They felt like they could get it done today, so we had them move the flow of it a little bit and said "have at it." I've got pictures below of what it looked like when we arrived, and what it looks like now.
Before going into the office, I swung down to Edina to pick up all of our closets from The Container Store. I had written before that we found a system we liked that is apparently very user friendly and easy to install. We'll see this weekend when friends and family are helping us put these up :)
You can see here the pallet of stuff they somehow fit in my truck. They seemed to do a nice job coding each closet space, and they confirmed several times that all of the components are there. Somehow I envision the stereotypical install where we get to the end and have seemingly important, but small, parts left over. I guess we'll see six months from now when all of the sudden all of our clothes fall from the walls.
It was a hectic day for both of us. Although more so for Sara. We're a few days out from graduation, which is nice, but she's still doing the work for about 12 at work, and we're still not done building this house.
I came home after work and shortly thereafter we went back out to the house. We had a detour at Home Depot to pick up another light, and replace some bulbs that I purchased incorrectly. We also returned some mudroom locker hooks that we didn't like.
They did a significant amount of work on the house both inside and out today, which is always fun to see.
You can see from these next two pictures that the carpet up and down the stairs is now in.
Here are the double doors between the foyer and the office. This picture was actually taken this morning. They are in the mudroom and have a coat of stain on them now.
They took the cardboard and tape off of all of the granite. It is dusty, but now you can start to see what the counter tops look like. We signed off officially tonight on a back splash around the counters and glass tile in the hearth. I hope it turns out as cool as I envision it because it was something I really wanted to have in the kitchen.
The carpet in the great room is all installed. I hadn't thought of this before, but an apparently frequent blog reader (I'll call him "Mitch Odland" to protect his anonymity) suggests maybe a flat screen television in the space above the fireplace. Here I thought the space was way too narrow for a television and that we'd have to set my old boom box there and just listen to music. Props to "Mitch" for the idea. We're on it.
Here are a few pictures of the non-driveway from when we arrived there this morning. They were pretty well set up to pour it, that is until we changed the direction and slant from garage to street. It didn't take them long to design it as we wanted.
This is what I saw when we went back out to the house this evening. It had been solidifying and curing (or whatever cement does once it is poured) for five or six hours. When we arrived, it started raining. We're going to assume (since this is what we've been told) that it had plenty of time to sit and dry. I guess the rain at this point isn't going to do anything to hurt it. Assuming all that is true, we're very happy with the way it turned out. As you can see off to the right between the edge of the driveway and the pillars, there is no sidewalk yet. I guess that's for another day. The patio isn't poured yet in the back yard either.
Thank you sweetheart for heading over to the house while the driveway was still soft to memorialize our build for years to come. This was an important piece. We may sell this house many years from now. But it will always be the house we built together, and subsequent owners can't make that claim.
We spent some time at the house tonight putting blue tape on the walls where we want mirrors, towel bars, robe hooks, toilet paper holders and other hardware installed. We expect most of that will be done tomorrow, and that they'll also at least start installing the knobs and pulls on all of the cabinets.
They're fixing all of the inevitable nail pops right now too. I guess we can anticipate more of that for at least the first year. They also placed the plastic over the insulation in the unfinished basement today.
We officially ordered 5 bar stools that should be ready for pick up yet this week. We're pretty sure they will match the floor, granite and paint very well. And we know they will be a comfortable place to eat at least until we are able to get a dining room table.
We're excited to be able to show the unfinished house to a lot of family this weekend descending upon Blaine for Sara's MBA Graduation. Looking forward to lots of advice, and maybe a little help for the few remaining things we have going on.
This is the point where we're so close, but yet there are limitless little things that seemingly will never be done on time. Of course almost all of them will. More importantly, those that don't will get done shortly there after.
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