We've got carpet!

Last Friday we were able to have the carpet installed in all the bedrooms...including ours (might as well).  Since we didn't touch our master bedroom as far as the remodel goes, we thought it would be best to just get new carpet so it would match the rest of the bedrooms.  Since we were getting new carpet, we had to rip out the old baseboard (part of it was the original baseboard that was installed in 1968) and also take out the trim around the doors and closet doors (we did the entire house, might as well do ours so it all matches).  Since we were taking out the trim in our bedroom, the trim in the master bath needed addressing as well as the other side of the boy's bathroom.  So, there....there is new baseboard and trim throughout the entire house.  We have officially touched every room in the house.  Can we say we are done now?!?  Luckily, my dad was able to help demo trim and baseboard and our contractor was nice enough to come by and cut the baseboard and trim for us.  He even installed the baseboard for us.  Hooray!

Then next day we were able to move the boy's into their own rooms.  CT and my brother went into the storage unit and picked up their bed frames, desks and night stands.  They even brought back CET's diner.  My mom and I cleaned everything up, washed all the quilts and they had a brand new bedroom to sleep in.  CAT even got a new "teen" quilt for his room.  I would have waited until he was in 5th grade like KWT, but the poor kid has always had to shared a room with his brothers, so I thought he deserved to get his "teen " quilt early.  I think they are all very happy.  Now we just need to have the doors cut a bit at the bottom so they can close their bedroom door. =)

Here is the pad before the carpet.  I had to take a picture of it for KWT since it's green.  He had requested he wanted grass for his flooring material instead of carpet.  I brought samples home thinking he would hate them, but he picked one out that he liked (it was the softest with a really short pile).  I could not bear the thought of changing it out later, so he got carpet.  Maybe someone will get him a grass welcome mat. Do they still make those any more? I can pull the daisys off!

Carpet installed and a mattress in!

Here is our room with the pad, new baseboard and trim!

CAT's room.  He hates that we have clear lights on the Christmas tree and outside on the house.  He asked me why we can't have the colored lights.  I told him the clear lights are classic looking and I think it looks better.  CT told him, "Mommy likes white."  Yes, just wait until you see the new kitchen.  CT must have felt bad for him, so when he was at ACE Hardware, he bought him a string of colored lights and let him hang it where every he wanted to in his OWN ROOM.

His little hang out area under the bed.

What's teen bedding you ask?  Here it is...not grown up but definitely not little kid.

KWT's room.  Just need to add the accessories now.

CET's room.  We are using the same bedding the two older boys got when they got the loft bed.  I still love it.

Our room.  The bed was moved to the center of the window.  It was always off center and never looked right to me.  It also means we need to get new dressers since the old ones won't fit in the space any more.  That's okay.  We need new bedroom furniture anyways.  CAT got one of our old dressers and CET will probably get the other smaller one.

Over the same weekend we even were able to get our Christmas tree and the night before CT and my brother hung the TV back up.

Ahhh, no more mattresses on the floor = no more kids jumping on the mattresses!

In the days after moving the boys back into their rooms, I cleaned what I could and tried to some how get our house back in order and make it a home again.  I hope I got all the construction dust out...

The hallway leading to the boy's room.

This year the boys hung the lights and decorated the tree.  I did a little bit after they were done. They did a pretty good job.  I think they get the job next year.

I borrowed a table to put in our "desk area" so we can see what it will be like.  It works.

I called the cabinet guy and our cabinets will be delivered on Monday, Dec. 19th!  The contractor is set to come next week to install them.  The fabricator for the quartz countertops are scheduled to come on the 22nd, the flooring guys might come on the 21st and the appliances are set to be delivered on January 6th!  We could be done by the first week of the New Year...we will see.  Oh, did I mention the tile for the kitchen backsplash is on back order until early February?  The interior doors still need to be painted, I still have to re-paint the half bath and laundry room and the door hardware still needs to be installed...yeah, we will get there.