The sheet rock has been finished (I thought it was never going to happen), the rooms have been painted, the trim is up and the tile installation has begun. The trim now needs painting and touch-ups need to be done. We are hoping that the plumber, electrician and HVAC folks will be back this week. The carpet is to be put down on July 3rd in the new part and July 7th in the existing part. So we aren't that far from being done. The real trick will be to see what happens first, the baby is born or the house is done. Both are a mystery at this point. Enjoy the photos below and remember to click on any of them that you want a larger view of.

Last Friday the wallpaper in the kitchen was removed and the kitchen was painted light blue (no one wanted to mess with wallpaper so this one was contracted out to professionals)

While the professionals were working on the kitchen the guys (Sam, Tom and Brad) were painting the ceilings and priming the walls

Papaw (Sam) primes the bathroom

Tom primes the closet

Once the primer is up it is time to move on to the color. Painter Ben helps out (to avoid getting paint on his clothes he paints in his underwear and house shoes) in Dad's room with Bordeaux (dark red) paint.

The almost finished product. Touch-ups and trim is all that is left of painting. This room took almost 3 gallons of paint.

Karin's new office is green.

The laundry room is white with a beautiful blue tile.

The new bathroom (Brad's bathroom) is blue. The slate tile is almost complete. Once the plumber comes to set in the tub and do the faucets the tile men can finish installing the rest of the tile and putting the enhancer on it which will actually darken the tile a bit and pull out all of the natural stone colors.

The main room is a light brown called Swoosh. The openings from the new to the old part of the house have been cut and plastic is over the openings to keep the cool air on the old side of the house for now.

View of the new openings from the kitchen.