We have stairs!!!! I walked in the other day and got so excited to see the stairs are almost finished. It's starting to feel more like our house now. Ben and his brothers Josh and Joe helped our friend, Steve, who is a mason lay the concrete bricks for the foundation underneath the house. Thanks guys!!!
I'm laying in my sister in law's bed blogging right now and I started thinking about how much I can't wait to lay in my own bed in my own new bedroom. I can't wait for Wick to run in and wake me up with a sweet kiss like he does every morning. He'll climb in, we'll snuggle, read books, and decide what we want to do for the day. There are so many things I look forward to in our new house...some things I've had before but just took for granted....like drawers. (we've been living out of a suitcase for months now)
A few more things I'm excited about:
-Cooking in my kitchen...eating in my kitchen
-Breakfast in bed on Saturdays
-A quiet place for Ben to write music
-Painting, sewing, and other arts and crafts in my studio
-Wick's tree house
-A clawfoot tub
-A reading nook for Wick in his room
-The swing
-Closets
-Christmas time
-The giant teepee we're making for Wick's room
-Lots and lots of dinners and entertaining
-Walking to the library down the street with Wick (gotta pay our late fees before I can show my face at any wake county library again)
-Decorating and showing off my vintage/flea market finds
-Just having new stuff....like appliances and the smell of fresh paint
-Being neighbors with Kendall, Lisa, Regan, and the new baby :)
-When we say "We're going home"....actually going to our own house
and the list goes on......
Ben in his space suit as I call it :)
Well hello. Sorry we haven't been doing so well keeping you up to date with the house. We went away to PA for our vacation at the lake, and it takes me awhile to get back in the routine of things after such wonderful, lazy, relaxing days up there. I'll post pics of that soon, but for now...let me show you the house! All the mess has been cleaned up...as you can see and they have started the framework! Wick's bedroom and our bedroom is to the left when you walk into our house. The stairs are going in between our two bedrooms, so we had to make both of our rooms alittle smaller. Wick's bedroom was already bigger than ours, so we took most of space we needed out of his room. A lot of other work has been done under the house, like digging the holes and providing support for the new stairs going in.
I am standing in our bedroom looking at the stairs (Where the hole in the ground is)
Wick is looking out his bedroom Window
So, let me just tell you, that at the cottage at the lake (ironically we were just there), the are ceilings are painted this green and blue color. I love it so much I take pictures of the ceiling...every year...like a crazy person. I told Ben that one day we are going to do that to our house here. I think it makes the room feel so good. I am OBSESSED it. I love that texture and the color.
Here's a few:
Because I love beadboard (tongue and groove, wainscoating...whatever you want to call it) I had already made plans to use it in the bathrooms or backsplash in the kitchen. Here is an example of some inspiration I've pulled...so you can follow me better here...
In fact, it was in our closets, and I had them take it out carefully and save the wood, to possibly recycle and use somewhere else in the house. Another exciting discovery we found was the beadboard underneath the ceiling tiles in all the rooms except for the kitchen. Not only is it BEAUTIFUL, but it gave us an extra foot of height. When John and Ben found it, Ben texted me the picture and said, "Look what we found under the ceiling tile"...I almost peed in my pants. Our bedroom's ceiling is painted this gorgeous blue green color so close to the lake's. How weird is that? I think that I am going to keep the color in our bedroom...maybe doctor it up alittle to look more the the cottage at the lake, and keep the rest of the house white. How cool would it be to make our room feel like our favorite place we spend together?! It would be amazing to wake up every morning in our bedroom and feel like we were at the lake. Can you tell I'm excited about this!?!
The ceiling in our living room
The kitchen has been gutted. They are going to be ripping up the floors next and replace the subflooring. New walls will be put in here also. The window will be replaced but is staying in the same spot. The sink will go under that window. I can do dishes and watch my boy play in the back yard :)
Kitchen with the Pizza Hut light (as I call it)
Ben put our porch swing up...I love it. The hooks were already up, but when we finish the house we are actually going to turn it, so it's not in the middle of the wrap-around...but for now we are still enjoying it. It's a great place to take a break from all the work....the perfect place for a big glass of sweet tea. Can't wait to read Wick his bedtime stories on it. :)
Well, we are finished with the walls...or at least with what we can do ourselves...thanks to Ben's brothers Joe and Zach, Zach's friends Alex and Trey, Enzor, and Nate Mclaughlin. Most of the rubble is cleaned up...thanks to myself , Zach, and Ben's mom. ;) We were all covered in plaster dust, and Denise said, "I'm getting plastered." Pretty funny coming from Ben's mom...if you know her.
As you can see in the pictures, it's so hard to picture it done, with the way it is now. 
Wick was playing "Woody" on the front porch while we worked. When we aren't there, he asks us why we aren't working on his wall. (hah)
Joe is mad at me right here because I forgot the ice for the cooler. 
This wood right here is part of the reason this is taking so long. The walls are plaster, and this is what is underneath to support the walls. We've had to pry each slat of wood off that is nailed to both sides of the beams. You can see it better and more in tact in some of the other pictures. I actually have liked doing that...
The picture below is the view walking in from the front door. 
All this is coming down. Instead of two seperate smaller rooms we are opening it all up. 
This is another wall you see when you walk in. Above you see the boys working on a yellow wall...this is what was underneath. We've debated on keeping the fireplace...we love it...but it's going to defeat the purpose of opening up the room, is a huge boo boo maker for kids, and is going to be much harder and more time consumer to keep it rather than tear it down. Sorry to all those who have fought for it. I'm keeping the bricks if that counts for anything. :)
This is one of the windows in Wick's bedroom...I love how huge the windows are in this house.
