Good news

Things are moving along in the house. My husband and I are toying with the idea of moving our family of 6 in when it is done. But before that decision can be made, we needed to make sure it was safe. The first thing we need to do is test the water. Considering no one has lived in the house in over 20 years, it was a factor we had to consider. Soo a couple of weeks ago I took a sample to submit to the lab. We got the results today and I am happy to say that the water is just a little hard but completely free of anything harmful and that makes us one step closer to our decision.  Next up? Finding the septic!  Lol 

Here's our results if you are interested!

And here's the acceptable numbers chart. 

As for what's up with the house, we are completely finished oft he dining room and have closed it off to keep dust out. We've been working hard on the attached living room (mostly my dad since I had taken a week off when friends were visiting)  All that needs to be done now is a second coat of paint on the walls and a bit of trim put up. In the dining room we settled on Benjamin Moores "Bunny Gray" but when it went on, although we liked it, it was a little two light. So we went a shade darker on the swatch to "Thundercloud" which I loved as soon as I saw it on the wall.  Here's a peek at the colors we chose for the rooms. 

A closer look at the color in both rooms. The dining room is so light that in the picture it looks almost white. 

So that's that. We are working hard and I think within the next few weeks we will have the entire downstairs finished!