House Update!

So much as been going on the last few days that it's hard to remember what the house looked like before we started the remodel.

In the kitchen:
The new hardwood floor is installed and the cabinets have all been set. Morgan and I have picked out the tile for the new counter tops and back splash and are now trying to compare prices around town. The kitchen has also been painted and looks really good. Morgan's dad also installed three small can lights above the stove and a larger one above the sink. The new back door in the dining room is installed and the molding in place. My dad did the texturing around the opening for the breakfast bar to help blend it into the current wall on both sides.



Front yard/Garden:
Our new Casaba tree was planted a few days ago by Dry Creek Nursery here in Reno and looks great. Nice and small for now but will hopefully one day be a monster like the neighbors. The hanging tomato plants are doing alright...we started them from seed so they are still small. The are trying again to grow up towards the light so every day I rotate the hanger to try and straighten them out. I'll take pictures soon. Eric (friend and now neighbor) and I cleaned out the gutters (first time in a decade maybe?) and also powerwashed the outside of the whole house...What a difference, looks great! The garden is doing really well with all the rain we've had in the past few weeks. The potatoes have EXPLODED! And yesterday I got to put the second tire on each stack. We do have one little square where some of the spinach has decided not to grow :( Time to replant it we think. And our suger snaps are starting to fruit as well!

Inside the house:
So much work as been going on inside the house! We have had a good stream of help from friends and family so things are moving along nicely....although there is still a lot to do! The biggest house change has got to be paint. There is not a single wall in the entire house that has not been primed and will not soon have to coats of paint! The bathrooom is a light blue the hallway is oatmeal/mocha, the master bedroom is oatmeal on top and chocolate brown on the bottom. The office is TBD while the guest bedroom is split half green, half blue. The living room is the opposite being half blue, half green. The wall above the fireplace is in the process of becoming stripped blue and green. The new front door has one coat of green paint and is waiting for it's second. All the ceilings are nice fresh white..no more nasty shinny ceilings! The closets/shelfs are nice white now instead or peach and yellow! Next is the baseboards and crownmolding! Also, some new friends/neighbors gave us this brand new 40gal gas water heater! We just walked down the street and got it from them. Now we have a nice water heater for us and the old one for the basement unit!
Check out Morgan's blog for more details/pictures!