Once we had all of the cabinets painted and re hung, we were so much happier in the house. The kitchen has been brightened. Th
e first week of working on the house we had the AC guy come out and now we have a brand new central airconditioner, furnace and touch screen thermostat. It was definantly worth it.
e first week of working on the house we had the AC guy come out and now we have a brand new central airconditioner, furnace and touch screen thermostat. It was definantly worth it. 
We did run into a couple of minor injuries the second week of renovations. Beyond just the typical bumps and bruises, cuts and scratches, I hurt my pinkie on my right hand somehow... I think it's the tendons in my hand that are just not used to being used as much as they were that week. It's been a little under two weeks now and It's feeling much better. It's still not healed, but at least I can grip things again.
This past week has been a flooring adventure. After one MAJOR trip to home depot, we had our tile, laminate hardwood, and carpet purchased. The carpet is going to be installed sometime next week. (Cross your fingers for us that it comes in early.)
Our tile adventure came on Saturday. Our good friends Katie and Paul (who were just engaged on Friday, CONGRATULATIONS!!) came over since Paul has some tile experience. The boys ran into some difficulty with the stairs. Our tiles are 16''x16'' and we have a lot of weird angles they had to work around. The stairs needed to be reinforced and the lip of the stairs had to be evened out. Then we ran out of the stairnosing around 9:30 and home depot closes at 10. We hurried
to the first one and they were out, so we had to book it across town to the other one and HOPE that we got there in time. We did. When the tiles were finally done, it was 4:30 in the morning and we were all exhausted.... but they looked fabulous. 
to the first one and they were out, so we had to book it across town to the other one and HOPE that we got there in time. We did. When the tiles were finally done, it was 4:30 in the morning and we were all exhausted.... but they looked fabulous. 
Katie and I came back in on Monday and grouted the entry way and yesterday we finished by the back door. On Sunday we started laying our laminate hardwood. It was much easier than the tile BUT it does burn through the saw blades really fast. We finished last night after going through 6 saw blades.... good thing they're only $5.50 a piece... Our finished product is beautiful and I finally feel like it's coming together. We've moved small things o
ver already and we're going to hopefully finish all of the small things today. We are very happy with the results.It's finally feeeling like a home for us. We're both exhausted, so I'm glad to see the light at the end of the tunnal. It'll be great when we have our home all set up.
Next we'll be looking for window treatments, rugs, and art....
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