WOW!!!!

Today has been my favorite contractor story thus far, and it's almost the end so I guess it's about time. Merry Christmas Eve!! The guy came today to put in the railing. No one was here Monday or Tuesday and they pick Christmas Eve to come - and apparently they think people won't be home - who knows. But the guy wouldn't come in because he's afraid of the dog. Yes, lovable and cuddly Nittany.

So I took Nittany for a walk on the ice skating rink of Scotch Plains for almost 40 minutes. Now, I thought he would see me leave and take his chance to get all of his things inside and not worry about the dog. Apparently he's not the smartest because when I came home he was still sitting outside in his van. Then, he decides to come to the door - when I have the dog right there in my hand. So I of course call Jon to complain about the moron at our house and I see that he is STILL standing outside my front door. WTF???!!! So with Jon on the phone I had to go out and talk to this guy because I have NO CLUE what is going on.

Bottom line, the guy told me he will not come into the house unless the dog is locked up - (hhhmmm I am home all day - let's lock up my dog so he freaks out all day?? or let me spend $25 to bring him to camp so you can do your work??) - I think that's a big fat NO! Who in the world gives someone a job inside someones home that is afraid of animals?? Really?? And to tell someone they need to lock up their dog. Apparently he was worried about how Nittany would react to his tools - hmm he's had people in the house building a frame, putting on siding, tiling, putting in windows - but I don't know I think he might have attacked his first person ever because of his tools.

What a morning!!! Amazing!

Bathroom is Tiled!

Thursday and Friday they came to Tile the Bathroom. It looks awesome! Completely different from the full bath we have downstairs. I guess that's the difference between designing a bathroom in 2008 versus the 1950's. We are choosing a lot of neutral colors at this point to keep it easier and I suppose it has somewhat of a modern look too. I can't wait to see how it looks with the vanity and granite counter!

Doors, shelves and molding

So the past two days they have been here working on the molding and doorways. They even made our entry way to the stairs larger! so cool. They put up doors to every room and all the closets. They even put up shelves and poles for hanging in all the closets. It's so crazy to see how much space we have to hang things and put our sheets and towels!!! I wonder what I'll do with the empty closet downstairs??? Hhhhmmmm... I guess we'll have to wait and see!! As you can see I am VERY excited about my new closets - all 4 of them!!

Siding and Shutters!!

I'm guessing you can figure out the before and after. The first picture is before Jon even moved in and the second is from the day they finished the siding! The shutters are dark green, if you cared - it's just hard to see.

I can't believe it has been since Thanksgiving that I have updated anyone, but then again I can. The past two weeks have been totally insane and of course some major things have been happening on the house front. The siding and shutters are done!! And we have new gutters too! So exciting! It looks like a completely different house. We just went to buy some new numbers, a new mailbox, and a new outside light on Sunday. The old gold ones were not going to fly with the new colors - plus they were gold. The only thing that needs to happen on the outside is new posts to the entry way - at least I hope the replace the wood boards that are currently there. :)