We were gone on vacation from June 5th till June 9th. Earlier that week the laundry room floors were installed.
Laundry tiles "waiting" to be grouted.
The day we left to Orlando the hardwood floors were being put down. I went by the apartment and was able to capture this photo.
I love, love, love the floors!! Even though the color is mostly light, it's got some dark variations, and I think that adds some character to it!
While we were gone, our job site superintendent kept us posted through text messages, so we know that the floors were finished on Wednesday, the ceilings were mudded and sanded some more on Thursday and painted on Friday. Also all the can lights, ceiling fans, light fixtures and outlet covers were installed while we were away.
We got back Sunday afternoon and were ready to do some cleaning to get the place ready for our move on tuesday - June 11th. However, we were a little disappointed to find the place still kind of a mess. All the floors were still covered and there was construction materials everywhere. Also, the ceilings looked like they still were gonna need some more mudding, sanding and painting. All we could do that evening was clean the kitchen and the bathroom from all the awful drywall dust! I sealed the kitchen and guest bathroom with plastic so I wouldn't have to clean it again after the ceiling touch ups.
Monday evening (June 10th) when we go to the apartment Jerry and I joined Will (the superintendent) in cleaning the floors. We swept , vacuumed and mopped them with PineSol. Jerry's little HEPA vacuum was so handy!
We used Mineral Spirits to remove some of the glue on the floors, but there's still a lot to be "picked".
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| Will "picking" glue off the floors |
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| Jerry sweeping our Master Bedroom |
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| Our Master suite. Love the tree out the window! |
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| Dining Room |
Tuesday (June 11th) was our move day! The moving guys brought all of our stuff from the storage unit in Karns into our apartment in almost exactly 3 hours!
Although the move itself went super smoothly, the situation inside the apartment while the move was going on was a bit messy and crowded. The sheet rock guys were mudding and sanding the ceilings some more as the movers were bringing the furniture and boxes in.
Notice the dust floating around. FUN!!
So as they were bringing our stuff inside, I was going around behind them covering our furniture with plastic.
And the pictures below show a little bit what we were left with. Actually, there were way more boxes piled up, but I forgot to take more pictures. It's hard to turn your "reporter/documentarist" side on when you are worried about your furniture and dishes making it all in one piece!
And on the same morning we had our washer and dryer AND our guest bedroom furniture set delivered as well!
There's still a lot to do in the laundry room, but at least we have our washer and dryer now!!
Guest bedroom in all its messy glory!!!
As you can imagine we spent the rest of the week unboxing things and trying to place our furniture approximately at their final "resting" positions.
We also started hanging pictures on the walls and that has really helped the place feel a little bit more like a "homy" home.
Here's a sneak peek of our living room now:
The only thing still missing now is our trim. For some reason (I really don't know why) the trim people have been really behind. They came for the first time yesterday (June 19th) and did all the measurements of crown molding and baseboards. They cut all the pieces and put up crown in the guest bedroom. I am hoping they can finish the entire place by the end of this week, so we can paint the trim, touch up the walls and start relaxing in our new home sweet home!
