Dare I say the end is near?!?!

I now have a fully functioning home. There are still a few things left...a light, a switch, etc., but I would say that we are 99% complete. We should be settling up with the contractor in the next few days. Jim and I spent the evening tonight washing all the dishes out of each cabinets and cleaning everything in the living area. We wiped down all the walls, swept and mopped all the floors and it is amazing how beautiful everything has turned out. The back of the house is still a disaster from all the dishevel we've been living in, but the front is immaculate!! We worked really hard and I think it shows.



This is the finished living room. The floors are gorgeous. We will be getting new furniture as soon as we can get time to go shopping and find something we can agree on.










Dining from entrance.



Kitchen from dining room.













Granite...Mary Gold (it's an exotic and the price proved it...didn't know that when I picked it out Level II). The picture doesn't really pick up the colors of chocolate, black and cream.














The corbels are stunning but again the pics just don't do them justice. There will be 2 more in the living room under the bar (they are laying on the floor in one of the pics above).













With the exception of new furniture I guess the blog is complete...finally. I will never agree that it should have taken 5 months, but I did get pretty close to exactly what I hoped for. As usual, hindsight is 20/20 and there are a few things that I would have done differently but I am happy with the end result and I know we are going to love living here. Everyone is welcome to come by and visit anytime. We will be having a party as soon as we get everything complete with decorating or at least to a good point.

Thanks for everyone's support during this remodeling nightmare. I appreciate everyone's encouragment and advice.