Busy Week at the House

 I can't believe how things are speeding along these days.

On Saturday, just over a week ago, we met with a designer

to help us choose and coordinate paint colors. 

It was time well spent and gave me such a sense of relief.

The following Monday the  painter took us from room to room to test out

small samples of paint. They were all good.

 All of our main areas will be a neutral color called white sand.

The bedrooms will have some variations, such as this one,

with some kind of feature wall.

During the week we made final decisions on tiles and backsplash.

It's such a good feeling to narrow down choices.

Since tiles and wood are what my H works with all the time,

he had special input in that.

This combination is for the laundry room.

 The finish carpenter started today.

He put up the feature wall in the master,

which will get painted white. 

He also did the ceiling shiplap in the main area.  

And today we started wallpapering as well.

I'm not sure what is up with our timing in building ...

In the years when it was popular,

we papered our own three houses

plus numerous requests within the family.

It's safe to say, maybe 500 rolls of paper?

My H mentioned it's probably 1000 rolls.

And we are still married!

To think that we actually took photos points to our photo crazed world.

 Not a lot has happened outside over the winter.

Walls are being prepared for stucco.

The garage doors came this week and the stone facing began. 

I look forward to every trip to the house

checking on what's new.

It's a mess and I try not to think of all that's to come. 

We are enjoying this time because it's so much to be grateful for!