Comfy Seats

Aah. We have comfy seats to sit in & a table to eat at! I'm so happy.

And thankful.

When the furniture was delivered yesterday seriously I didn't know if it would fit through the front door. But it's all in & looks super. After several hours looking at all the couch choices I can't believe Brad & I found something to agree on. :)

But, it sure all looked a bit smaller in the HUGE warehouse of a store. Brad keeps teasing me (is he teasing?) that we don't need smaller furniture, we need a bigger house. We may not have room to walk, but we have plenty of seating for all our friends & family.

So, come see us!

Maybe this weekend we'll actually get the kitchen sink installed. The countertops are waiting to be picked up in North Platte.

Funny story about Menards: After we placed the reorder on the countertops they told us since it was a reorder it would be priority so it may be quicker than 2 weeks. So, after a week we called nearly every day to see if it was in. Greg & Mike know us by name & know what we want as soon as we call. Mike called us early yesterday morning to tell us our order is in. Then later in the day Greg called us also.

After all our phone calls I'm sure they are wondering WHY we didn't run & get it as soon as they called!

Minor Setbacks

We haven't had any major problems as we've started remodeling our house, for that I'm so thankful.

I ordered the wrong style of hinges online, so I'm waiting to hang the doors until I get the right ones. I have them sitting there waiting like a puzzle to be put together.

And our countertops look beautiful. Or they will.

We mis-measured, so the one section turned out about 1 1/2-2 inches too short. And too short is too short. No way to stretch it or cut anything to fix it. So, we're waiting for a new piece before we can install them & the sink.

We purchased flooring yesterday, hoping to install it this weekend. We also ordered carpet for the bedrooms. It'll be like a whole new house with new flooring! I'm very excited about that.

For purchasing used cabinets unseen online & for doing much of the work ourselves, we haven't had any totally unexpected costs or mistakes. I'm grateful. Though we have to eat the mis-measured section of the countertop, it still won't cost us that much more to replace it.

We're looking for a counter-height table to put in the center as well as living room furniture. I purchased an antique cabinet last week for our TV to stand on. It's coming together & easy to see the end in sight at this point.

I'm also thankful for Brad & his willingness to work hard in his spare time to complete it.