Update...

So... last night I came home from work and painted the pantry...
Beautiful!!! and only $5 from Home Depot's OOOPPPS paint :)

Then Steve and I tried out the Brown Bag treatment that we want to use on the walls. I think it's going to be pretty easy and look pretty amazing.

We are working on getting the kitchen cabinets on order but with the angles of the house they have to be custom made and all things must be double checked (a couple of times) ..

This week our lady contractor (Emily) has been busy under the house adding floor joists to resupport where needed.

OH!! we also scored on some fabulous Bruce natural T&G floor.... Saved ourselves about $3000. :) (15sf per box at a regular retail of $45 per box and our cost ended up being a mere $7 per box)

There is also the issue of the sloping floor by the sliding glass door and these tiles were also clearanced out from $2.75 a square to a mere $1.61 and I got to use my Lowes coupon at Home Depot which is hugely satisfying. On a side note... my husband exercised his power of veto on the tile in the picture above and it is in the back of my car to be returned to Home Depot... I guess you can't have everything in life.. :) I do love that man..

The tile will be a tribute to the vinyl that we will tear out in the bathrooms as it is the same shape.

Things should go pretty quickly from here. The drywall was the biggest hurdle in my opinion and I am not looking forward to ever finishing drywall again.