I kid you not. The paint is being done this week and it is PINK peach. It looks pretty subtle in natural light until you turn on interior lights and then it GLOWS like the inside of the peach in the book James and the Giant Peach.
The wood flooring was delivered today and will be put in beginning Friday.
Technically, I think it should be "pushed forward."
My mom reports that we will not be moving in the week between Christmas and New Years. Apparently the men doing the sheet rock have taken three weeks to do their job rather than one week, and now some of their work has to be redone, which has put off finishing the painting, which moves back the flooring and the kitchen and... you get the idea.
But! She also reports that there is still progress. The electric meter and lines were put in. The primer paint is nearly all done. The sofit and facia and siding are nearly all finished; just the bit above the front door to go. The rock on the front steps that was broken and coming off from all the work has been straightened and re-glued into place, with the handrail going back on soon. With any luck the garage door goes on next week, and the cabinets and counters for the kitchen and bathroom are on the truck and should be here next Tuesday. And my parents - with help from Benjamin and family - have emptied two of the three remaining storage units.
My mom says, "So, instead of ending this year in the house, we will start next year in the house. I'm trying to be philosophical about all this. Can you tell?:
Siding is done on the two "cold" sides and almost finished on the south as well.
This was the first interior door to go in - in the basement bathroom! My dad wanted it on first. NO clue why. ;)
The first things to get moved in, from storage, to storage.
Tile walls and floor around where the wood stove is going in downstairs. I tried cropping out that intrusion on the right, and it just looked funnier. Sorry!
