Yes, I’m still alive. I’m actually sitting in the new house as we speak. It’s after midnight and we just sat down from a VERY long day. We decided to spend our first night here tonight. Still a few projects being wrapped up.. but we are almost there. I’m not completely back up and running just yet. I’ve got the laptop out but everything else is boxed up until construction in the studio is finished. In the meantime I’m slowly trying to return all emails so bare with me. :)

Thank you so much to everyone for all of the sweet comments and messages about the house. I’ll try to answer a few of the questions I saw.. sorry if I left anything out.. I’m doing this from memory.. so if I missed yours, just shoot me an email.

The downstairs floor is stained concrete. The stain is called “Cola” and was purchased from C&C Rental in Paris. Our painters (John Simmons) did the staining. I don’t know much about the process of stained concrete but we LOVE them. I’ve known I’ve wanted them for years. They did an amazing job on them too. They are perfect.

The pot wrack/light above the island in the kitchen was purchased from Lowes.

The backsplash in the kitchen is old metal ceiling tiles purchased from an Antique store. The painters are putting a clear coat so the rust won’t flake off.

The cabinet’s were built by Lunar Woodworks in Reno.

Jason Moore is our contractor and did a lot of the building as well. He is awesome!!

YES! I will try to get some pictures once we are completely unpacked. :) We’ve been working like crazy so I’m really hoping that won’t take TOO long. It’s so exciting to see each room.. that I’ve had pictured in my mind for SO long finally come together exactly like I had imagined.

I did manage to sneak my desktop out and finished off a few sessions so I hope to have several new blog posts up soon! Hope everyone has an awesome Thanksgiving and gets to spend LOTS of time with your families.. AND if you are daring to venture out on Black Friday.. beee careful!!! I think I’ll stick to doing my black friday shopping online!!! ;)