Day 44-48

Wow - sorry for the delay on this!! I haven't blogged in awhile because, to be honest, nothing exciting (to me!) has been happening!! The plumbing, HVAC, and electrical rough-ins are all done now....and we passed inspection on Monday!! YAY!! That means that they can begin the insulation and drywall now :) It should move a little more quickly now (for me!) because I can see the progress! HA!

The garage was poured, so it was fun to see that completed!

I also FINALLY purchased all of our lighting! Let me tell you - that was the thing I struggled with the most! It felt like such a huge commitment! The hardest part was the huge stairwell light and then a matching pendant for the foyer. I chose these two....I am hoping they look as amazing in person as they did on the website!

They are the Quorum Celeste light - and I think they will compliment our decor scheme well!

Day 31/32

The flooring of the basement was poured on Monday!! That meant that they could continue with the framing of the basement - it was nice to finally be able to visualize how that space was going to be laid out! I have been told that everything goes through "stages" of feeling big and small during the house building process - we have definitely found that to be true!!

Here is the basement bedroom...

And exercise room....

Tristan and Jarret's tub was also placed in their bathroom - exciting stuff!!!

It appears that the HVAC and plumbing is done now. We are hoping to have our electrical walk-through soon so that process can get going! I am also waiting to make some lighting decisions because I need to make sure everything fits into the allowance.

Day 28-30 - Countertops, Basement Progress

We had a super busy week in the house department, but I was out of town with the boys for quite a few days so I wasn't able to get a ton of pictures done!! Also, the progress is now consisting of HVAC, plumbing, etc., so the changes can be seen, but they aren't as exciting for me ;)

I went home to my parents to get our final countertop choices picked out! Our kitchen will be quartz - its called Calacatta Classique. It is a white base with deep gray veining throughout. I am absolutely OBSESSED with it!! It will be so bright and clean in our kitchen!!

This is the master bath quartz.

This is our powder room - and it is marble. I am super excited about it!! So many people had comments about using marble in our home, but I REALLY wanted it somewhere - so the powder room seemed like the natural choice! 

This will be the quartz used in the boy's bathroom and on the bar. It is hard to see in the picture, but it has some light gray veining throughout. I really like how subtle it is!

This might be one of my favorite pieces - it is for the guest bathroom. I am in LOVE with the gray and white!!!

This is the quartz for our laundry room. 

I ended up having to make some changes in the stone that I originally picked, because some of my design styles changed, but I am glad that my parents are great friends with the owners of the company -they were SO kind and accommodating to us!!

We are doing in-floor heat in the basement, so that was laid last week! I am hoping that means they are going to pour the concrete down there soon!! YAY!!!

Our fireplace was also installed! I am VERY excited about the design I did for our fireplace. It is going to be a white surround with a barn-beam mantle and I am (hoping) a gold marble tile. It is going to come together so beautifully!!

Our builder said that we will have our electrical walk-through in the next week or two - after that, it will be insulation and sheetrocking the walls. In about a month, our siding will hopefully be in and at the end of August, it will be cabinet install time!! AHH!! It is going quickly, but I wish I could snap my fingers and be moving in! It is so fun to see everything come together!

Day 21 - Slowing Down

The progress seems to be slowing down a bit. In all honesty, it has rained here every single day for the last 6-7 days, so I am surprised that they accomplished much at all this past week! But, they definitely did!

With that being said, Tristan and I had a play date today that took us out past Oronoco, so we stopped in to see what was happening with the house. There was one guy there and we couldn't really tell what he was up to, so it definitely wasn't something that my untrained eye would notice ;)

Since yesterday afternoon, they DID add in the landings for the stairs. I am so excited to see this staircase come together- it is going to be STUNNING!!

I also tried to get a picture of a little more of the framing upstairs, but it was hard :( They are done framing up there, so my personal goal for them (HAHA!) is to get the roof on and the stairs done by mid-next week. Anyone else think I should just be the general contractor? No, ok then ;)

I was inundated with emails today - our flooring quote (so far!), our plumbing fixtures quote, and our final cabinet choices sheet. YAY!! It feels like it is all coming together now - I love seeing the continued progress!