The Bathroom!

Well I am on day 4 of tiling the bathroom. My friend Amy came over on day 1 and thank goodness she did, because she helped keep my sanity and get the project started. After that day I got the hang of it and found out I absolutely love to tile. It is like a big puzzle and I get to use a wet saw! I am hoping to put the finishing touches on today adn then grout tomorrow! Then I am hoping into that tub and never coming out! (All the pictures are from Day 1- more to come when I get them off the camera!)

We Love IKEA!

We needed some new furniture and decided to rent a cargo van and truck on down to beautiful Paramus, NJ. Steve, Betsy, and I had quite the adventure picking out stuff, eating Swedish meatballs, and finding where to get everything we wanted. Now we just have to put everything we bought together!

Priming Party!

We really know how to throw a party! Thank you to everyone who helped us paint, we just couldn't take anymore of those yellow walls. We couldn't ask for a better group of friends who will drop everything to come help paint for 5 hours for pizza and beer! (Especially ones with broken arms)

Another Gift!

The previous owners even left Marley a gift! Pet Cologne- we threw it out because it was highly toxic and the champagne was enough.

The Carletons in the Kitchen

Check out the guy with the tool belt! The previous owners left us plenty of treasures one of them being the beautiful deviled egg dish seen in my hands. The cupboards are almost ready to be painted- that work begins on Wednesday. Oh and the wallpaper was thankfully a cinch to get off! Gotta love those plaster walls and glue so old it just doesn't stick.

Kentish Folk Dancer Removes Wood!

The kitchen had some dramatic changes this week. Our friend John came over and literally within 5 minutes popped off all the scalloped wood trim around the cabinets- what we will do with the space behind is yet to be determined but we just couldn't look at it anymore. Thanks Johnnie Mac!

An Unexpected Surprise

So we removed the old shower/tub combo and low and behold there was a window! Why anyone would cover up a window is beyond us but hey at least the walls didn't cave in when they took out the shower/tub right?

Marley and the Bubbly!

We had to show you Marley celebrating with us! She polished off the rest of the bottle a little while later!

WE HAVE A HOUSE!

We closed this past Friday afternoon and celebrated with a great bottle of Champagne that our wonderful Real Estate agent gave us! Thank you Cathy!