Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Blinds

We bought blinds!  It was kind of an impulse thing one night right before bed.  Hubs saw a sale going on at JCPenney's, so we checked them out online and in addition to the sale, there was an extra 25% off the entire order.  Score!  So, we ordered two different types.  Bamboo for the morning room and cellular for the rest of the house, and all of them are cordless.  A few days after we ordered them, I was having some doubts that we ordered the correct size, so we swung by the house yesterday to take some measurements.  We had ordered 36x64, but the windows are about 35" at the top and some of them are close to 34.5" at the bottom.  Darn!  There's still another day to get the sale price, so I'm going to re-order them tonight.  The blinds came today, so I got one out of the box to make sure that I like the color and to measure it.  Love the color and the blinds are 35.5", so we're going to order the 35x64, which should be 34.5 wide and fit perfectly!

The sale price is awesome and free shipping!  For anyone that's been looking, here's what he paid:

Double Cellular Shades - Originally $110/piece, we paid $41.25/piece
Bamboo Roman Shades - Originally $82/piece, we paid $30.75/piece

Here are pics of what we ordered:

JCP Home Cordless Double Cellular Shade

Natural Woven Bamboo Cordless Roman Shade

 Now we need to make a decision on which refrigerator to buy...

*UPDATE:  It all seemed so easy, right?  Well, apparently, I didn't measure the blinds exactly and they're closer to 35.75", so they won't fit in the bottom of the window, but we're not positive, so we're going to order  both the 34" and 35" ones.  The other issue is the length. Even though they say 64" long, when pulled all the way down, they pull back up to about 58", so we might order the 72" length, just to be safe.  I can see why people have blinds custom measured!

Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Weeks 10, 11, 12

Time to play catch-up!  I feel like I haven't been up to see the house in a long time, but the hubs has been there regularly to see how everything is coming along and has been sending pics.  I'm so excited that the siding is done and can't wait to go see it in person. We've really been worrying about how everything will look, but i think we'll be happy. I think the hubs is a little iffy on the berry shutters, but I like them! It will definitely be one of the more colorful houses in the neighborhood.  It seems like there are a lot of white/yellow houses right now.







I love the brick accent and the extra roof tier with the garage extension!

Monday, November 11, 2013

Closing Scheduled

We finally got our closing date!  We've been asking for what seems like forever for a final date and have just been given ballpark weeks.  The final inspection on the house will be December 4th and we'll close on December 10th.  Can't see we're entirely thrilled with the long wait between the house being finished and closing, though.  If the house can be done this quickly, how long does it take to get the paperwork ready?  I feel like we've given NVR information on every aspect of our life, with the exception of maybe our kindergarten report cards.  Now I need to check on our storage units, because if we have to pay for an extra month, there will be some phone calls made.