We PASSED!

We passed our final inspection on the first try -- something almost unheard of around here and very exciting for all of us. The house was like an anthill today with lots of trades bustling around to get ready for the inspection. I was there installing the last couple of light fixtures in the rooms where we redid the wiring. Molly's chandelier looks really nice in her room, although she will be the first one to know if there is an earthquake, because the pieces hanging down from the light make a musical noise when they move and they are on a flexible piece of wire, so they will sway with the house in an earthquake. I put a super cheap fixture in Emily's room, since I have her fixture on order.



Without all the stuff covering the counter tops, the kitchen is back to looking like a real kitchen. I had forgotten how beautiful the counter tops are. The dishwasher is installed and the refrigerator is on -- all that is left is to install the stove, which they will do tomorrow now that the gas is back on.



The water has been turned on as well. Jake's faucet selection, shown below, is totally awesome! The touch technology really works. As long as you leave the faucet on, you can turn it on and off by touching the top, which will make clean up with messy hands really great.



Todd finished installing all the baseboards today, and the painters are coming tomorrow to finishing painting the trim and stain the base shoe that goes around the cabinets. Todd and Matt are going to put on all the cabinet hardware tomorrow, rehang the doors and just start making it look like a house. We still won't have all the door knobs, but at least we'll have doors. I am starting to walk around the house and look at it like a house, rather than just the different parts that I have been focusing on all these months. We are all getting really excited to move in soon! I'll do a virtual tour of the house on the blog after it has all been cleaned. Next stop, finishing the casita!