I closed the door, but I opened the window!

Ok I will be quick... Because there is so much to.

I am in. 

I moved out of the cottage by the sea and I am in my new house. We are here the cats and me, and it feels pretty good.

There are things to put together and things to acquire.... 

And yes still more decisions to make on wall colours, blinds, back splash....

The shower floor is grouted, but I cannot use it yet. Floor guy will be back on Wednesday.

Yes I can use the bath tub.

Towel bar cut down to size and in place and a hook for clothes or towel or something....

Laundry works...

It was rush throwing into boxes, as all moves are...

Now where is everything!

The kids are still exploring about...

A neighbour dropped off some pea soup, fresh cherry tomatoes, some frozen chicken soup and some fresh cut roses. What a nice welcome. 

I am sure I will get to the soup... But I cracked a bottle of wine and turned on some music while I make the bed, clean put the kitchen away.

The kids have found the litter box and their food.

Sadly that sign by the wood stove says do not use... The building inspector was by and wants me to put in the fresh air intake before I use it.... The friggin window is open!

More wine... I am in the house that designed and watched being build.

I will take a few days off and unpack some more before I post more pictures..

I will have to use the tub.

Well the weather cooperated today it was mostly dry. But my back hurts now. It will be better tomorrow. I had a few friends helping first thing in the morning and we took a couple of big loads over. I would say I am about 98% moved. I battled the kitchen tonight on my own and still have one cupboard and one drawer and there a few odds and ends on the counter and living room floor.

The cats and I are cuddled on a single mattress on the living room floor.  It is pouring rain and I can hear the wind in the trees again as I write this at bedtime.... The last one in the cottage by the sea. 

Well my house is about 98% done as well.

Here is the kitchen...

I think I have decided to wait on a sink light until I have put in a backsplash.

Add in the ceiling fan and wood stove... I will light a small fire tomorrow night!

After much struggle the washer and dryer are set back in their little nook.

We still need a small connector piece to the dryer vent at the back- accessed from the closet. I think I might need a shelf up high above there. Hmmm....

Vanity mirror is in. The towel rack is not above the counter yet, as It needs to be cut down shorter. The space next to mirror is where it will go. And then a hook on the shower wall.

Toilet paper roll holder do-dad is in place. Floor guy has one more section to do... The shower floor.

I will have use only the bathtub for a couple of days until it dries. 

Use my fancy deep tub ... Oh I can handle that! Now where did I put the pillow that came with the tub?

I got the go ahead to put things in the bedroom... So I put together the bed frame

I think it looks great with the barn door.

I finally purchased my convection oven!

Should it go back in the corner? Or....

How about over here?

This is where I think I like it best. Now I do have small island half on wheels that will give a little more counter space when needed.

And before I headed back to the cottage by the sea for one more night..... I ensured my car was plugged in for a charge. I put the modem and cable box up on my shelf. The wifi is up and running. My shelf is a little low and I will have to make cords look neat. Sorry, no picture yet. I need the TV and table there for full effect.

So tomorrow I will carry things up from the basement and the cats and I will move in.

The basement needs an outside light and step down into patio area in from of the basement door.

And the building inspector has to drop by again.

I am too tired to proof read...ha!

Dark and stormy day.

I forgot to take this picture yesterday... 

As well as having to insulate the headers, the building inspector said we also had to put in blocking between the floor joists.

I moved a few things over in the morning and my contractor was already working away. Slowly others showed up... The painter, two crew, the electrician and floor guy.

My apples are looking good in my cold room. I have a matching tall bookcase, but it has to go in the living room until I sort out another one.... Maybe.

I actually returned another bucket from my fridge to the top shelf and I added a jar to catch the fruit flies. The top shelf apples have some marks, the little bucket on the second shelf are ping pong balls, the box on the floor and the milk carton are medium size good ones. And the bottom three bins are the biggest sized for eating.

So the decicision for now was to top the other vanity with this wooden top. If and when I don't like it then it can be tiled. Trim on the bottom and nice kicker boards in place as well.

I did not take a picture inside the cabinets, but the new crew guy cut me smaller pieces that make the floor complete. (These IKEA vanities were designed with shelves and bottom not all the way back to the wall, so there was room for pipes.) 

And the door knobs are on.  The mirror cabinet tomorrow.

Floor guy was most probably disturbed by all the people working in the bathroom today. He managed to get one of the shower walls grouted.

There is still much to do. Me thinks floor guy will be around for awhile after I move in!

The kitchen hood fan is good to go. I forgot a picture of things in the cabinet.... It was done very neatly with another little electrical box and conduit. 

Here is a nice box in the bedroom closet covering the vent as it heads up and out...

Door looking good with its handle. We still need to sort out hallway openers. We don't want to put the usual pocket handles in as the doors are thicker... And full of straw!

