Building the The Woods and Ivy Cottage – Update

I owe you guys an update on The Woods and Ivy Cottage.  If you don’t follow on social media, you would have no clue what is going on.  So I thought you needed an update and get up to speed on the happenings.  I shared when the contractors had the walls up and the roof on, but that was the last time. Things are moving right along… not fast enough for us, but they are moving.  ????

Building the Woods and Ivy Cottage

What is done!

The contractors have gotten so much done on the Woods and Ivy Cottage in the last several weeks. They finished the siding and roof.  And this past week, they wrapped and trimmed out the porch columns.  We are hoping to get the ceiling fans and lighting for the porch delivered this week so they can hang them.  If not, we will do it.

They hung drywall and they are currently working on mudding and taping.  Once the drywall is sanded, they will be spraying primer on the walls and ceiling getting ready for us to paint.  The furnace guys are supposed to start and finish this week so that will be good.

What they have to do yet INSIDE the cottage:

Prime walls and ceilings

Finish the electrical 

Install furnace

Hang interior doors – bedroom and bedroom closet, bath, mechanical room

When it’s our turn….

Once it’s out turn to take over, we will, of course, start by hanging a few chandeliers.  ????   It’s what we do.  This is something we have done in every single flip house so we aren’t going to stop now.  Hanging a gorgeous light fixture and burning a candle gives us energy and creativity.  After at least ONE light, we will be painting the walls. I’m unsure yet what color.  I’m leaning towards SW Pure White which is the same color we used in the camper.  I love the color, but haven’t completely decided.  It’s something I need to hurry up on because I’m hoping to be painting in the next week or so.

After that…

Flooring

Trim and paint around windows, doors, baseboards

Installing the kitchen cabinets, sink, faucet, etc

Installing the bathroom fixtures, etc

Fireplace mantel and wall

Add our fun touches.

I’m sure I am forgetting something but stay tuned for all of the updates here on my site.  I plan on sharing EVERYTHING here.. including our choice of flooring that we JUST ORDERED and why we chose what we did.

UPDATE ON THE WOODS