Experiment

OK--top one is sooc, bottom one is edited and saved the way you told me, Sammie.  I think that's better, don't you?  I can at least see a difference between the two!

FInished product

OK--here are some pictures of the house now that it is complete.  

Clearly, the kitchen is lived in!  I took these after supper, but before we cleaned it up.

The living room--although the light wasn't great, so it's kind of hard to see.

Hall bath

Our bathroom

Misc pics

I'm debating calibrating my monitor, so I'm posting pics that I've edited in PSE to see if I can get them to look decent on the internet without having to mess with it.  

Bad blogger

A few people have asked me this week if we are back in the house yet--which made me remember I haven't updated my blog in quite a while.  So, here I am. :-)

Yes, we are back in the house--and I will add some new pictures hopefully this weekend.  We don't have much furniture yet, but the house itself is pretty much done.  We are so grateful!!!

Until I can add some pics of the house, here are a few of K.  I can't for the life of me get PSE6 to load on the laptop--has something to do with downloading the trail version.  Won't be doing that again!!  :-(

Sweet girl

Time for some more pictures of something (someone!) other than my house!!  I haven't been able to put the newer version of PSE on this computer, so the editing isn't great--basically can't even tell I did anything at all.  But we had fun playing in a field of flowers, and you can't beat that! :-)

Tile and plumbing

The last couple of days they have been working on the tile in the master bathroom and the backsplash in the kitchen, paint touch ups, and some plumbing work.  They were still working when we had to leave, but here's how it looked a couple of hours ago:

Finished counter tops

Looks like the counter tops are finished now.

Hall bath:

Our bathroom:

Kitchen:

Counters

OK--counters are in.  I had to leave before they finished, but here is what it looked like when I left.

Kitchen:

Master bathroom:

I'm very pleased. :-)

Carpet

OK--I think I'll start naming the posts by what was done, how's that sound?   We got carpet yesterday--so I think the two downstairs bedrooms are pretty much done now. The end is in sight!

OK--this last one is obviously not of carpet, but I think it's funny that my bathub is IN my shower.  :-)

Day...oh, whatever!

I have no idea what day we're on at this point!  :-)  We don't have internet at home and they haven't been able to work on the house in several days due to waiting on things like a bathtub, front door, counters, etc.  

However, my tub came in yesterday--and is currently sitting in my bedroom, which I find amusing.  Anyway--they have cut a nice, big hole in my bathroom floor in anticipation of moving some plumbing over to fit the new tub.  They should finish up the plumbing today or tomorrow, then put in the bathroom floors.  Carpet is next week, as are counters.  Then touch up work, and I guess that will be it.  Oh, my front door--that will be one of the last things before touch up work.

So, without further ado, here are pictures.  Whew!

Day Nineteen

No work on the house today because we're waiting for the new tub to come in.  But we had a great day with friends, so we still enjoyed the day. :-)

Day Eighteen

Today they grouted my shower and hauled away a load of trash.  (I also sold the old bathtub!)  No pics since you can't really tell a difference in pictures.

Sweetie pie

Finally--pics of something other than the house!  I just barely stopped short of bribery--although that was my next move!  These are SOOC because I don't have PSE on this computer--I had the trial version, but I think it has expired.

Day Seventeen

Today they worked a bit on painting, but that was it.  No pics because things look pretty much the same.

On a side note, I was going to try to take pictures of something besides the house, so I asked for volunteers, but couldn't find any--I was offered someone's dog, and the neighbor's kids (that we don't even know).  *sigh*

Day Sixteen

They finished the floors in the dining room yesterday, then when I got home last night, there were a bunch of guys painting.  They were here until about 10:30--poor guys looked tired!  They painted the dining room and did some touch-up work. Here are pics:

My shower:

Living room:

Dining room (not really as red as it looks!):

Day Fifteen

OK--two more pics until he finishes with the floor for the day.  This is the utility room and the kitchen--the floors were dry, so I was able to walk into the kitchen to get a better view.

Days Fourteen and Fifteen

Saturday and yesterday they worked on tile.  When I got home last night, they had finished the tile in the kitchen and hall bathroom, and they had been working on the shower in our bathroom.  

Today, a guy is working on the living room floor.  I'll take pics when he's done.  I'm hoping I can also go in the kitchen to get a better view of the cabinets.