Bad Blogger

It is official. I'm a bad blogger. Good thing I don't rely on the blog for income, huh? Bottom line on blogs. One, they are hard work. This isn't really a surprise to me. But I was out of clever, witty things to say. Two, no one wants to hear too much whining. And I have felt like whining and venting ALOT over the last month. Hopefully we are through the worst of it. So we move forward.

The house is starting to look like a house again. WE EVEN HAVE RUNNING WATER!!!! And as of today, for the first time since early afternoon on January 10, 2010, the north side of the house is not protected by a blue tarp and a prayer. We are currently slated to move in at the end of August. Yes, this is later than we thought. And later than we thought after that. But it is within spitting distance, so hopefully we won't need to move it out again.

But enough of my clever discussion, what does the house look like...

The stairs. Check out the reveal on the sides. Love that! This is the benefit to using an architect.

In reality, the lights are huge. Couldn't seem to capture it with the handy point-and-shoot camera. The countertops will continue down the sides of the island as soon as we clean inspection on the electric.

The is the den--composed of the former parlor and den. The wall used to be just the far side of the fireplace. Of course, that was when the fireplace was faux painted cream and baby poo color. The second picture is the fireplace in the dining room--which is covered with the same slate.

And finally, the new downstairs bathroom. The countertop should be white quartz, but the fabrication period is running long. I am thinking about having the vanity refinished white. We hadn't planned to do that before, but it seems like something we need to do.