We spent all day yesterday in Kalispell. We got more paint to finish up the interior painting. As I told the employees at Sherwin-Williams, I really like them but I hope not to see them again until spring :) We also have chosen our tile and carpet. We brought several sample boards home after working with Ed at Masterpiece One. He was very knowledgeable, friendly, and helpful in finding what we were looking for. Tomorrow we'll talk with Matt who is going to set the tile in the master bath and go over what goes where, so the tile order can be placed for there, my studio floor, and a kitchen back splash (probably just a 6"). If we can get the order in by Tuesday afternoon, it'll be on a truck out of Dallas and up here by the end of the week. Ed will be coming out, hopefully sometime this week, to measure for carpet upstairs and in the master bedroom. We stopped by Adoornment to order door hardware, but Annie was not there (We found out they are open on Saturday by appointment only.) We also accomplished a front-end alignment on the Beetle at Les Schwab, grocery shopping at Rosauer's, a look at peel-and-stick-tiles at Home Depot for the storage room (we've decided against those, we'll use the leftover wood from the floors downstairs), birthday gift shopping for a special little guy at Target, and a stop at Costco. The last stop was at the new wood-fired pizza restaurant, Bullman's, at Hutton Ranch. It was very good pizza, service could use a little polish, and they don't get their beer and wine license for another 2 weeks...but I'd go back.
Our cabinets are promised for Tuesday or Wednesday and we've rescheduled Woody from Distinctive Countertops in Kalispell to do the templates on Thursday. (Which reminds me we need to take our stove out there on Wednesday!) Once the templates are done, the counter tops should only take about 2 weeks!
And me...I've got one (hopefully, not two!) more coat of paint in the stairwell, John's office, and the bonus space...two coats on the theatre walls (ceiling and slopes are done)...two coats in the master bedroom (vaulted ceiling is done), one coat in the master closet and one coat in the powder room.
We need to install the electric heating mats in the master bedroom and studio to keep that tile warm! Install the tile studio floor. The furnace needs to be hooked up. The 2 water heaters need to be installed. Interbel has put the connection on the outside of the house for phone, they need to come back and do the inside work. As soon as the phone lines are working we are going to call Montanasky and change our ISP. (Having some complicated issues with DSL Interbel service.) We'll need to get the satellite people out to install a dish (yuck, I am really gonna hate having that thing hanging on my house).Matt will install all the window and door trim and the baseboards and, I guess, the doors. John and I are installing a wood paneled wall along 2 sides of the mud room area. I need to get those stained! I'm sure there's a million other things to do, too.