WINDOWS!!

The windows are in!!!

I am so happy that I can finally write that the windows are all in! I was not too happy at first when Andrea told me that the windows were white but now that they are in I like them. There is a problem with the top hallway window/door since it is curved... it does not open all the way and hits the wall but they have a solution for that tho I have no idea what it is. The main door came and left again since there was a problem with the frame or something. Whatever the problem, it is a minor one and the door will be in place soon.

Now just the electrician, the plumber, the painter and the tiler have to come and we can move in! I was even able to talk Andrea into getting the painter to do the bathrooms first so that we can get the plumber in to install the sink, etc asap so that we don't have to wait until the painter is done =).

Also thanks to some wonderful friends, I will have some help cleaning up the house before we move in so it will not take very long at all. Thank you guys!

Anyways, that is all until next time..............

One of the windows of our bedroom, seen from where our bed will be.

Window to balcony of Mattia's room.

Front of house. Yes, there is a piece of the balcony missing.. it is out getting redone.

Side of house.

ugh

The windows will be coming in not this week but next week, Tuesday or Wednesday. If they are not in, I will be getting the phone number of the people who are supposed to put them in and will start callling and calling and calling until they do come. =D

Since it is so cold, we have to wait til the windows are put in until we put the flooring down and so they will hopefully be putting that down at the very end of the week next week or Monday of the week after. As soon as the flooring is put in, we can start slowly moving some of the stuff over which will be real nice! =)

At least they are still working on the place tho and doing the sewer system as well as installing the bathtub I think.

So photos will not be here this weekend but the one after.

New Year, New house... soon.

No photos this time but I hope to be able to put some up this weekend.

The window guys are coming to put in the windows this Thursday (knock on wood), the sewer system will be done tomorrow (Wednesday), the tiles of the basement are finished and all of the heating system and water tanks are in and are doing a great job of taking up every bit of space in the basement. The bathroom sinks, toilets, bidets, bathtub and shower have arrived.

Next week (we hope) we will start putting down the floor tiles of the house. The kitchen counter top (the one that we had fallen in love with... the picture is in a previous post) has been ordered and should be in by the end of the month. Also we went out the other day and ordered all of the inside doors. They are not the nicest, and actually one of the cheapest that we could find but I think that they will still look good.

And this all means that we get to go to my favorite store: Ikea! =) For some strange reason Andrea is not nearly as excited about it as I am. Ok, to say that he is really NOT looking forward to it is more accurate. However this way we get to order the kitchen island/bar and get all of the loose ends, mainly stuff for the kids rooms.

And soon we will be in the house and I won't be tempted to jump from the balcony because of chasing Alice around as she gets at the tv (she won't be able to over there) and undoes the gates (new gates =) ). Also since she will have her own room we can put her to bed whenever and we won't have to wait anymore til Mattia goes to bed before we put her to bed. Oh and forgot to mention that two of us will actually be able to be in the kitchen at once! =) =) =)

Hmmm.... can you tell that I am looking forward to moving?

Well, best be off now... again, I hope to be able to post some picts this weekend or early next week.

Later!

flooring and walls

We just went and ordered the tiles for our floors and bathroom walls. We decided against the wood since it was way too expensive.

Flooring

Bathroom walls.. will only be doing part of the walls with this.

Set Back

Well things have been put on hold a bit. Work has stopped until January and so the new move in goal is middle of March or so. We really hope that the new owners of this apartment that we are in right now do not rent it out right away. If they do, we will be homeless until the house is ready.

So please wish us luck =).

See ya next year!

Heating

Well our house now looks like it is ready for the holidays! This is the floor heating and the oustide paint job. We now have to wait til the windows are ready (they 'should' be ready at the end of this month.. we shall see), put the windows in and then turn on the heat to make sure that all is working. Then we put down the flooring =).

We are trying to decide right now if to do the floor of the entire house in that tile (posted a picture awhile ago) or to do just the kitchen and bathrooms in that and the rest of the house in bamboo flooring. Any opinions?

Update

Well part of the house has been painted (the outside), the wall of our bedroom/closet has been put up and the under roof is almost done (insulation and small wall to block it off so we don't waste heat). The balcony has been partially repared and painted. The rest of it is staying as is since it is way to expensive to do it all.

We had a 'discussion' on if to do a gray 'frame' around the windows on the outside or not (just paint around the windows gray) and I am happy to say that we will not be doing it. It is I guess common on old homes here but I think that number one, it is ugly and number two, if it was a darker yellow (like some of the older homes), it would be one thing but since it is a faint yellow, it would not look good at all (read reason number one).

Anyways, here are the picts =)

Closet wall, on the right will be our bed and you can see the door to the closet just left of the center of the photo. The doorway on the left is the doorway of our room.

The inside of the closet

Outside wall of closet

Paint color