And the den door is looking good as well. The slight rub on the wall upon closure has been fixed.

In the front room the shelf and the TV mount are in place. I think I should have put the shelf a bit higher, so plugs to the outlet will not show. Oh well. And we still have to do something about the cord chase in the wall.

Hardware on in the kitchen!

Looks great. Hmm... What colour backsplash....?

Not sure if I mentioned before, but the cabinets and drawers are all fancy slow close.

And I picked up a fire extinguisher, now nicely mounted behind the door stoppers.

Tomorrow the washer and dryer make it into their spot and the front room will seem bigger.

The weather is sort of cooperating for this move.... Absolutely pouring, with a few windows of no rain for carry stuff inside. Tomorrow is another big day for moving stuff- almost all of my things.

My house is in the picture below.... In between the two big trees. 

The slope countinues with the lots across the street and this is a shot looking up through the jungle one neighbour is cultivating. This is the nice neighbour that drops plant seeds on my yard!

Hit the floor.

Stopped in at the site early, then to work, then packing. I stopped back late in the afternoon to find the plumber working hard. The rest had quit for the day.

Someone left this for me.....

The hot water tank is all hooked up and working.

The crew were quite busy in the basement. The building inspector said we had to insulate the headers.

I will insulate my ceiling sometime .... But not now. I do not think I will loose that much heat down.

The bathroom sink is in place and I have running water. 

I like my tap. Mirror cabinet not yet in place, nor the top of the other cabinet.

It's a small sink, but I like the way it juts out. Good for face washing.

The plumber did a great job! The building inspector did not freak out that the white piece is being used. It is IKEA. So all the plumbing is tucked back neatly.

Lots of room to walk by if you are a cat.

The shower bar/facet is in place. There is one piece that went awol... That connects the hose to the hole in the wall where the water comes out. Someone will find one.... You can see the top strip of tile in place. That's about all floor guy did today.. That trim everywhere. No grout yet in the shower....

But the washer and dryer are not in place and my shelf over my tv is not up yet, nor my tv holder...

The electrician is not done yet.

None the less ... I had some friends help me move some stuff into the basement. There is more..

And so I am on the floor in my cottage for a few days and at the end of the month, hopefully I will be in my house.

Boxes for candles

A busy day on site today. 

Communications media company number two is all hooked up. Company number one started on Tuesday, but did not finish. Installation guy from company one said he would be back on Sunday to finish pulling the cable to my house.

A new guy has been added to the two guy crew. He cleaned up the basement or most of it. 

My roughed in bathroom is a supply area for things I shall keep.

Outside the roughed in bathroom you can see the pipe area getting some insulation. Hot water heater not quite hooked up yet. Plumber said he would finish up tomorrow.

So starting tomorrow night I will move my belongings in here...

The crew added some small trim to both the front and back doors so the screen door will sit right. Screen door guy will be back to install, but the painter will have a go at it first. The outside back light is in place.

All the scrap wood in the yard has been cleared. I am keeping these two bins that the rock for the front of the house came in. They will make good bins for my scrap fire wood once I have some type of cover or roof to a wood shed or something..... More planning is needed here.

Here is my cool car charger.

I cracked open the stain again... 

The new railings on the railings (front and back) deck got two coats of stain each.

Here you can see the extra white trim that will get painted before the screen doors get installed.

And the front door/ deck light is in place.

Inside the plumber was busy... I have a kitchen sink and running water!

I will have to choose a hanging light over here. No rush.

It's a nice faucet with the pull off spray nozzle thing. The sinks are really deep! It's been several houses since I had two sinks... Very exciting.

The fan is getting closer to completion.... Still some work to do here.

And here in the closet...

While I am in the bedroom... Here is my ceiling fan.

The laundry area got some taping and mud today... Some paint tomorrow.

The bathroom is coming together. The pocket door still needs some work.

But my toilet is in place. 

A dual flush American Standard with a slow closing lid no less...

Here is the hole for the cat chase to the litter box. 

I may or may not put a little curtain over it.... Let's get the cats using it first!

The plumber is on board for the low profile piping. We will have to see how things work out tomorrow,

Here is the cats view before the pipes.... Okay the box is not there yet.

But look my tub is in place.!

There were not too many options of where the faucet and taps could go based on the size of the tub edge and I may curse having to reach over the faucet to get to the hot water tap. But I should be so relaxed in the tub that it's not a big deal. I did not search out the hand held shower gadget on the right, but that's how they come. 

Another look. With the shower stuff in the tub.

This would be the view from the tub for a tall person.

If I sit up straight I see just the trees....

And if I relax... This is the view... Maybe substitute the boxes for candles.

And so there is still lots to do, but it's almost done.

I will try to continue the updates... But life gets really busy from here.