Rocking and Rolling

Not much looks different on the exterior because we are still waiting to get one of the last windows in so the shake can be completed, but the inside has been rocking and rolling over the past week.

The plumbing, electrical and HVAC are all almost done.  I met with the electrician late last week to go over certain light placements and since then I have been scouring the internet looking for deals on lights and trying to narrow down what I wanted for certain rooms.

Over the weekend the girls and I checked out Ballard Backroom, which is one of my favorite furniture stores. It is the Ballard Design outlet store and there are some really great deals to be found there.  A few years ago we got Harper's bed and some office furniture there and I just love the look and style of everything they carry.

I was able to score 4 lantern style lights at rock-bottom pricing and was so happy about them.  You should have seen us stalking this lady who was carrying the 4th one around and then put it back and decided against getting it. Worked out great for us because I got the 4th that I needed.

Robby went to work at the house and do some more clearing across the creek on Sunday and on his way home he stopped back in Ballard and got 2 other lights I had noticed while I was there.  One will be used for the office and we aren't sure about the other one yet, but it was just way too good of a deal to pass up.

While he was doing that I was getting started on a project I hope to have completed by the end of the weekend.  Along with my great-grandmother's round table that we brought back from North Carolina over Christmas we also got some dining chairs.  The table and chairs will be used in our kitchen and I'm giving the chairs a face lift.  Here is a sneak peak of what I was working on and I promise to share before and after pictures as soon as I'm done!

Today we met with the cabinet guy to go over our plans and pick out our door fronts, cabinet colors, etc.  Making those decisions made everything seem much more real.  We actually surprised ourselves with how quickly we made all of the decisions for not only the kitchen abut all of the bathrooms, too...even down to the hardware that we will be using.

When I got back to Gigi and Papa's I was pleasant surprised to see that our copper farmhouse sink and microwave had been delivered today.   Between that and having all sorts of fun looking at paint colors, I'm starting to really see how it is all going to come together!