A break for a few days...

We've been hard at it evenings & weekends since July 16th.  
However, this week, our family is exhibiting livestock at the Pope County Fair Thursday through Saturday. Next week is a business trip to Minnesota & then a surgery for my Mom.  

So, OCD-Christy will have a 4 day and then a 5 day 'break' from working on the house.  You regular folks are saying "Whew, how wonderful" - the other old-house-ers are saying "Oh dear, how will you survive" (In case you hadn't figured me out yet - I'm the latter).  In anticipation of this emotional period - yesterday I did a walk through of each room & wrote down everything that needs to be done before move in.  
(Of course, keep in mind that the to-do-list and the to-buy-list and the repair-list and the 'plan' are all existing lists...but now there is a room by room version...doing a list from scratch & then comparing it to the other lists is essential for Virgos...be patient with us.  And, if I do say so myself, it's a pretty darn good list!)

We'll be counting on our 3rd party contractors to be doing all work while I'm off on other adventures - CM Construction is finishing  up the wood replacement & has started sanding & priming...picking a color is coming soon (oh, the pressure).  They are fixing some windows and installing a door where there's just a piece of insulation now.  Also flipping the front porch poles over...they are upside down (picture below).  We also have a fella that is going to patch-up the insulation on the ducting under the house.  It was on my 'to-do' list, but I'm not too game for insulation-scratching nor the under-the-house-area...he was affordable & has done a good job on a couple other items - give him a call if you need just about anything done in the Little Rock area:  Henley's Home Repair 501-747-4473 (found him on Craig's List - http://littlerock.craigslist.org/sks/3233997551.html).

In the kitchen, we finished the tearout & got the lower cabinets installed.  The countertops are on backorder as of yesterday & won't be arriving until 2nd week of October - yikes.  So they are sending me a sample so we can pick kitchen backsplash & flooring.  Checkout this funky wallpaper that was originally in the kitchen that we found.  Pretty vintage!  Unfortunately it's not saveable...BUT I did find replacement wallpaper on Etsy!

Thanks for looking!
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The original wallpaper found in our kitchen

Vintage Wallpaper online