2 - ish

We shall now redefine what the phrase "moving in 2 days" actually means.  Due to not passing today's occupancy inspection, it means that our stuff will move in. We will unpack all of our stuff, spend all of our time there, eat there, but sleep somewhere else.  It will take the next week to address the crazy, minor issues pointed out by the inspector... we we will be sleeping in a nearby hotel.

I choose optimism!  Let's look at fun stuff and make believe that this little blip never happened.

Shower
Staying at the American Club in Kohler ruined me, I wanted a shower with sprayers shooting everywhere.  Putting in a Kohler package with rain tiles shooting from every direction is awful expensive, and the labor adds up, too.

Enter the pieced-together Moen system.  In order to get a shower rigged to combine a rain head with a body spray, you usually need 2 valves (x2 on the labor).  Moen has the M-Pact 3330 value that is both a main valve and a diverter valve.  That means you can have RAIN + BODY or RAIN ONLY or BODY ONLY.  Then you can use normal fixtures to create a pretty luxurious bath.  Dude, I am going to be so clean.

Can't wait for my first shower.  I did use the toilet for the first time today.  Not as gratifying.

Rain

On another rain-related topic, it poured last night and this morning.  If we don't get our landscaping done soon, it will all wash away and we'll have to start over.  

The walls on those canyons are about 3 to 4 inches tall!

Tomorrow the wood floors get sanded and a top coat applied.  10 hours minimum to cure, just in time for movers on Saturday morning.  Ye ha!

Closets, cabinets and a giant slab of concrete

The main floor floors have been sanded and poly'd.  The brief glimpse that I was able to see, the floors were still wet so it was difficult to get close.  Since taking this picture, they have been covered so this is as good as it is going to get for a while.

The birch floors are looking pretty sharp!

I had a quick meeting with the carpenters this week to plan the closets.  Kind of fun!  I am so used to small, limited closets.  I think I will need to acquire a clothing habit to fill mine...

Andy's closet, room for a dresser and way more hanging space than he'll need.

Kid #2's closet - shelves and 2 hanging bars.

The built ins in the loft area.  Kid's books and toys coming soon!

Tiling has begun in earnest, too.  Paul the tile guy is starting in the Master Bath.  The shower seat is now installed, backer board is in the shower and on the floor.  Tomorrow I have a quick meeting to finalize tile layout, then we just wait and watch.

Master shower coming along!

 Just like Legos, the kitchen cabinets are moving into place.  The scale of the space is still hard to imagine.  The cabinets just seem so tiny.

The island generally in place, give or take 3 feet.

A look out the back window shows some good progress with the garage.  The slab was poured today.  Finally able to see what the final sight lines will be - I think it will give us privacy where we need it, but still give us good views.

Finally, we are now able to get into the basement.  Yippee!