We saw, we came, we conquered. The big move that is. We set a date and stuck to it and now we're currently living out of two houses which can be very confusing, frustrating...well, you get the picture. Since our "grand plan" is to rent our old house in Malta there wasn't a sense of urgency to move everything. But the hubby surprised even me by moving all the "big" contents of our house to the new Saratoga house last Friday. Granted we have a ton of work still left to do but the house is pretty much livable as long as you don't need a a working shower and kitchen to live!! As my mom would say, "god help us and save us Joe Davis."
So here's the current situation - the girls rooms are done, less moulding and some painting touch ups. That made me feel good about bringing them to the new house. Our bedroom has a ways to go but the bed is comfy and we slept like babies our first night there (sure it had nothing to do with exhaustion!) The upstairs full bath is still being renovated. Shower is in the middle of a tile job, the floor is prepped for its tile job and the sink and toilet are picked out and ready to be placed. Hopefully that all goes well and will be complete by Friday.
The downstairs is in pretty good shape as of today. Kitchen: appliances were delivered on Saturday morning and the cabinet installers started yesterday (and made amazing progress.) Hope to have a working kitchen by Friday minus the countertops which can't be fitted until the cabinets are in. Dining room was painted by brother Mark over the weekend and we were all ecstatic over the color. You just never know until you put it on the walls! Living Room is painted and the couch fits perfectly - big YEAH!
Certainly the best part of the house has to be the original hardwood floors which were a mess when we bought in October. HUGE shoutout to the Hardwood Floor Guy out of Ballston Spa, NY who did such an amazing job. If you ever need your hardwoods renovated or want to install we would highly recommend this company. Consummate professionals! Wish I could link to their website but they don't have one so
here is a link to their contact info.
Sooo, yes we are currently showering in Malta and "living" in Saratoga but shouldn't be too long before we're all in. Below are some before and after shots. We did good if I do say so myself :-)
KITCHEN
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| Kitchen the day we decided to bid on the house. |
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| Original window and door |
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| Kitchen Design |
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| During renovation - old window gone new pretty window in :) |
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| Old door gone - new French door to backyard installed |
BIG TRANSFORMATION!!!
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| Began installation of cabinets yesterday |
Will move onto other rooms in my next posts. Need to get some good shots of the hardwood floors. You can almost see a glimpse of their beauty in the above pics but they don't do them justice. Until next time....Peace!
