So tired...

Real quick, we finished painting and thanks to my dad, uncle, and their friend upstairs got a huge makeover. Watch the clip and see!

Day 2!

So, another productive day. Carpet gone, completed some major painting. We had a lot of family come over. Some who helped and some who guided. Thank you Kate and Mike for helping that was awesome! So, I think we're doing pretty good so far. Sometime during the middle of the week we're going to finish painting the living room and hallway and we're also going to pick our stain for the floors. Friday more family help! My Dad and Uncle are going to come by and help with the second floor and we're going to do some yard work. Here is a quick clip of what we did!

Primed And Ready

Today was a lot of fun. It was the first day we spent in the home all day. We met with a lot of people with some good and some bad quotes and even purchased a carpet too! We're installing it on the steps leading to the second floor as well as the entire second floor. A locksmith came around and changed our front door lock. We got two quotes on refinishing our wood floors (second guy $350 cheaper). One guy was selling us on a water based stain while the other pushed oil. Interestingly, the oil base stain was less expensive. We need to do some research. Anyone have any suggestions? Today was crazy busy. While meeting with them all we applied a thin coat of primer to the living room, hallway, and guest bedroom. Poor carpet guy leaned up on the primed wall... oops. Finally, a contractor came in and looked at our kitchen. He didn't even give a quote, he's gonna email us, so that's a little scary. We got a lot done!

Anyways, WE HAVE VIDEO! Tomorrow we rip up carpeting and paint!

And We're Closed!

Well, we closed on our new home today. We're very excited and can't wait to put the shoulder to the wheel. We're very grateful to all those who helped in the process (you know who you are). It was interesting, the lawyer for the seller lives in our town and is actually going to run for Mayor.

So, things are all good. We plan to paint in the next week and we already have contractors coming in to give estimates on flooring. Take a look at this site, Service Magic, their motto is no joke. It really is your home improvement connection. We put in our projects and literally within minutes we had multiple offers to come in and bid.

Anyways, we celebrated with a Maggiano's dinner and are now heading to bed.