Door love

Yesterday, our interior doors were installed. A friend of M's came to help (he owed her some hours for some work she did for him) and after they were in he said, some thing to the effect of, 'you know, this won't be good for Karen to see. Once the doors go up, everyone thinks moving in imminent.' He's partially right. It feels like we're so close, yet still so far.

Powder room door, installed w/o knobs

Ok, not the best photo, but you get the idea. 5 paneled doors all around.

I've been "moonlighting" as a painter at the house after work. When 5 o'clock comes around, I drive over, change my clothes and get to work. It's been fun and the audio book on my iPod helps! Last night I painted around the windows and doors in the main living areas (so M can trim them and we won't have to tape off the trim). I didn't do the big expanses b/c she's still planning to spray paint the trim and the living area is the biggest place to do so. We think there'll be a bunch of overspray, so I just stuck to around the openings that will get trim.

Here's a status for this week:
Guest bath: painted, tile in. Needs grout, flooring, fixtures, wainscotting, and all accessories (lighting, towel bars, etc).
Master bath: painted. Tile plan in place. Needs everything else.
Powder room: painted. Needs flooring, wainscotting, fixtures, all accessories.
Office: partially painted. Needs window trim, flooring, accent wall color
Mudroom: partially painted. Needs flooring, cabinetry, window trim, flooring
Laundry room: painted. Needs flooring, cabinets, appliances, window trim, everything.
Kitchen: needs cabinets (due week of August 6), flooring, countertops (back to debating this one), window trim, appliances, backsplash to be laid (tile is in).
Livingroom: needs window trim, paint, flooring, furniture.

Wow, it feels like a lot more work when you look at it this way. That's ok. We're making progress every day, even if just little bits. M has some other-people's tile jobs to do soon, and we've got some other irons in the fire, so we just keep chipping away as best we can.

I still hope to be in by Thanksgiving. How many days is that?