House Interior Remodel: We're Back Home

Well....this post is a little late but we're officially back in the house. We've been back for two weeks now and our move was pretty much just as hectic as our move out. Saturday night (my last blog post was about the Friday night before) we got the official word from Bo (our carpet guy) that all the flooring was in the house and he was officially turning our key back over to us. Nate and I raced over to check out the look of our new home. Oh, my gosh was it pretty! I love how the wall colors are no longer yucky white, how the floors are pretty and clean without stains or burn marks, how the paint has crisp lines, how my whole house feels like it's brand new.

After admiring our new home the craziness began. Saturday night we got the a-ok to move home, Sunday afternoon we celebrated Abby's first birthday party with family and friends, and Sunday evening we were sleeping in our own beds again. We still had a full garage but at least we were home. We appreciated my parents letting us stay at their place for the week, but, like Dorothy said, "there's no place like home." Since that Sunday two or so weeks ago we've got Abby's room, the living room, dining room, kitchen, master bedroom and bathroom, and office all set up. The guest bedroom and bathroom and laundry room still need work. Actually the Laundry Room was our first 'breaking in' of the house. While putting the washing machine and dryer back in place the linoleum lost the battle. :-)

Our two small holes in the floor in the Laundry Room

A closer view

Thankfully it should be an easy fix of cutting out a square patch around the tears and replacing with new linoleum. And thankfully it was in an area that isn't going to be seen by a lot of people in case it is slightly noticeable.

I'm hopeful that with a little pushing we will have our house 100% back together by this weekend so I can post some before and after photos. I just hope they do justice to what my new house looks like!