Way too far behind....

I am way too far behind on a little bit of everything...my house, my blogging and more.  Jake and I are without internet for another week (with the exception of Jake's fancy iPhone) so I finally headed down to the local Starbucks to give y'all a brief breakdown.  I know some of you are going to hate me, but I don't have many house pic updates for you simply because we are still living in mayhem.  It's a tad bit difficult to start decorating until I know what the main pieces in my house are going to look like aka sofa and chairs.  Jake and I are due for a trip to Ikea or High Point, NC (the furniture capital of the world for those of you wondering what the heck high point is).  Jake and I are still living without cabinet doors due to some difficulties, but hopefully Jake will have time to break away from his 12+ hour work days to knock this out sooner or later.  It sure gets old looking at all of the junk in my cabinets.  HOWEVER, we do have new beautiful stainless steel appliances!!!  I even got the cool fridge with the drawer on the bottom.  I was super pumped about this.  We got a killer deal on the appliances from my brother and sister-in-law.  They got new appliances....so therefore we did too ;).  Hardwood floors will hopefully be in by Thanksgiving.  I'll have to put up with the lovely carpet until then.  I think that's manageable.  I spoiled myself with a trip to the fabric store yesterday with my dear friend Laura B and Baby Everett.  I picked up some samples of fabrics that will make for some pretty cool draperies and upholstery for an old chair.  I promise once we get the house a little more pulled together I'll post some pics.  Check out the fabrics we found!

Cape Cod Reno Week 5 & 6...or something like that.

Jake and I pretty much work, eat, work on house and sleep.  Needless to say I've lost track of all time, except for the deadline that we have to be out of our apartment and in this house by AUGUST 22.  It still seems like we have a lot to do, but here's an update.  Keep in mind the walls are wet so the glare with the camera flash doesn't make for the best pictures.  Trust me....the colors are good.  The walls in the living room are a grayish/taupe color, the master bedroom is gray and the kitchen is white with barely jade cabinets (which are still a work in progress).  The cabinets are still sticky after drying for over a week so I'm a tad concerned about this.  We'll figure it out though.  I'm not sure which pulls to go with.  Jake likes the brushed/warehouse looking ones, and I lean toward the shiny.  Give us your vote!

Get excited.  Stainless steel appliances arriving soon thanks to a great deal with the bro and sister in law!

Kitchen cabinets stilllll sticky :(

Living room

Still need one more coat on the fireplace.  

The gray looks awesome!  You just can't tell in this pic.

Close up of gray walls.

There's an update friends!  More updates very soon!

It was good while it lasted...

Sister ~ it was a joy having you in NC.  I already miss driving down 55 with you listening to Bob and the Showgram and sipping our coffee all the way to MDCC.  Thank you for a great summer!

Yes we will most definitely miss you Kathryn!

Cape Cod Reno Week 3 & 4ish

Here is an update in pics.  I'm too tired to break it all down in words.  Please ignore the disgusting lighting and appliances that make you want to gag.  I may have thrown up a bit trying to pull out the stove tonight.  The pics don't do the colors justice.  Oh... and we sold our couch.  Sad to see that glorious sectional go, but on to smaller ;) and better things!  High Point anyone???

primed living room

primed kitchen

painting the cabinet doors

Testing the accent wall color and dad hard at work.

Paint color - Barely Jade

coat one on fireplace and accent wall

drying of the cabinet doors

To be continued...