We can finally see the light!

Sorry I haven't updated recently. We've been working hard towards being able to move in -- but we still aren't there yet. :( Between all of Davids tools being stolen from the house and the crazy amounts of rain that we've gotten for the past 2 weeks... it's just not been happy around here at all. We are finally starting to see a light at the end of the tunnel though. Yay!

In the meantime, here are some new pictures that I took last week. Even more things have been completed since then so I'll take new pictures soon. :)

Here are some random shots from around the house...

After the granite was set & kitchen sink installed. We have since put on the cabinet knobs & pulls (that we found at Target!), I'll post those pics next time. Oh, and the dishwasher is in now too. ~


I can't wait to use my new stove! I love it. ~

The new fridge, oh how I've missed the icemaker with crushed ice! Lame, I know. I'm excited about this fridge space, I can stash my cakes (my hobby) in here with no problem! ~

This is the new light in the dining room. It's sooo big but turned out looking great!


The 2 pendant lights are a great touch for over the island ~


And here are the stairs after finally being stained, we went darker on the posts. They turned out great! The painter still has to paint the white under the steps (the stoop?)



We installed the ceiling fan in our master bedroom. David picked it out because it has an antique look to it. I wasn't too sure about it (it's red, coupled with our blue wall and ivory ceiling... reminds me of our flag, lol) but it turned out really nice and it looks great.

The tile in the master shower looks great. Now we're ready to order the glass door for it. :)

Here is the shower seat. The tile is actually being grouted tonight - so watch for new pics soon!

David hung up the lights on the porch and put in the can lights too...

And we got someone to do some grade work -- it's starting to look like a real house now... no more dirt piles or porta-potties around! Yep, the porta-potty is GONE, finally! And we'll soon be putting in the real front door, it's purdy! :)
And the HVAC units are awesome, so nice & quiet. Which is great considering they are so close to our bedroom window.
We went last week (after the stolen tools) and bought new faux wood blinds for every window. It stinks because I was looking forward to having such wonderful views without blinds -- but after having a "creep" come and steal from us, I think I'll feel better having them up. They look great too! Not nearly as bad as I'd thought.

There's the run down for now. I'll update again with new pics. Keep your fingers (and toes!) crossed that we'll make it for inspection this week. The inspector only works 2 days a week... so it's very, very important that we can get him out ASAP and that we pass. Then we'll finally get to move out of our rental house and can start making this house a HOME! Woohoo!!!! :)