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Monday, June 22

5 Weeks of Progress!

This past week and a half has been eventful that is for sure! We have been having inspections and our HVAC had some wiring issues that caused the heat to turn on spontaneously. All being remediated but did slow things down a little bit. In the meantime we've been taking care of the bathroom! Out with the old & in with the new! It was crazy to see from one side of the house to the other! It will be so nice to have fresh {non-plaster} walls upstairs!

bathroom is all sheetrocked up! sub floor is down and ready for tile this week! 
the back of the house has fresh hardie plank! few tweaks needed before its ready for painting!
why they have to make hardie plank this horrible yellow color is still a question to me! now i just want the house painted that much quicker!
If you're curious the paint color we have chosen is on the far left of the front of the house just above the green bushes (there are two different shades, its the larger of the two)...Benjamin Moore Grey Owl.

Wednesday, June 17

it's a boy!

It seems crazy to know that Joe & I are expecting our first baby {set to arrive Nov 20th} and that it's a B.O.Y! As fun as it was to find out in early March that we would be blessed with a child, it is even more exciting now to know more about this sweet little one on the way!

Around this time 5 years ago marked the start of our new adventure together...Joe & I bought our first house Memorial Day Weekend 2010. While we were signing our closing documents my parents were waiting by the house with cans of paint and supplies to get started on our touch ups before the hardwood floor experts would be coming in to refinish our hardwood floors. As is sit in my comfy corner chair today with hammering & sawing over my head {plus crazy barking dogs} I am so glad that we will be able to bring Baby BOY Davis home here in November.


In just 5 years we've had more love come into this house than we could have ever asked for...we've celebrated with countless friends in this home more times than I can remember, we've met strangers on our street who would become great friends, we've set family traditions here, we've done our share of laughing here, we've shared our roof with two, four legged "children"...the memories on Greenview are endless. It only made sense that when we thought of the most special place where we'd go to find out what gender our little one would be, that'd we'd stay right here.

In my purse for a few weeks leading up to our "reveal" I had an envelope that would tell us about this latest blessing and it took a lot to keep it sealed! When we received it, we had no roof on our home and until a few weeks ago, didn't have one back on! There were other decisions to be made outside of pink vs. blue...carpet samples to go through, paint chips for the house exterior, HVAC locations & more. When we came back home from the river two weeks ago, we knew it was as good of a time as ever to open it up.
Joe & I each dressed in the color we thought that best suited our guess {pink or blue} and blue is what we wore! We met upstairs to what used to be the guest room & is now affectionately called "the nursery." Inside my infamous pink book {travels everywhere with me} there was an envelope that our fave nurse, Fawn, left for me after our last appointment.

The rest goes quickly...I took the yellow sticky note out of the envelope without peeking...we were going to look together on 3...eyes locked, 3, 2, 1...looking down to see & its a boy!
baby boy on the nursery door!
In that exact same room this little boy will grow up and he will call this same house his home. We cannot wait for our upstairs projects to be completed and for the real fun to begin of bringing Baby Davis home!
Wilson is thrilled and as you can tell from Myers expression she's not so sure about being outnumbered by boys! Both love their cousin Braden though and will be thrilled to have their own baby at home!

As for the gender predictions/old wives tales...
Mayan Calendar...Girl
Chinese Calendar...Boy
Heart Rate...Girl
Morning Sickness...Girl
Eye "V" Test...Boy {i swear this is accurate!}
Gender Dreams...Boy {hilarious ones too}
they're really thrilled I promise! haha but they do put on a really good show!

Thursday, June 11

week 3 renovation recap

this week we have less to show in terms of photos, but lots of successes nonetheless!

  • bathroom vanity completed {thanks Sid}
  • paint colors have been decided for the upstairs & vanity {thanks Carrie!}
  • carpet has been selected, measured & ready to order for the new guest room
  • new back door ordered
  • new locks & knobs for exterior doors, on the way!
  • all bathroom fixtures have arrived
  • ...best of all...roof shingles are on & the crazy blue tarp is off! 
courtesy of Sid! our new bathroom vanity...in need of primer, paint & knobs! sink top is at the house!
new toilet, sink top, faucet, & shower hardware
some minor framing changes were made to get us back to our construction plan in the closet & office. the floor decking in the new guest room/office/closet have been put in place ready for insulation & sheetrock next week after electrical & framing inspections.
we also had the old guest room completely gutted...bye bye plaster...hello sheetrock! we have fresh insulation coming to the room and windows as well! it will be a new paradise! 
things that still need deciding/on my checklist...
  • new light fixtures for the front porch & top of our stairs landing
  • paint colors & fabrics/bedding for our master bedroom
  • front door & storm door color {5 swatches painted currently}
  • painter {comparing bids}
we cannot wait to keep this progress up! more to come next week! 

Thursday, June 4

week 2 renovation recap

We've had a lot of success this week HVAC & electrical are nearly complete and all necessary parts are in place! We've been updated that the project should be complete by early to mid July! Last week we mentioned that there was going to be rain this week and we lucked out {knock on wood} and had mainly dry days! Our framing is also almost finished minus a few tweaks!

Next to come is inspections & insulation followed by sheetrock! Can't wait until the bathroom starts too!
new HVAC chase coming up from the basement in our closet to add to the upstairs! 
beginning of the tear out of the old guest room! 
look at what we've got underneath!  
my new office!
closet framing starting!  
sweet electrician hard at work! can lights and ceiling fans are in! 
closet looking good {door needs to be widened though}
electrician rough in! 
new room from the back corner of the house! its crazy to think how small this room was before! 

Wednesday, May 27

week 1 renovation recap


for the next 10 days we have rain in our forecast...I am just so thankful that we have a very well installed tarp on our roof decking! we've had a great bit of progress including a large portion of the demo completed in the guest room. we've wondered for the last 5 years what is under the floor and behind the walls and what a treat {ha...} to find out! hopefully we can be equally productive with the threatening rain in the coming week!
this is where Joe's desk used to sit and the future closet!
Roof rafters yet to be raised but we're looking at the office/playroom! 
this little closet & nook are now gone!
hello roof rafters! its so nice to have a ceiling higher than 6 1/2 feet!