Move In Day!

Saturday was the official move in day. We brought down the dining room table, coffee table, end tables, chair & ottoman, bedroom dresser, TV and a car full of other items. Carolee and I spent the weekend moving (we had the help of a couple of men who worked on the framing crew!) these items into the house and getting everything arranged. Sleeping in a bed was a nice improvement over the air mattress from last visit. Overall we are extremely pleased with the way everything is coming together. There is still a lot to do, but the house can now be lived in comfortably. We have another visit scheduled for next weekend to bring down the final load of big items.

Fill' er Up!

This should be one of the last pictures posted of an empty room. Manteo Furniture will deliver on Thursday and we will be heading down Friday with a U-Haul trailer loaded with items we have been collecting during the past several months. It's time to fill the place up with furniture!

Furniture

All of the furniture we ordered has arrived and will be delivered next week. Mattresses were delivered on Friday and will make the sleeping arrangements much better than the air mattress Carolee and I used on our last trip. One of the bedroom suite's we ordered was on back order and we were eventually told that it was coming on a boat from China, but it could be up to eight weeks before it arrived. We were able to snag a used set from my boss who has retired and is moving to Florida...we saved a few dollars and landed some nice furniture.

The Suburban is going to get a workout on the next 2-3 visits. We have several loads of furniture, our TV and numerous other items that need to be carted to the beach. Our goal is to get the house fairly inhabitable for first extended stay the week after Easter.

Carpet

"Wild Mushroom" carpet was installed over the last two days. This was the last big item to be installed, and the banker did his final inspection late this afternoon. Over the next couple of weeks the house will be cleaned and the final touches will be worked on.

Valentine's Day Visit

We spent Valentine's Day weekend in Buxton, the first time we stayed in our new home. The certificate of occupancy was issued on Friday and we slept in sleeping bags on an air mattress on the floor! The house looked great...the kitchen is done (it is pretty awesome), bamboo flooring installed and the bath fixtures should be wrapped up next week. The carpet will be installed next Friday, the last "major" item that needs to be taken care of. Melissa...enjoy the pictures!

First Stay

Carolee and I are heading down Friday night with our first load of stuff for the new house. Sometime during the day on Friday we will get a certificate of occupancy, so we have decided to spend our first two nights at the house sleeping on an air mattress since we don't have furniture. There have been many changes during the last week or so, but we have asked Dennis not to send us pictures. I'll have a fresh batch of pictures posted early next week!

Kitchen

The kitchen cabinets have been installed and the counter tops will be worked on this week. Cabinets have also been installed in the bathrooms. By the time we make it back to Buxton in mid-February, the house will be pretty close to completion.