Aaaaaaaaaand Done!

As of Sunday afternoon the house is officially done! Our Realtor sent over an amazing photographer and we will be listing the house today. All the below photos are from Jodi May at http://places.jodimay.com/. Hopefully it sells fast and we can find our next project!

Approved! And more progress

Exciting news to report - we passed our final inspection!  Brian took the day off from work yesterday anticipating a potentially lengthy inspection but all our work on the punch list paid off and we passed our final inspection with no problem.  We were able to finally take our permits off the front windows, where they had been residing for, oh, around three years.  Hurrah!

In the meantime, we've been continuing to work on trim and finish projects here and finally have some new pictures to share.  First up, the final light fixture in the entire house - the fixture over the bathtub in the master bathroom.  I love how it looks and Brian is happy that the electrical work on this house is finally complete.

Final touch!

Next is a slightly more lengthy project - trimming out the fireplace.  We'll put up a full set of before and after pictures when this is done but for now, some work in progress photos.

Starting point - the marble tile has been installed for quite some time but no trim up yet

Boxing out the frame for the trim

Adding the trim on the sides

And now repeating the process on the top

And trim on top

Dry fitting the reclaimed wood beam we'll be using as a mantel

Another shot of the mantel

Putting a coat of poly on the beam/mantel for s nice finish before we install it permanently

Paint, Lights, etc.

We're working through our punch list here of small fixes needed to pass our final inspection (installing many handrails, mostly) and finishing up painting walls and installing light fixtures.  We know the blog has been awfully quiet lately...it's just not nearly as much fun to post when the changes around the house are so minor!  But here are a few pictures of current small changes below.

Before picture - handrail being painted on the side, trim in place but unpainted, half-painted wall

Another before shot

And the after!  Trim painted and handrail installed

After over a year of living with an unpainted white walls, we finally have a finished looking space.

Another shot of the hallway with painted banister and walls and new light fixture installed

Nearing the finish line

We knocked out a bunch of little projects last weekend and today. The last little bit of trim is done along with the stair railings needed for code (and safety). I also got the kitchen cabinet crown molding up. The house got a much needed cleaning today too. There's still a lot of caulking and puttying of holes, but we are one weekend away from the last of the painting. Maybe 2-3 more weekends left of inside work total. Then it's clean and polish everything and it'll be ready to sell!

Upstairs railing

Last bit of trim. Ready for paint.

Downstairs railing

Clean kitchen with new crown molding on top.