, then we have to have it inspected before the drywall can go up...when that is done, it's full speed ahead in there.

The windows should be there in another week and a half, as well as the front door.

We are less than 60 days out. I must say, I am a little skeptical that everything will be done by the time we move. I would like to call in the HGTV experts that come and get a whole house built and ready in a day to come finish mine at the end. :)

Stay tuned!

Love
L

Update

Phew!

What a fast July...why is life moving so fast all of a sudden. I want it to STOP.

We have had a LOT of visitors lately. Spencee's parents were here for two full weeks, we had a week off and now my parents are here. They come to help, but we also don't want them to work their fingers to the bone so there is a lot of just "talking" about what needs to be done to the house. We've also spent this month getting tons of quotes for things to be done; ie: windows, floors, central heat and air, electrical. Here is what we've decided thus far.

- We are going with C & M Heating and Cooling here in Franklin. Some of you don't give two flips, some of you might need to know these things when it comes time to do your own reno...so I will include all info.

- We are going with Lowe's for new windows. After MUCH calculating and the fact that my dad gets a veteran's discount at Lowes and Home Depot (thanks to his service!!) Lowes is the better price for the best product. I LOVE new windows...they make everything look so much better..can, not, wait!

- We haven't decided on electrical. We need electrical because our fuse box looks like it's straight out of the 50's...because it is. The wiring is actually up to date (thank the Lord) but they didn't replace the fuse box. We also need them to put smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors, an off switch for heating/cooling unit etc. Lots of misc. stuff we have to do.

- We have yet to decide about the kitchen. It will either be Home Depot or Ikea. There are lovers of Ikea and haters of Ikea. Please do not express that to me, unless you are a lover. I LOVE ikea. Yes some of their product is shotty and does not hold up but I know a lot of their kitchens are a great product. If it was only up to me, we'd go the Ikea route but there are others that need to way in, in my family so I will wait.

- Spencer has done an amazing job on our yard. The house sits on a half acre. You couldn't even see 1/4 of it because of all of the brush that had grown up around the creek part. Spencer got bit 1 million times by who knows what getting it looking great. I THANK HIM...I love him.

Demo has been started on the kitchen:

We are trying to decide the design for our kitchen. There are three. One has a cut-out where you can see the living room from the kitchen. I think that is the design we decided on. Here is a sneak peak of my men figuring out where the cut-out will be.

Other than that. We have ordered our new front door. It is a craftsmen style front door. It will be stained VERY dark...i can't wait! Here is what it looks like: