The Tile's DONE!

After a *few* months, the tile work ended today.  I can't even begin to describe how awesome that feels. We're thankful for Uncle Jeff's artistry.  

Because it's beautiful...

Shut the Door!

A bathroom need s door, right?

Darcy, watching Dad's late-night work. 

Done!

In time for Thanksgiving!

The goal: Get the tile up behind the toilet so we can have it available for Thanksgiving!

Done!

Vanity, Vanity

More progress!  A vanity top to finish off our custom bathroom cabinet.

Plumbing the sink.

Quite resourceful, girls. LOL.

Repurposed mirror from the living room, new light fixture, faucet, and soap. Ready to go!

Painting It Pink

Another sign of progress: painting!  Since Charis and Gwyneth got moved into the new bedroom, we decided it was time to update Lily and Meg's room -- the paint was in desperate need of some refreshing. So, they settled on Lighthearted Pink.  :-)  

They helped for about 10 minutes, so I made sure to get them in a couple of pics.

But they all really did help, especially with keeping Darcy occupied. And in 2 days, we had it all done and reset.

Two very happy girls.  Worth all the work.

Climate Control

When so much of our work has been taking things backwards, or making messes, it's really nice to move forward to installation and comfort!  It was time for Charis and Gwyn to get some heat and air, and this little mini-split answered the call.  

One day of wiring and installing and testing. 

And voila!

Grinding away

This will go down as one of the worst weekends in this whole process. Truly, an awful couple of days.  The noise, the mess, the frustration.  We were all in tears (well, except for our man, of course) by Sunday night.  Nothing like having MUD covering the entire floor of your main living spaces... But a necessary evil to get rid of all the residue from the tile.

The girls were diligent helpers, sweet to take their turns...

...while I managed the baby in the garage.  HA!

But FINALLY, it was done.