#32 - I think I'm Gonna Let 'Er Go
BIG NEWS ON THE HOME FRONT!
The county inspector just left and WE HAVE OCCUPANCY!
We can move into our house now! We have many, many loose ends to tie up, but we're officially officially allowed to use our house as a dwelling place. The upstairs is completely finished and can now (officially) have guests. (We've had 4 sets of unofficial overnight guests already since May, I'm a hard-core rule follower; however, when we have finished space that is OURS, that is BOUGHT AND PAID for, and we need a comfortable place for guests to lay their heads...they're going upstairs in the fresh new place and not cramming into Legoland (i.e. Ezra's room) like we normally have guests do. It's a matter of the letter of the law vs. the intent of the law. And we rolled with it.)
I'm off to get the kids from school here shortly, but I'd just like for you to see the condition as of today. These are just some quick shots off of my cell phone camera, but there you have it! My favorite part of the whole thing is our fancy stair railing! We aren't ready to install the decorative forever railing, so we just needed something that follows code and prevents humans from falling through. Matt fashioned this masterpiece last night.
The inspector even chuckled a little and said it was a good idea. And now that our inspection has passed, we get to move in AND we can arrange to receive our final check from the bank! I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. It's been such a great adventure to get to this final inspection.
I immediately felt like I needed to watch a slideshow set to music to commemorate the passing of time. Photo slideshows set to music are my love language. I love them so. I do not like to cry, but am always willing to let that slide if the payoff is the treat of watching a slideshow of still photos of human faces with some Louis Armstrong, Bryan Adams or Any Country Singer from '95-'07 playing in the background. It's the best kind of torture ever.
You know what else is the best kind of torture ever. Temporary solutions.
We have snow fence in our stairwell, and an oven in a closet. Boy oh boy, this is NOT WHO I AM! WHAT HAVE WE BECOME? (I didn't even know it was called snow fence until yesterday, I thought it was "orange construction mesh") and here we are...with orange construction mesh decor. Don't look for us in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine because we definitely won't be there. But it gets the job done!
(I should have thought to at least spray paint the snow fence black. That could be really cool. Trend alert?)
When the inspector entered he said, "Let's see how close we are..." After he looked around he uttered those 7 beautiful words, "I think I'm gonna let 'er go."
We'll take it!
The county inspector just left and WE HAVE OCCUPANCY!
We can move into our house now! We have many, many loose ends to tie up, but we're officially officially allowed to use our house as a dwelling place. The upstairs is completely finished and can now (officially) have guests. (We've had 4 sets of unofficial overnight guests already since May, I'm a hard-core rule follower; however, when we have finished space that is OURS, that is BOUGHT AND PAID for, and we need a comfortable place for guests to lay their heads...they're going upstairs in the fresh new place and not cramming into Legoland (i.e. Ezra's room) like we normally have guests do. It's a matter of the letter of the law vs. the intent of the law. And we rolled with it.)
I'm off to get the kids from school here shortly, but I'd just like for you to see the condition as of today. These are just some quick shots off of my cell phone camera, but there you have it! My favorite part of the whole thing is our fancy stair railing! We aren't ready to install the decorative forever railing, so we just needed something that follows code and prevents humans from falling through. Matt fashioned this masterpiece last night.
The inspector even chuckled a little and said it was a good idea. And now that our inspection has passed, we get to move in AND we can arrange to receive our final check from the bank! I don't know if I want to laugh or cry. It's been such a great adventure to get to this final inspection.
I immediately felt like I needed to watch a slideshow set to music to commemorate the passing of time. Photo slideshows set to music are my love language. I love them so. I do not like to cry, but am always willing to let that slide if the payoff is the treat of watching a slideshow of still photos of human faces with some Louis Armstrong, Bryan Adams or Any Country Singer from '95-'07 playing in the background. It's the best kind of torture ever.
You know what else is the best kind of torture ever. Temporary solutions.
We have snow fence in our stairwell, and an oven in a closet. Boy oh boy, this is NOT WHO I AM! WHAT HAVE WE BECOME? (I didn't even know it was called snow fence until yesterday, I thought it was "orange construction mesh") and here we are...with orange construction mesh decor. Don't look for us in Better Homes and Gardens Magazine because we definitely won't be there. But it gets the job done!
(I should have thought to at least spray paint the snow fence black. That could be really cool. Trend alert?)
The temporary banister
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| Master Bedroom |
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| Master bedroom. Closet on the left, bathroom on the right |
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| upstairs looking out the dormer window |
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| Upstairs |
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| standing in new master looking into the old master. (our house is in such limbo right now that I'm not even ashamed of the disaster that is all of the rooms in our house.) |
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| Standing in the old master looking into the new one. The wood floor is the new master, the tile floor is the laundry room. The room off in the background is the family room. |
When the inspector entered he said, "Let's see how close we are..." After he looked around he uttered those 7 beautiful words, "I think I'm gonna let 'er go."
We'll take it!
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