Almost Fully Functional Bath

Months in the making, our full bath at Fuller is almost fully functional. The shower, tub, and toilet are all usable but the aesthetics and the sink are lacking. We have discovered the joys of mudding drywall (and decided that we would hang but hopefully hire out to mud the drywall at Logan...). We have pictures of the progress. We've planned our outlets and switches, choose our lighting (mostly recessed), and snaked electrical wires. Also, we just got our new window installed today! So it's starting to come together. We need to finish up electrical, paint, and install the sink. Soon, we'll repaint the built-in storage, choose and put in crown molding and trim, and (in the long run) obtain our glass shower doors. It's looking better and better. How encouraging!

It's taking forever, I realize, but can we please reflect on what the bathroom used to look like?

Bathroom is tiled and shower ready!

Merry Christmas! Our shower is finally useable! As soon as we put the shower head on and seal the grout we can finally shower in our Fuller house!! Komodo took the maiden voyage in the bathtub- great success. We just need to caulk around it so us humans can use it. I'm glad we sprung for the expensive faucet fixtures- they are beautiful and we would always think about them if we didn't. I'll post pictures in a few days when the bathroom phase #1 is done.

Though it looks a million times better with that tile, we still have a ton of things to do: drywall, paint, add trim, add outlets and lighting, and add the vanity and sink, and eventually put in our glass doors for the shower. Phew. One day this project will be done! At least we can see how nice it's looking to keep us going...

Eric and I took a day to clean Logan. We have pretty much all of the wood debris out of there and it's ready for framing. There are still some insulation fluffies but without masks we couldn't remove them.

Now that we are both college graduates (!!) we will have more time to spend working on our houses. Merry Christmas!

Full Bath Inspiration

Someone is coming to finish the shower floor this weekend and then Eric & will tile that puppy so we can have a shower! I've been pretty into Numbers and whipped up this "inspiration spread" so everyone can share my vision: Hm. It copied strange. I'll work on that next time.

Full bath

Well, we see the makings of our bathroom of our dreams. Though it's taking a little longer than we thought/ hoped, it will definitely be worth the wait. Finally. A photo posted of our full bath in progress. It's our "pottery barn" bath . Good thing its so pretty & I know that It will be worth the wait otherwise I'd be more flustered at the time situation. Also, I ordered faucets yesterday. Beautiful faucets at 40% off. Unfortunately, they are so expensive that even 40% is outrageous. Owning a home/ having expensive taste is not going to be good for us!

Eric and I finally had a day off to just clean the house last week before our thanksgiving guests arrives. It looks like a real house now! We even have the guest room almost functional (except for the minor detail of a mattress...). So it's been really exciting to see our house become a little more home-like.

Also, our furnace has been turning off more frequently. It's a good thing we were financially and mentally prepared to have another furnace installed otherwise we might be freaking out. What we weren't prepared for was the kitchen sink/drain leaking. We have yet to address that. Ugh.

Sorry, Logan. You're on hold again... I feel like this may be a reoccurring statement :/

39 Fuller

Oh, perhaps I should have mentioned we closed on Fuller (finally). The day I signed my life away was the day we slept in our wonderful pillowtop mattress in our first [real] home! Moving in has been a slow process due to multiple jobs, logan, and school but it will look pretty good once we're fairly settled. We are homeowners. x2.

We are working on the 1.5 baths immediately (currently) and then stepping back and working on Logan. We may have to get another furnace though because the pilot light switches off quite frequently. Is this normal? Oh well, it's not ideal. Plus, it's pretty inefficient. As far as I'm concerned getting an energy efficient furnace now will spare us unprepared disaster (bills, the furnace dying) in the future. It will be difficult living at Fuller and daydreaming about renovations (the attic will be AMAZING finished, new kitchen, etc.) but we must remember that we have to finish & rent or sell Logan. Ugh. We do not have a good track history with self control and spontaneity. We'll see how this new project goes...

Bathroom!

Fuller is a hot mess right now because our guest room (the lower floor bedroom) is full of bath fixtures (a tub, a sink vanity, and a toilet) and there is tiling equipment everywhere else. We have the roughed in plumbing (Rearranging the whole room's fixture), previous walls and fixtures removed, and the framing for our shower/drop in tub built thus far. I am so excited though because in a few days we will have a gorgeous tiled bathroom. Though we have been getting exceptional prices for labor, we have expensive taste (go figure) and have been choosing things based on (a) what we'll really like and (b) resale value. We are decorating this house on a different (and more fun) strategy than Logan.

I am so distracted at home because I only think about cleaning, rearranging, and fixing up Fuller. After the two bathrooms are near completion, we have to be patient because we can't have two project houses. We need to focus on Logan so we can complete it and THEN devote our time to Fuller. As far as Logan is concerned, it has taken a backseat to this bathroom project. Everything is finally cleared out of the yard (so it doesn't look quite so trashy), but the inside still has debris that needs to be removed before framing/furnace can be started. Ugh. I am already ready to sell this project house and concentrate on Fuller!! Graduation is a month away- I can't wait until we can devote extensive time to Logan St so that we can finish it up and my updates aren't so redundant.

Results?

Alright! For the first time since we bought Logan the yard is nearly free of debris!! I'm very excited about this. Also, excited about not getting another Notice to Abate... With structural, roofing, and windows done and paid for, we just need to clear out the access lumber in the house and start framing!

We are supposed to close on the house on Fuller tomorrow at 8:30 AM. I am highly skeptical of this because we have been misled into thinking we were going to close within the next few days for the past 6 weeks. Just in case, I've made a few emails on Heritage Hill house rentals. (I wish we could buy one of those!) Based on our experience with Chase, we have decided that we really never want a mortgage again. Hopefully, these 2 house transactions will put us in a good financial situation. Otherwise, we will enjoy the mobility of renting!