Drywall and other bits

We've been busy again! This weekend, we took the boys to pick out paint colors for their rooms, then painted big pieces of paper to see if we actually liked the colors. We also pulled out the paint that we like from our current house to show Val and Pete. Some colors weren't right, so we have more paint picking to do -- hopefully Hayden (age 13) and I can get this done on Friday, when he doesn't have school.

On Monday, Bryan and I confirmed and ordered our appliances --  thankfully, not too much had changed in the 10 months since we picked and priced our appliances. On the same day, a representative from Globe Lighting (where we're purchasing our lighting) walked through the house with Val to double-check all our lighting. Today, Bryan and I met with our gal in the store to answer the questions raised at this walk-through. And we thought we were done with lighting! Hopefully, we are now. I visited the house with a few specific lighting questions in mind (How much track lighting goes over the stairs? Would a different kind of light be better in the pantry? Does the layout of the track lighting in the great room work?), answered the questions, and got a peek at our new drywall and sound insulation at the same time.

Drywall changes the whole atmosphere.

This is our regular insulation: high-density cellulose, which includes a mishmash of recycled paper. If we ever need to change a wall, the insulation guys can come suck the insulation out of the walls, then blow it back in.
Eternally reusable, and already recycled!

This is sound insulation, which we have between most of the downstairs and the upstairs.
(This is the downstairs guest room, right below the master bedroom.) We also have sound insulation between the powder room and great room upstairs.

Progress toward siding continues.

Siding and drywall continue this week and next week, and next week we also get tile in our master bathroom. We love visible progress! We still need to make one more trip to IKEA to order some vanities and cabinet facing for the island in the kitchen/great room; that will go on next week's to-do list ...