Drywall and more

The house looks much better than last time I posted.  The drywall is hung upstairs and taped!  Wow!  What a difference that makes.  It looks more "housie" (which means more like a house).  The drywallers have been working since July 25th and will probably be working another 2 weeks.  I didn't think it should take that long but we have rounded corners upstairs (which takes longer) and they're old guys (which takes longer).  But it looks awesome!  And that's what really matters.  Sometimes we have to remind ourselves that it's more important to have things done right than to push someone to get done on time.  Though we are still planning to be moved in by September 30th, well hopefully before that.  Time will tell.

A lot has happened in the theater room in the past week too.  Jeff Yoder and Chip Anderson are helping Eugene design the layout, buy the right equipment, and install it.  Eugene found an awesome deal on red leather theater chairs!  Chip and Jeff have wired and framed in where the speakers will go.  The sound board and sound track are now installed which hopefully keeps the noise IN the theater and not throughout the rest of the house.  Eugene is pretty excited about his theater room.

Another big hurdle that we just finished was picking out paint colors.  Now hopefully I won't change my mind!  I have my friend Kathy helping me which I really appreciate.  The upstairs is mostly goldish tans (which I saw a couple times in the Parade of Homes) and greens and the basement is mostly goldish tan, kind of brick red and green.  The theater is dark red and the build outs will be dark gold.  I hope it looks as nice on walls as it does in my head.

Today they started laying the stone on the outside.  Man, I really like it!  I couldn't wait until they started on the outside of the house.  There is also a guy doing the stucco in the front of the house.  Oh, the porch is framed in now and the stamped concrete is laid also.  So things are moving along.  Next for me to decide is the countertops and flooring.