iron street update

as our move-in date approaches (we think now august 5), work continues feverishly at the new house. this intense renovation has made for a crazy summer, wherein noah and i rarely see aaron for longer than ten-minute intervals and aaron has been imbibing way more coffee, soda and junk food than usual. but you do what you have to do...

aaron has learned a ton through this project, and hasn't yet needed to hire out any of the work (except the installation of marmoleum in the kitchen, bathroom and laundry room, which will happen next week). he has taught himself roofing, wiring, plumbing, heating and drywalling, and most of those things, with lots of help from friends and family, are done or nearly done. the next two weeks will involve the last bits of drywall goo and then a coat of primer throughout the house; the final plumbing tests and inspection; finishing of the walls in the bathroom; prepping the plywood floors for the marmoleum installation; sanding and re-finishing the fir floors in the rest of the house; installing all the lighting fixtures and hooking up the electrical; installing all the appliances; installing a few new doors; installing all the windows; and building temporary cabinets for the kitchen. is that possible??!?!?! sounds crazy, but everyone who knows aaron knows that somehow he makes impossible things happen.

this summer for me has been all about waiting. waiting to find out if we got the house. waiting for all the work to be done. waiting for my garden to grow. waiting to move. waiting for this baby to grow inside me and eventually come out. waiting for life to slow down again. i hope we can have a slow, relaxing autumn, enjoying our new space and getting to know our new little one.

here are some recent photos of the new house.

newly drywalled kitchen

noah contemplating his newly drywalled bedroom

newly drywalled dining room

lovely old wallpaper, now gone

and my growing belly, 35 weeks along in this picture