Alex’s pink light arrived so I figured I’d update quick with her ceiling lights finished. I just ordered a new dimmer switch for her light – it will connect to a smart things hub when we get one, for now it will just be a dimmer so we don’t have to have her light on full blast. I’m interested in trying out more smart switches but we’ll start with her light for now.
Pink chandelier and glow in the dark lights finish out the dormer!Alex’s (ours for now) fan
I put up the fan last week I think but it finally has bulbs that work. We’re switching to LED bulbs as we finish rooms and so far I’m really liking them – much better than CFLs for dimming if you get good ones. I tried buying the ‘Eco’ brand from home depot – no good – you have to go with Philips and Philips dimmable depending on the application. The candelabra and regular bulbs by Philips have worked great with regular and dimmer switches including our fancy Maestro dual light/fan switch we like to use. All the closet lights are LED as well. Those have no bulbs, if they burn out (which they shouldn’t for 25 years) you replace the whole fixture.
The new washer and dryer JUST arrived today – can’t wait for those to go in tonight. Finally it shouldn’t take longer than 3 hours to dry a load of regular laundry!
This post is long over due but we moved in as planned and we’ve been a bit busy since then! We had a few weekends off between a wedding and then camping but a little house work progress has also been made.
First – the floors were finished, the painting was finished, the electrical was finished (minus a few lights in these pictures but most are now done).
The first piece of furniture was moved in
Not a lot was done in Bella’s room once the floors were finished. Shoe molding was installed in all rooms, a few minor painting touch ups. The closet door still needs to be re-hung but it’s more convenient not having doors on closets at the moment 🙂
Another view of Bella’s room finished
The first night we were in we had no doors hung and with Bella not being a good sleeper in general plus no doors – we were all up at lot. The next day we hung those doors immediately 🙂
Bella’s room moved in!Alex’s room finished!
Alex’s room is also missing closet doors – hers actually have to be made still. Initially we didn’t have her light or fan installed yet, her fan is in now but not her light (it comes next week – this is the third try ordering a pink chandelier – they kept sending white ones!).
The other side of Alex’s roomThresholds
Ryan made the thresholds for the 2 doors but they haven’t been sanded or poly’d yet (they aren’t actually installed either, we’ll do that after they are finished). But they are made at least! He made them out of leftover cherry flooring.
Alex’s door and threshold – neither are finished
Another project we did the first week we moved in was outfit the kitchen with some new temporary cabinets and a new counter top (not finished yet)
Temporary cabinets
We won’t be re-doing the kitchen for a while now so this makes it much more usable. We can fit most of our stuff in the kitchen now and I was able to unpack the kitchen once I put my large rolling shelves in the pantry.
The next project we did was the first weekend we had lived here. We went out to boston for a wedding saturday but when we got back on Sunday Ryan and his dad finished the siding on the dormers!
Dormers have siding
This weekend we promised the girls some family time so we spent most of Saturday doing fun activities with them (a trip to the museum and then to Huck Finn’s playland). Ryan and his Dad spent the rest of the weekend finishing installing the trim around all the windows!
Widnows (upstairs) are completely done!Front windows oneSide windows
The outside is almost buttoned up for winter. We still have doors to replace but those will be spring projects.
