LOVE IT!!!!!!!

We moved into the new house in February and things have finally settled down.  Old house sold by May so we just had to worry about spring projects. We had SEVERAL spring project- grading of property, sprinklers, landscaping, grass, painting, driveway,walkways, gutters and a fence.  We were able to get it all done by June 1st. Now we are just sitting on the deck watching the grass growing.  The move has been great and Steven and I are very happy in our new home.  Thanks for sharing this process with us and we invite you all to come visit us here in Montana - the door is all ways open.

Front of house

Front porch

Side yard

Side yard, looking into back yard. We decided to fence in half the yard to keep the dogs away from street.

Side back yard. Our garden consist of five raised bed for now. We will be planting grass in the fall.

Back porch, railing to be added.

Back yard. We have an apple tree that we are not sure knows what to do now that it has all the water and sunlight it wants.

We have placed a kennel in back yard for dogs so they can be out and not dig in the gardens when we are not home.  The kennel is attached to a back shed which we plan on placing a dog door so they can go in and out during the winter

Driveway off aley

Front porch

Hallway as you come in.

hallway that leads to living room

when you come into house you can see all the way back to dinning room and glass doors out to porch

Living room

living room

from the living room you can see into kitchen and dinning room

Kitchen

Kitchen and dinning room

kitchen windows look out to side yard and garden area

dinning room

Living room, kitchen and dinning room are all open to each other

Moving in has started

We have started moving our things to the new house.  We have been doing a little each weekend, basement is almost full.  We had hoped to close and move in this weekend but there was a issue with the bank so they have pushed it out maybe a week.

Kitchen floor, still needs to be cleaned and sealed

Beams that separate the kitchen from living room

Master bathroom shower almost done

Guest bathroom upstairs

Stairs will have carpet on them

Downstairs bathroom

Hall way as you come n front door. you can see into living room, dinning room and kitchen.

Lots of work has been done over the past month and most of it is done.  we will have a few things to finish up this week and the rest will have to wait till spring.  Here are a few updates but not the final I will have those some time next week. 

Getting closer

We are almost there!!!!  This past week we have have several things go forward.  The kitchen cabinets and the counter top is now all in, looks awsome.  The flooring in the kitchen was some what of a trial but after two weeks of work they are looking great.  The trim work on the second floor is done, stair railing is in, painting upstairs is also very close to being done just a little touch up. The lights are all in and working.  We are waiting on the trim work on the first floor to be finished, should be some time this weekend and then the hard woods will go down.  We will then have painting and some stain work to be done.  It is looking like we should be done 1st week in Jan.  We are slowly moving things to the basement which is nice not to have to do it all at once.  We will be listing our home with a realtor this week and hope to have it sold by end of January but we will see. 

House all sided in sept.

Painting started but had to stop due to weather.  I am not sure I like the color so we will give it some time and wait till spring to finish.

Porch beams will be stained a red mahogany in spring, front step will be added and a walk way to curb

Kitchen flooring going down.  Slate will be a blue green when sealed.  We will have a band of smaller stone running as a boarder around the larger stone.  Should be done next week.

Master bedroom painted. trim around windows to comes next then the carpet.

Hallway btw bedrooms and bathroom.  we have a small sitting area that looks out to the hills we call it Mt Sentinel, great view from room.

Kitchen windows, sink will be below so we can look out to side yard.

Staining being done in garage

Back porch with small patio off to right side.  Porch will go in soon but the rest will wait till spring.

Side yard.

The flooring is this week, cabinets  week after Thanksgiving, counter tops, lights, pluming first week in Dec.  Looking to move in last week of dec, we are crossing our fingers we will be in for Christmas.