Carpet

Nothing makes a house feel like a home like carpet. Okay, so maybe some furniture would help too, but the carpet does make a huge difference. It feels much cozier now :)

They carpeted the upstairs last week and we went out on Saturday with Uncle Bret, Auntie, and Atticus, and had so much fun exploring :) They have been working on the rest of the carpet this week, and we went out this afternoon, hoping they'd be done. It was all done except the media room. According to the very experienced carpet guy, "It's gonna be a job."

Anyway, we'll go chronologically and start with the top floor.

Here's the master bedroom:
and Ryan's room:

Atticus especially enjoyed the new carpet...

...and eventually all 3 boys got in on the action:

They also had a lot of fun playing on Kaeden's window bed (as usual!):

Atticus is finally starting to return some of Kaeden's affection, and it is super sweet. I love watching these two boys together!

Moving on to today, here is the carpeted great room:

The fireplace is also finally finished... mantel, doors, etc. So fun to finally see that room complete :)

Here's the carpet runner going upstairs:

And finally, on the bottom floor, here's the play room:

and looking down the hallway from the mudroom to the guest bedroom:

...and the beginning of the media/exercise room. This is the ceiling. Yes, it's carpeted. Yes, the rest of the room will be carpeted too, walls and all. Yes, that is metal hanging down for Mason's pull-up bars. Yes, I said barS. Let me introduce you to my husband.

So, that's it for the new carpet. Here are a bunch of other miscellaneous photos from the past week.

The front walkway is finished, grass seeded, etc. :)

A family photo opp in the breakfast nook

Door hardware is in

Pantry shelves in, floor & countertops stained

Dining room with stained floor

Office cabinetry completed, floor stained

And finally, we have refrigerators! The kitchen appliances are complete :)

We were hoping to pass the final inspection today, but as usual, there are nit picky things to fix up for that. Once that's done, we can start moving some boxes in to the attic and all that's left on the house is some little details and cleaning. 2 weeks from tomorrow, it'll be done. We can't wait!