Building the Lodge: Prepping for Move In – Keeping Up With the Allens

The time has finally arrived for us to get ready to move into The Lodge!

Our builder must have called in a lot of favors last week because the house is nearly done. As of Monday, most of the trades wrapped up and closed up their job at The Lodge. There are still a lot of really little things to get done, along with a few not-so-little things, and come this weekend, it seems like it’ll be ready for us!

Last weekend Alex rented a 6’x12′ Uhaul and we filled it with all of the boxes from our house. We had expected to make two trips back and forth to bring all of the boxes. Much to our surprise, Alex’s tetris’ skills saved the day and we fit everything in the first load.

The purpose of Alex’s trip was to bring all of the boxes to the house, stay the night and receive the first and main furniture delivery from Room & Board. So much had been done since I had seen the house the week prior! Check it out:

{The bunk room – we really wanted individual lights for all four bunks.}

{One of the most exciting places in the house: the private master bathroom toilet!}

{This is the kids room on the main floor. We’re going to keep them upstairs while they’re still so little. Once they get older we’ll move them down to the bunk room.}

{Before heading back on Monday Alex put together Hannah’s crib and Ben’s toddler bed so that they’re ready for them when we arrive next time!}

{Laundry room! I’m pretty excited about the storage and the hanging rod for line drying clothes. Opposite this view is a utility sink. We don’t have a utility sink in our primary home and I am so excited for one! The little things…}

{The cleaners came while Alex was there today – spick & span!}

{Most of the light fixtures have been installed – a lot of them were put in while Alex was there so some photos are not up-to-date}

{And then they took the paper off of the floors. I really have no words for the sheer beauty of these floors. I just can’t wait to see them in person!}

The next time we go up there it will be together as a family to move in for real. It’s going to be a long process, I can tell, and we are so ready!