Oh la la...

Words can't describe these....enjoy

You have permission to stare...

I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel! Travis came and got my shutters put on today along with my new screen doors I had gotten earlier. I can't believe how good it looks. The shutters really pull the house together. It doesn't look so big and white anymore. It just looks like a cute little house. My screen doors also look super good! I had thought about getting wooden screen doors but after I did some research I found out that they tend to sag within a couple months, so I think these storm doors will do just fine. It really looks good. These pictures don't even come close to doing it justice. If any of you are ever out and about, drive east of Millerton and come see me! I think I drove by 6 times tonight just looking at it!

I also picked out my kitchen tile and carpet for the master bedroom this weekend. I think it has been the toughest decision I have had to make so far in this "little" project of mine. I wanted my kitchen tile to match the tin ceiling so I took a small piece of tin to Horton Floor Covering and Marjorie laid out several options and I took a couple home and looked at them in different light, different angles, and different placements in the kitchen/mudroom/bathroom and after 48 straight hours of flooring on my mind, I finally came to a decision. The tile and carpet will be laid the end of this month of the beginning of June.
I also heard from my cabinet maker. He told me that he could have them done by Saturday if I needed them. Heck, I've waited this long so I just told him to do a good job and I can wait until next week. So maybe this time next week I'll be posting pictures of my new kitchen! *Fingers crossed*
So this week I am going to start cleaning my baseboard and my trim around my doors and windows. I also need to start thinking about re-finishing my wood floor. I think I'm just intimidated because it's going to be a big job and quite a bit of work. But hey...has that stopped me yet????

Dude, where's my cabinets???

...Your guess is as good as mine. Knowing my luck, there is still an ash tree standing in the forest and that tree is suppose to be my cabinets! I called my Amish cabinet maker the last Wednesday of April just wondering how the building was going and what day he thought he would install them...since he told me 4 times that they would be installed in the FIRST WEEK OF MAY. He returned my call later that day and told me that he was in Minnesota. Upset?? Of course!! Especially when I gave him 40% down already since that's his policy. Whatever, I guess. He did call me this Saturday and tell me he was back in Iowa (good to know) and that he was going to start on my set this week and it would be 2 weeks.
I do have a shimmer of good news though. Jon from CornerHart was at the house a couple days last week hooking up lights and getting my ceiling fan hung in the kitchen. He also got my outside porch lights on. I know quite a few of you wanted to see how they looked hung up. I think they look pretty good. I also got some shutters ordered and they should be in by now. The next step is getting Travis back over here to get them on for me. Thanks so much for keeping up with my project and I hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Hopefully you shared it with Mom!