The house keeps moving forward, day after day, more and more gets done and we're closer and closer to having a place that feels like our home.
One of the biggest struggles, stresses, predicaments we've faced while building has been our septic system. I never EVER thought I'd be so concerned about what happened to our poop. Some of the issues have been, high water table, sandy soil and the flood plain. For a good couple of days, Ben dug holes out in the field with the skid steer and then the men would gather around with their hands on their hips to see if the hole would fill with water.
Just last week a crew started installing our mound septic system. The first thing that went in was our lovely new septic tank. I took this photo looking out our living room window - thankfully it's all covered up with dirt now! The mound hasn't been put in yet...so at this point we're only half way to a full septic system.
Our kitchen island is looking lovely, no? :-)
Our garage continues to be a wood shop, full of painted wood. I'm guessing Kenton and Zach will be very happy to not see white paint for a long time after they complete our house!
Our new kitchen appliances arrived today. That's the back of the fridge - the range and dishwasher are hiding behind it.
Kyle has been busy installing lots of light fixtures around the house over the last week. Today, the yellow barn lights for the office went up. I was so nervous about those lights, but I think they're just right.
The downstairs hallway is coming together. The lights are up, and Kenton has been busy building and installing the built-in shelving.
Our kitchen (the photo is dark because none of the lights in the kitchen are working just yet) has come along way this week. We got counter tops, back splash and lights.
Paul, our patient and perfectionist tile guy is just about done. He's tired of spending time in our master bathroom and he'd be done if I hadn't decided to extend the back splash above our vanity. Next week, he can wrap it up and call it quits for good.
Paul's done amazing work and we're loving our bathroom.
Carpet was installed in the boys' bedrooms. There are two shelves yet to be installed on the red (and in Noah's room, blue) wall and then their rooms are done.
A ton of my time has been consumed by picking out towel bars, cabinet knobs and handles, mirrors and medicine cabinets and as of today, I think I'm done. It felt so good to place that last order and feel like all those little/really big decisions are done.
We've decided on a move-in date, October 4, and that feels good too. We have a date to work towards. We don't have to rush and the house will completely done by then (assuming I quit adding things to Jeremy's list).
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