Hurry Up and Wait — Southmore Project

I am hopeful about our house every day. Some days that hope is stronger than others, but I never regret buying the house or any of the work that we have put into it.

I can picture our living room as a finished and decorated space. I peruse Ikea and CB2 for rugs and couches. I search almost daily to find the perfect bed frame and have resigned myself to the likelihood that I probably will not ever find something that is truly irreplaceable. I imagine the second bedroom as a guest room or nursery. I try and imagine where the most ideal location would be to put Sebastian's crate.

I am still able to imagine a future in a house that has no move-in date, and I have only started to realize that it is okay. Working with contractors is a notoriously harrowing ordeal. In a perfect world we are their only client, but in the real world they have multiple jobs running at once. We can hound the plumber to finish as quickly as possible, but then the tile guys still won't be able to work on the bathroom for two weeks. Finally able to get the drywall company to come hang everything, but they still can't get the taping and floating crew to start until next week. I have always respected James, but the frustration of acting as general contractor and the calm way in which he interacts with each specialist has given me an even greater (if possible) respect for the man. This project would be further behind than it already is if it weren't for him.

We are incredibly excited about the drywall, though, despite the setbacks in finishing it. For too long the progress on our house has been difficult for others to grasp. We have improved the house drastically so far to be sure, but all of the improvements have been behind walls and through gaping holes in ceilings. Now that drywall has been hung, we have more structure to the house. The holes in the ceilings are hidden, the master suite has walls, and the house is finally starting to look as good as we know it to be.

This master suite is going to be super cool!

Peering through the closet into a future bathroom

It's really amazing to see this space closed in. This small master bath is going to be perfect for us.