Almost There

Here is how the house looked as of yesterday afternoon. We have grass, roses, azaleas and other plants now. The front door still needs to be stained, and there are lots of little things that need attention on the inside, but we are getting closer to moving in.

A Little Knitting

There hasn't been a lot of knitting going on here lately, but a little bit has gotten finished. This is a baby soaker that I finished last month. At the rate I am going, the baby it is intended for will be too big for it, and the weather will be too hot. Oh well, it looks pretty. The other finished project was this pair of PURPLE socks that I make for me. They are made from Trekking XXL sock yarn on size 1 (2.5mm) needles.

I did try some new dpns for these socks. I bought some Knit Picks Harmony laminated birch needles back in February. I really like them a lot. The needles have really good points, and they are very smooth without being slippery.

House Update

I haven't done an update on the house for a while, so here it is. Here is the dining room with another coat of paint. They still need to do some more touch ups, but it's looking pretty good. The chandelier is backordered, so we may move in and have it installed later.
Here is the entryway looking at the front door from the living room. The door has not been stained yet, and the floor is really dusty from all the work going on. The entryway light needs to be leveled, too. Over all it is coming along though. I really like the way the tile came out on the floor.

The screened porch was finished last weekend. It's going to be really nice to sit out there and relax.

This photo is of the front porch. We now have painted shutters, and the ceiling has been painted blue. It looks really good. The shutters are green although it's hard to tell from this photo.

Lastly, here is a shot of the front of the house as it looks now. There will be solid slabs topping the two columns on the sides of the stairs like those on the tops of the columns on the porch.

We talked to a landscaper this past week, and his first plan was way over what we wanted to spend at this time. It was great plan, but just too much money. We had a call from the floor guy last week. The wood floor that we originally picked out has been discontinued, so we had to start over on flooring. Fortunately, the floor guy was really helpful, so we were able to make a decision we are happy with.

We are working on getting all the little details on the house taken care of at this time. Hopefully, we will be able to move in by the end of the month.

Mosaic

Here is the mosaic we put in one bathroom of the new house. It's hard to see from this photo, but the mosaic is of sea turtles. It measures about 50 inches wide by 39 inches tall. We ordered it from http://www.mozaico.net/. They have hundreds of mosaics that you can look at online. Some of them are gorgeous. The bedroom that this bathroom is attached to has a beach theme, so we thought the turtles would fit in well.