it's beginning to look a lot like

a freaking hurricane hit my house.

We have officially reached the point in this process where things look a whole lot worse before they get better. The good news is we finished moving the plumbing to the island in the kitchen!! 

Sean has been hard at work trying to fix the atrocious electrical situation we inherited. It's bad. Really bad. 

So many wires everywhere! We are adding a lot of lighting to the house because there basically isn't any currently. It has been a real pain but hopefully worth it. I never knew how hard it would be to determine where to place lights but it's not easy! These are the times I wish my budget was twice as big so I could hire all the designers.

This week we should be able to get the drywall work done. The drywall in this house is really a wreck:

 ::shudder::

There is water damage, missing drywall, tape peeling up, and that funky texture. I am very excited that we are to the point in this project to fix the walls!! Hopefully by next week I will have some much prettier pictures to share!

help me pick some lights

This is the vanity I bought for the kids bathroom:

Isn't it cute? It was delivered yesterday and the actual color is a little bit more sea-foamy green. So now I need to pick some lighting for the bathroom. Help me decide! Here are some options I like:

option A

Option B

Option C

My first choice would be to actually have a can light above the vanity and then add two sconces on the wall flanking a mirror, but that would involve extra time and work sooo I'm settling for an overhead fixture. Which one do you like the best?

This is where it goes...

new windows!!!

When we first took possession of the house one of the first things we noticed was how unbelievably HOT it was inside. All those windows giving us that beautiful view of the lake were not doing us any favors. I even had the AC guys come out because I was sure the AC was not working properly. They say the AC works perfectly (I still have my serious doubts), but the single pane windows were really the culprit.

This is probably hands down the most expensive surprise to our budget. This is me when I got my first quote for $16,000:

Eventually I sucked it up and ordered the damn things. I found a company that manufactures the windows locally saved me $4k. Score.

And now feast your eyes on my new super expensive and hopefully totally worth it windows!!!

Before:

After:

Now to pick a paint color for the house to make this look a little better. And maybe some siding? So many choices!