New House....Almost

We had our walk-thru inspection this morning and we are beyond thrilled and so excited.  I had no new pictures to post but really there is not much new to see until we get in there and change everything :-).  We were so hesitant to build again after our experience w/the builder in GA but this experience has been far less stressful and we are very satisfied thus far w/the final product...very much unlike our GA home.  That being said that doesn't mean we don't want to go through and put our personal touch on the property, which may seem odd for a brand new house but there are certain things that either builder didn't offer or his cost to high so we figured we would go in and do ourselves after we closed.   On the change list is we are taking out the carpet in some of rooms in the basement and replacing w/laminate, replacing the vinyl flooring in the master bath and kitchen w/tile as well as  adding a backsplash to the kitchen and wet bar areas.  We had the builder do the 2 hall baths w/tile as the cost wasn't too outrageous but the cost to put tile in the kitchen and master bath were about 4 x what we could do it for ourselves so that is our first DIY project we will be doing. We are also painting the entire interior the builder only offers to shades of white so we hired a painter to paint all the common spaces a nice taupe color while we will paint all the bedrooms, dining room and play room w/different fun colors.  Also a first for us is we will be adding some wall paper to the back wall of the master bedroom for a feature wall.  The last major project we have is adding crown molding, chair rail and wainscoting to different spaces in the house.  So excited to make these changes as I think it will really warm the place up and make it feel even more like HOME!!!!  Other smaller projects including, epoxying the garage floor, hanging ceiling fans and window treatments.  Not sure how long it will take to get everything done but we will prioritize and do one project at a time and thankfully we have reinforcements coming in...Chad's parents are coming  for a week to help coral the rug rats while Chad and I focus on our house projects.  Moving weekend is officially 12-14 May and  there is no flexibility on that day as we have renters moving into the condo on the 15th so I guess we best get to work LOL.  I'm sure i will have lot of pictures and updates to share along the way....wish us luck on all our DIY projects :-)