New House: Wide Open Spaces

While we worked on the house and the tile was being installed....the kids had fun with all the wide open spaces, the tools and the empty cabinetry in the living room.

 

New House: New Flooring

Before we moved into the new house, our plan was to put new carpet in the house. But after moving in, we decided that we would rather have the tile and laminate flooring throughout the first level replaced. This included the kitchen & dining room area, the hallway down to the bedrooms {which was carpeted}, the main bathroom, the mudroom/laundry room and the master bathroom. Which ate up our entire budget that we set aside for flooring. Due to the cost of replacing the entire main level with tile, we are holding off on new carpet until a later time.

 

It took us awhile to decide on flooring. Nick liked the more modern style, while I liked the traditional marble style tile. In the end, we went with my style since I will be decorating the house - it makes sense to go with my style.

 

The tile we decided on is from the Tarkett Premiere Luxury Vinyl Flooring Collection in Summer Slate Gold. I like the marble look to it and the fact that it has a gold tint to it since it goes with my original room design.

 

Inspiration via Pinterest:

 

 

On day one of installation, the flooring guys removed the rest of the tile flooring from under the cabinets and shimmed them, so they were level. They also started installing the new flooring in the kitchen. I was so excited to come home from work and see the floor in person!!

 

 

By day two, they had all the tile in the kitchen, dining room, hallway and main bathroom installed. 

 

 

 



 

And by the end of the week, the tile was installed in the laundry room/mudroom and master bathroom!

 

Overall, I love the way the tile turned out and I feel that it will go well with our my decoration style. Now, if we could only find time to put the trim back on the walls...



New House: Construction zone

Our September was crazy busy! I had to travel to Sioux Falls for work meetings and when I got home on Friday, we had a lot of work to do over the weekend. The flooring people were coming on Monday to install the new tile floors!

 

Somewhere along the line, I found time to buy more paint and we painted the mudroom/laundry room. I wanted a bright fun color and went with Recycled Glass by Sherwin Williams. At first, I wasn't sure if I liked it. It was too bright for me, but as it has dried it seems less bright...or maybe the color is growing on me? Either way, it's staying.

 

 

We also started taking the trim off and removing the tile in the kitchen.

 

 

 

My MIL and SIL were a huge help! One of us would watch Kimber while the other 2 worked on the house.  And we tried to get as much done as possible when she was napping.

 

Cousin Abey came over to keep Kimber company while we worked on the house.

 

 

I love this picture! They look like they were caught doing something wrong...which they probably were!

 

 

On Sunday, Nick & Landon took time away from the fields to move the appliances - fridge, stove, dishwasher. They also moved the island, cabinets along the wall and the granite countertops. All the big heavy stuff that us girls couldn't move.

 

 

 

 

Everything was moved into our livingroom. By the end, we had a small walk way from the kitchen to the chair & tv. Just wide enough to squeeze through to sit & rock Kimber at night.

 

 

 

 

 Living in a house with a little one during any kind of house project or renovation is a pain in the butt!! Trying to keep her away from of the tack strips, trim board full of nails and toilet sitting in the middle of our master bathroom is interesting. Instead of trying to keep her contained to her bedroom, we spend most of the week {the floor was getting installed} at Gramma & Papa's house. We'd go straight there after work and stay until it was her bedtime. Even though I couldn't get anything done around the house, it was much easier to take care of Kimber.