The "Home Stretch"

Our home was delayed ... again.  Eric, you told me so - happy?!  We're planning on closing this Wednesday (hopefully Tuesday afternoon) and I'll take a day off the day following to get everything out to the house.  Our boxes and furniture here at home, a healthy dose of new furniture from IKEA, and a sofa from the RC Willey warehouse.  We're expecting the Certificate of Occupancy on Monday - the final timing of everything will come down to how quickly we can get things wrapped up with our lender.

Anyway, we found ourselves with a second additional weekend to get some home improvement work done at the new digs before we move in.  This weekend the main event was the kitchen backsplash!  The picture that came out best for "how it all really looks" is the one of the counter next to the fridge.  Leila chose a pairing of stainless steel and dark blue glass. It was a fun project.  After we're moved in, we'll apply the finishing caulk around all the edges. We purchased the materials just over a month ago - it was good to finally get it all installed.

I purposefully included a picture of the ceiling to showcase the surround speaker mounts I installed this weekend as well. :)  Since our patio concrete was poured incorrectly, we had it cut back to allow for more grass area in the spring.  There will be a good place for a gas grill, and a patio set.  We're already looking for ideas.  Just hoping now that we don't have to wait much longer for spring and summer to come around.

Enjoy the pics!

Leila using the grout bag on the tile behind the stove.

This one came out the best for how the countertops and backsplash tiles really look.

So yeah, we're a little happy about how our kitchen has turned out.  You should come and see it sometime!

Here are the two speaker mounts I put in for our surround sound.

This is our backyard - it's a pretty good plot of land to have fenced in to ourselves for a townhouse.  They'll put in the lawn come springtime.  We've got the gas line right next to the A/C unit that we'll be hooking up a BBQ to for the summer.  Much better than having to deal with the propane tanks!   (BBQ yet to be acquired) ;)