Another week has gone by and our new gutters from Leaf Guard were installed. Of course this wasn't done without some drama. Robert from Ideal Building received a call from the installer to let him know that there would be over a $1000 increase in cost due to the need to install additional backing for the gutter system. Robert went to bat for us and held Leaf Guard to their bid that they provided to us a couple of weeks ago. The issue was escalated and Robert still held his ground even after they came back with trying to meet half way in cost. So, we were very happy to hear that Leaf Guard finally retreated and honored our original bid price.

This week also saw the delivery of our new slider for our TV room. We had to leave it outside of the garage for two reasons: 1) We still have a lot of stuff in the existing garage and 2) The new garage was going to be painted -- so we left it outside knowing that it will be installed on Tuesday of next week.

Speaking of painting the new garage - we asked that that the garage be painted a simple white as Gary and I plan to paint our old garage later this year as well. Now that it is painted, we will start to move our old kitchen cabinets into this area as they will become the new workbench.

I completely forgot to mention last week that we got our 2nd replacement for our Vanity Light and Gary and I hung it up. It is looking great and we are excited to get the new mirror along with the shower door in a couple of weeks.

Finally, a big issue this week for us is the planning of our next remodel project. We hope to start the Living Remodel in a few weeks which will include a new fireplace, painting both the living room and dining room and replacing all the trim in this room. After going back and forth on stone options, we have decided to do something like this picture. Using River Rock, we are going to go all the way to the ceiling along with a hearth that will incorparate a slab on stone. The mantle will be made will be made from a log to really tie into our lodge theme for the house.

Now we have to decide on whether we want to prep the new fireplace with electrical and cable outlets, should we decide to one day put a flat panel television in that room... Fun!