Week 8!!

We moved home Saturday. We barely fit all of our belongings into our two cars. We almost had to tie Raleigh to the roof, but was able to squeeze her into a space next to the trash can and Nora Kate's doll kitchen set. We moved back into a house with drywall stacked on the floor and plywood for walls. The drywall was the big focus this week--which is super messy and dusty. The banisters were replaced and no one fell over the edge while we waited for the new ones to be put up. The basement walls were finished and we were able to move down there Thursday morning. We hung out in the bedrooms until then. We were grateful for nice weather so we spent a lot of time outside.

First the insulators came and put up the insulation. The media room walls were insulated to help with sound dampening.

Media room wall

Kitchen wall to the exterior of our home

Family room ceiling insulation-again to help with sound dampening

insulation for the windows over the door that we covered over

Insulation for the mudroom wall into the garage

Drywall up in the media room 

Media room

Starting on the ceiling in the family room

Kitchen pre-dry wall

The bathroom walls

Bathroom

Family room ceiling complete

Mudroom walls

Family room ceiling

The family room wall patched where the plumbing came down from the new bathroom

Kitchen walls

Pantry walls

Pantry

Liam's room-used to be a double door but now will be a single door

Liam's closet. There will be double doors put on here

The banisters were changed out this week. We lived for one day with no banister on the front stairs which was very nerve racking with the kids. We are very happy to have them back up! The wood will be stained to match the color of the new floor color. The spindles will stay white. I absolutely love the look of the banisters and I am very happy we decided to change them out. 

The old spindles sticking out from the dumpster

It was so odd not to have any railings up 

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New railings on the back staircase

Railing up on the front stairs

Back staircase railing

Next week they are going to finish the drywall work--need to sand the rest of the drywall and then they will start trim work. Once the trim is done the painters can start painting and caulking the trim. I am going to pick paint colors this week for the kitchen/keeping room and the family room. We are really happy to be back in the basement and loving being back home. It might look like a construction site, but it is always nice to be home-even when home is drywall and sub flooring!