Painting and drywall and tiles, oh my!

Mike and I just got back from an AMAZING trip out west for our Hot/Cold Mundy Mountainous Adventure.

We went from this:

A nice hike in Tucson in 80-degree weather!

To this:

Skiing in Vail in 20-degree snowy weather with 30 MPH wind!

But it was a great trip. Of course, when we planned it, we thought our house was going to be done February 1st! We had no idea we would be in the thick of decisions and progress. But it was great to get back to Baltimore, and see this:

A beautifully painted facade! Love the darker blue accent - definitely the best looking house on the block!

And it gets even better! We knew that we when came home, the house would be dry-walled. Mike kept warning me that I should temper my expectations, because the drywall may make it feel smaller, or it may not be all the way done, etc. Luckily, we were THRILLED walking in! It felt more like a real house, not smaller at all. We are in LOVE with the coffered ceiling downstairs and tray ceiling in the master.

Look at that cute smile on Mike's face! And the beautiful coffered ceilings!

 

Another view of the ceilings

 

Even the basement didn't feel tight - super exciting!

 

I'm still obsessed with the bay window in the master - and look at the tray ceiling!

 

They started tiling yesterday; I can't WAIT to see it! We also had to pick a color family for them to prime for interior painting (our contract only allows us to paint the whole house one color). We chose a light gray for the whole house. Hopefully we get to experiment with a few shades before settling - that would be a huge mistake to pick the wrong color!

We also put our house up for rent starting May 15th. If you know of anyone looking for a rental house in a great location with the BEST landlords around...pass this along! http://baltimore.craigslist.org/apa/3696402622.html

We were a little bit bummed that we had to rent it starting May 15. We thought we'd be able to get a full months rent for May, but the current schedule has a completion date of April 26th. If that schedule slides just a little bit...we could be in trouble. So we're hesitantly playing it safe...but boy that extra money would be nice!! :)

I'll post again this weekend, when I get some good pictures of our TILE!! Woo-hoo!!