Moving Along

I know its been a while since I've updated. At this point, it is getting hard to get pictures that do the house justice. Here is a list of what has gone in recently: most of the plumbing fixtures, bathroom mirrors, and the wood floors (should be finished today or tomorrow). The butcher block countertop for the island is going in tomorrow. The cabinet and door hardware, along with the bathroom accessories, are also going in this week. The awning was put on yesterday, but it is basically horizontal at the moment. They should be fixing it soon. Once they do, I'll put a picture up. At the moment, you can't really tell anything is there until you are right under it. Not exactly what I was going for, especially since I sprung for copper. Other than that, there isn't much left to do. The appliances need to be installed, the painter comes back to finish up, the garage door, carpet and then the yard/fence. I can't wait for everyone to see it.

Hall Bath. Once the cabinet knobs are in, I'll put a new pic.


Vanity in Master Bath.


Second Vanity in Master Bath

The foyer light. This thing is about 3 times bigger than I expected. I love it, but it is a statement. Good thing it is right next to the pink office.

Countertops

Yesterday, the countertops went in. I only took one picture while I was there, and it is of the kitchen sink. The cabinets actually look pretty good with the granite, but I still think the glazing needs to be toned down. The bathrooms look great, but there is still plastic sheeting over the countertops. I want to remove it, but I think I will wait for all the workers to finish destroying the place before I do that. I will be going back tomorrow and I'll probably take more pictures then.

Lights...

So, this week started off well. The mantle is up now. Demco finally ran the underground electrical line. That means the driveway and sidewalk will be poured next week. I need to come up with how I want all of that done -- I know I don't want a solid mass of concrete in the front. If anyone has suggestions, send them my way. The tile went in, the gutters went up (or maybe that was last week). Either way, things were going well. Until the lights. Which I should have known were going to involve a little drama. The sales lady has been flaky since the day after I met with her -- when she was supposed to send me an estimate, which I finally got 2 weeks later. Should. Have. Known. Really, everything is pretty much okay now, but there was a moment when I had to quickly run to Notoco and get all new ceiling fans, light kits, and downrods (except the one in the living room). The pendant light over the sink in the kitchen is on backorder. It is really cute, so I'm bummed about that. Still, I'm glad it is that light instead of something like the dining or foyer lights. That would stink! One of the vanity lights for the master bath is not at the house, but I am hoping either we over looked it or it somehow didn't make it on the truck today. Anyway, some of the lights have gone up. I'll be going out there tomorrow at some point to see the rest of the progress. See for yourself...


Another picture of the office. Better view. The office will have wood floors, just another element that will warm it up (along with the second coat of paint)


Ceiling fans that are in the spare bedrooms


Tile in the Master Bath. Honestly, I had narrowed it down to this one and a different one. I thought I went with the other one, but this one is darker so it probably worked out for the best -- we all know I'm not the quickest to clean floors.


Dining Room light. It is one of my favorite -- along with my foyer light, but it isn't up yet.

Outside fan. The beadboard on the ceiling will be stained when the painter comes back.


The latest view of the front -- gutters.


The front lights.

The mantle. It still needs to be stained, but I love it! The outlet has since been moved to be on the mantle. A little communication breakdown there. But it has been fixed.

Blush, Bashful, and Begonia

Will my office look like it has been hosed down with Pepto-Bismal when all is said and done? Maybe. I'm okay with that. Things are continuing to move along at the house. The painter has been very busy the last week. I love the colors, although they do not show up well on camera. I think the pictures make the rooms look pretty grey, but they are really more of a green shade. Just something you have to see in person. And after tonight, you'll have to get in through me (or someone else with a key). Too many people have been stopping by to help themselves to a look around. Oh, and a few buckets of paint. I went to Lowe's today at lunch to buy temporary locks to keep the lil' bad kids out.

The painter was doing a few 'samples' of the cabinets for me. Apparently that meant he was going to paint ALL of the cabinets and then see what I thought of the finishes. Guess he just really likes to paint. Or likes the fumes. Who knows? That said, I was not crazy about the way the kitchen cabinets came out. So, eventually, the finish on the kitchen cabinets will be toned down a little, and the island will certainly not stay red.

The front door has been stained. Exciting! For me.


My bedroom and bath.



Kitchen. Mighty glare. The crown molding isn't up every where in the kitchen yet. The color looks really good with the cypress cabinets.


The island really throws me off but the point really is the wall color.


The kitchen cabinets (right now). They will be toned down. Right now they remind me of something that would be in Miss Havisham's house.



Master Bath. The spare bedrooms are the same color.



Master Bath. I wish the color showed up better.


Bedroom

"Andrew's Bedroom"

The office. This is only after one coat, so it should tone down a little. I don't care. I love it! Eventually, french doors will be up.

A little paint

The first coat of paint is going up right now. I went by the house at lunch to sneak a peak. Most of the pictures came out too dark, but one or two came out okay. It is still hard to tell what the paint will look like once all coats are on and the trim is painted, but so far so good.


Master Bedroom.


Living Room

More Cabinets

The upper kitchen cabinets went in today. They look great. I can't wait to see them finished. The entertainment center also went in but the crown molding isn't up yet on it. The painter was priming everything when I went by. I hope to see some color on the walls the next time I go out there.



Corner cabinets. The fridge will go to the far left, the micro/range will be in the space under the small cabinets.


The pantry.


The entertainment center...it looks a little strange to me in the picture, but i thought it looked really good in person.

A better view of where the fridge and micro/range will be.

Trim, Cabinets and Stucco

This week the rest of the stucco was put up and it was painted. The trim is starting to go in, along with the cabinets. I went by today, two days after I took the following pictures, and the rooms already look different! Hopefully, I will get to go by there early next week for those pictues. In the meantime, here are the pictures from Thursday, March 19th.

I'm ready for the front door to be stained and the shutters to go up.

The crown molding and baseboards are going up. No, those are not the doors that go to the office. The french doors aren't ready yet, but they needed something to get the door frame the right size.

Andrew had Shane put the fancy stuff above my windows (and front door). I'll have to take a picture of the kitchen windows. They look really good.


The perimeter kitchen cabintes. I have a farmhouse sink going in, which is why the cabinets are low in one section of this picture. The hole to the right is where the dishwasher is going. The lower cabinets and island will be painted. The upper cabinets are cypress, but they aren't in yet. :(

The island ... trash can drawer, drawers, and cabinet below the area where the kitchen sick will be.

The office. You can't see all of it because of the door frame, but there is another section of shelves and then below that are drawers/cabinet.

The beginning of my bathroom cabinets.



The cabinets in the spare bath. Not really exciting but I didn't want to discriminate.



Closet doors in the spare rooms.

This is what the interior doors look like. Who knew there were so many choices when it comes to doors? Smooth versus wood grain. Panels, no panels. Arches, rectangles. Six panels, four panels, etc. You get the pictues. I deliberated over what type of interior door to put in the house for a good 10 minutes. In the end, Andrew suggested this particular look and I just decided to go with it. Because of the drama, I decided it was blog-worthy.