It's Electric!

Our lighting fixtures, dishwasher & microwave are installed and the island is complete. Our kitchen vision is all coming together!

It's Red, It's Glossy...

It's the perfect pop of color!
LOVE IT!
For the top photo imagine the microwave on top and the stove on the bottom.

Flush!

Our toilets were installed today. Exciting stuff!
Mason visited the house again & like all 5-year-old boys was more excited about playing in the dirt then looking at the house! We're thinking they might paint the house tomorrow....fingers crossed!

Is That Really the Color of Your Home?

Nope! We're anxiously awaiting the arrival of the painters to work their magic on our home...maybe this week after the rain??? Stay tuned!

Another House Guest!

Josh's mom came to visit our home today! We took her on a tour of our new neighborhood, community center (the barn), swimming pool and of course our cute little cottage home. We also took a stroll through Bachmanns to show her the types of trees, shrubs, grasses and perennials we're going to have in our landscaping. So much fun! In all the excitement, we forgot to take her picture in front of our address stone. :( So...we thought we'd take a trip down memory lane and post this picture of us, Josh's mom and Josh's grandma from our wedding rehearsal dinner.

Counter tops!

Our kitchen counter tops are starting to be installed. They are a little dusty so it's hard to get a photo showing how gorgeous they are! Guess what's coming next week....the long awaited back splash!!!

House Guests!

Our neighbors Ashley & James visited our home this week. We will definitely miss living across the street from them!
They are expecting their first child in 10 days! Can you believe it? Doesn't she look beautiful? We can't wait for sweet little Carson to arrive!

Boxes!

Our moving boxes arrived yesterday.
We think we may have ordered a few too many!
We're planning to box things up a little at a time so we're not rushed at the end. Wish us luck!
PS...doesn't our living room look bare? We've sold our big chair, coffee table and side tables! All that's left to sell is our TV console. Come on Craig's List...find us a buyer!

Are You Feelin' Hot Hot Hot?

They started installing our fireplace today and it's everything we had envisioned. We can see ourselves cuddled up on the sofa on a cold winter day...Josh reading about investments, Michelle reading about decorating tips and Lucky wagging his big ole' tail around. O, and our Christmas tree is going to look fabulous in here...we can't wait!

Our New Address Labels!

It's the little things that make us smile!

Our Best T.J. Maxx Find So Far!

We've been searching for the perfect canvass for above our fireplace in the gathering room.
The vision: it needed to pull in all the colors of our first floor...warm browns, red and black. We also wanted it to have fun circles & numbers on it. Impossible??? No way! Here's our T.J. Maxx find and the best part..it was less than $50.00!
Bliss!

Our Tile Makes Us Smile!

They started installing our kitchen tile today. We can imagine our future golden retriever (Lucky) sliding all over the floor. He's going to love this place!

Shower Power!

Here's a sneak peak at the tile in Josh's snail shower...so cool! We can't wait for it to dry so we can walk in and see how it looks around the corner!

We Have Kitchen Cabinets!

We can't wait to unpack all our Crate and Barrel wedding gift boxes filled with glassware that we could never fit in to our current kitchen cabinets. And we love our pantry. We'll be buying the economy packs of mac and cheese to fill it up! The square markings on the floor make us think our tile might be coming soon...

It's glossy, it's bright...

it's our red tile for the kitchen backsplash!

We've got wood!

Our doors and cabinets arrived today. Our living room and kitchen are filled with boxes of cabinets and doors. The stain color is just what we envisioned and we love the look of the grain. We can't wait to see everything installed! Here's a sneak peak at our doors!