The New Plan

Time just keeps ticking away; and honestly, we just haven't been able to get over to Vance to work on the house much. Once school started back in August, our schedule got crazy. I went back to work for the first time since becoming a mom nearly 9 years ago...I coached a middle school volleyball team (conference champions, by the way - woohoo!!)...and the kids were involved this semester in ballet, soccer, and cross country. There's not much progress to report on; although, I do need to catch everyone up on the developments over the summer (floors, kitchen, trim - look for new posts soon).

The biggest update to report, though, is that we've switched gears and have a new plan! Since we've wasted so much time getting Vance finished, we ate up all of the time we planned to have it on the market to sell. Therefore, we're about to get ourselves into a sticky situation with two house payments. So we made the decision about a month ago to go ahead and sell our Browntown house (please click here to see listing) and move to Vance. So far the interest has been good!! We'll still keep Vance for sale and just move again one day to the next adventure!

I'm really excited about returning to the Highland Park neighborhood, living in an old house again, and being close to downtown. There's definitely been something about it that I've missed these last few years.

Looking for a new home?

1705 Vance Avenue in Chattanooga is officially FOR SALE.  The finishing details are currently in progress, but potential home buyers are welcome to come take a look now...

Interior Paint Colors & Light Fixtures

Back in the Spring, shortly after the sheetrock was hung all throughout the interior, hubby got in there and primed away.  It's a whole lot of work with very little visible result - but definitely an important step.  The all-white walls are prettier to look at than the sheetrock mud, though!

Primer on Master Bedroom Walls

Exterior Paint

If there was an award for the worst blogger, surely I'd receive it.  It's now two months later and I'm finally posting an update.  Back in early May our painting contractor finished up the exterior, and we are so pleased with the outcome!

Finished Sheetrock

This is a little redundant of the last post about hanging sheetrock.  But if you appreciate sheetrock after it's been mudded and sanded, then you'll enjoy these pictures we took after we came back in town from Spring Break.  It's was a lovely feeling to see this done.  Since then Andrew has been priming all the walls & ceilings.  Last week, our exterior painter spent a rainy day indoors spraying the ceilings and closets with the usual white paint.

Living Room

Hanging Sheetrock

This is where a total gut job of a renovation turns into a real home, at least in our opinion. I can always visualize the layout of a home by seeing its frame or on paper. but when the sheetrock is hung, it really comes to life! Right before we traveled for Spring Break, we popped in to take these pictures of all the rooms with their newly hung sheetrock.

Foyer from Front Door

Rough In Inspections Passed

These little cards make us very happy!  We were amazed how quickly the inspectors came through after the electric, plumbing, and HVAC rough in was complete. Our contractor was really on top of scheduling things to happen back to back.  I remember on our previous projects having to wait around for inspections.  This is back in early March.  Right after this the insulation went in...and then you know what's next...sheetrock!