Ok, I must admit, moving day put us a week behind on the blog...
Let`s take a look at the last pieces added before move in day!
2) Ellie chandelier - a 2nd Rensen House of Lights purchase, white in Rosie's room, traditional crystal for Ellie. Contrast here went opposite as the more informal walls called for a more formal crystal centerpiece.
3) New TUB - Well it sure looks new. We opted for re-glazing of the tub, but as we replaced the water spigot for the tub our "He-Man" of a contractor reglazing the tub broke it right out of the wall. Long story short, contingency pan executed. Take a look a the original yellow tile in the bathroom, because that is the last time you will see it. We had to rip out tiles and put a new shower control valve in for the tub, we didn't have tile to match that was 50 years old so... time to update the tile in the bathroom.
Soon to come new pictures of the white subway tile in the bathroom - at first I didn't think I would like it, but now I LOVE it. Garth Brooks has a song I have always liked "Unanswered Prayers", that is now how I feel about this piece of our new home, it was supposed to change, I just didn't know it at first!
4) Ready to go - The new spindles and stairwell post are a VAST improvement over the iron / wire on the staircase before. It fits and helps update the space nicely; the matched color to the dark floors and contrast with white spindles works well!
5) First Room Complete - The Playroom - When you have 2 little girls, the priorities change. We are ready to start work in the house unpacking, etc... so our #1 priority was to give the girls a place to play and call their own as we un-boxed and settled in. Ikea bookshelves turned out lovely and the pink kitchen is now in place. The small central table is just kid sized; the blackboard / chalk paint make it a great place for projects
6) Playroom - 2nd view - Note the baskets to keep the playroom organized and picked up.
7) Keep Your Receipts - The picture below shows the large crack in the marble of the top of the restroom vanity. Ordered and returned, the problem becomes not the customer service, but the sheer size and weight of returning a huge item. One team to pickup one team to bring new unit, one team to install new vanity; a custom piece from Home Depot.com - there was no returning it to the store.
8) Room #2 Finished - The Kitchen - White, clean lines and stainless - white subway tile and Megan made our first meal in the new kitchen as well
9) The Little Things Matter - We installed a couple USB plug ports next to our desks, the charging time is "supposed" to be significantly quicker than with the plug adapters. With our without the energy help just being able to have a couple items already plugged in and still use the port means no unplugging the light to charge up your cell phone. Find them on Amazon.com
10) Kitchen Hardware - The modern lines on these longer kitchen cabinet pulls were a strong fit, thanks Lowes...
11) Breaking A Few Eggs - The question, paint the house first and do the floors 2nd of vice-versa? We did the majority of our painting first and then our floors were refinished by Crider Carpet. It is not an exact science and the stain process did get on the trim quite a bit in places. We had to do an extra set of painting trim clean up before moving in (and also adding the shoe at the bottom of the new floors). Overall a bit of extra work, but Crider Carpet stepped up and took ownership of the mistake and paid for the trim and painting touch up.
12) Good Reminder - Removing the floor vents caused quite a bit of damage in two different places as the fresh paint had "glued" them into the wall. The painters should have removed before painting, in this case the floor refinishing team pulled out the vents and took quite a bit of paint (and in another place wall paper with it.
13) Water Line - My suggestion, just change them out when you are under construction, once things are finished just a little bit of rust shows and your eye jumps to it.
14) Free Stuff - The free stuff sign got rid of things on busy Mission road rather fast. The item picked up and put down the most - wait for it... BOOKS. They might as well have been dirty socks as most people who peaked in the box and saw books quickly closed it back up. Last items from Club 7100 are going soon - possibly a Yard Sale - possibly bring back the Free Stuff sign!
15) Kansas City is Royals Crazy as we drive to #TakeTheCrown - the super comeback in the Houston Astros series was a classic and with a current 3 games to 2 lead and 2 possible HOME games to finish the series this weekend #WeBelieve we can head back to the World Series & this time bring home a ring - just a couple shots from around town! #BlueOctober
GO ROYALS!
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