We are in. That’s right, after a long weekend of working to button up the details, the city gave us the green light to occupy our home. Inhabitable and finished are distinctly different but for now, inhabitable feels pretty darn good, especially when it comes on Christmas Eve.

Ross our HVAC guy from Creative Air worked over the weekend and was on site very early on Monday to ensure that everything went smoothly when the city came to inspect his portion of work for our temporary certificate. But even after that was completed and signed off on he was courteous enough to stay and help myself and Corey from Benedict and Associates install and hook up our fridge and freezer. I can’t say enough how fortunate we have been that the sub-contractors that Benedict and Assocates uses have been so great. it certainly has been crucial in getting us to where we are today.

The last big item on the punch list to get our final certificate of occupancy is the completion of our siding, which looks to be finished in the first few weeks of January. The next few weeks looked to be packed full of finishing details and coordinating the moving of our property from both our storage unit as well as our townhouse. although I am sure that these will still be stressful times the end is clearly insight and it feels really good.

As we worked late Saturday night to clean up the downstairs we had our first chance to enjoy the evening sunset out the downstairs living room windows.

the lights in our stairwell may be my favorite. They look a bit like 1000’s of paper clips fastened together to make a ball but their sparkle give off a very festive feeling.

I finished laying the last few pieces of the birch plywood flooring in the upstairs living area and I have to say I am pretty pleased with how it looks. No we need to sand and poly it with two more coats before it’s complete.

The bathrooms are up and working and just need the final cabinet doors and mirrors to complete the rooms. I think these are my favorite sinks ever. I was worried for a moment that the water would splash every where but when the faucets were turned on, this was not an issue.

I love how rich our kitchen cabinets look contrasted against the sleek, stainless steel, industrial look of our Electrolux Icon appliances.

This photo sums up how our life has felt over the past month — one big blur.

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