Happy New Year -- we'll be in the house in 2010

So the year has come that we'll move into the house...finally! We think we may actually be a couple weeks away from being able to move into the house. You can see here that kitchen cabinets are installed -- we had some damage in the storage trailer and one cabinet base was ruined and four drawer fronts need to be replaced but we're getting there...appliances will be delivered on Friday and the gas should be turned on by then so it shouldn't be too long until we're cooking our first meal. The base cabinet that is missing is part of the pantry which you can see on the right wall here...so we'll likely be without that for some time. In the middle, you can see the island which will house the wine fridge and the microwave -- we're going to make the counter top out of salvaged wood floors from the attic...that should be done in a few years... (notice that the lights are on in this photo...

Here's another view of the kitchen -- we're trying to figure out what color to paint the walls --cabinets are white, tile is white, counters will be grey soap stone -- ANY SUGGESTIONS? Most of the rest of the house is Revere Pewter (a shade of grey)

My mom's very generous Christmas present to us was to have the walls and ceilings painted before we move in -- we had planned on doing this ourselves but due to the overwhelming kindness of my mom we won't have to worry about it! Leigh cried... Here you can get an idea of the wall color, though it's a bit hard to see in the photo. The trim will be white dove...

Looking forward to seeing the trim go up...