Day 105 - The beginning of the lighting and plumbing

The lighting has begun - it REALLY makes the house feel like it is close to getting done! YAY!!! 

These are the lights that I chose to put throughout the house when a different type wasn't needed (such as a chandelier or sconce). I REALLY like how they turned out!!

Our pendants over the kitchen are some of my FAVORITES!!!

The powder room bath - I love it! We are going to do some stone on the wall in here, which I think will make it more inviting :)

Our master bath is wonderful!! I love the rustic mirrors and open lighting!

Our master tub - YAY!!! I am so excited to relax in here with a bubble bath and a glass of wine when we move in!!

This is the chandelier that hangs over the tub :)

The boys bathroom is one of my favorites!! I saw an idea that I wanted to do it and it was REALLY fun making it come to life with the shiplap and industrial lights!

Tonight we will hopefully get to see our appliances and some more lighting - I am SOO excited!!

Day 100 - Countertops!

What a fun day at the house!! Our countertops were installed yesterday and WOW do I LOVE them!!! 

This is our master bath - they are quartz with dark gray veining. The tile in that room is dark gray, too, so it should all tie in well together :)

This is the boys bathroom. We also got their shiplap up behind the sinks - so it looks REALLY neat in there!!!

OUR KITCHEN!! YAY!!! I am obsessed with our waterfall countertops! I went with a quartz for the kitchen and then to add some WOW to it, we decided to do the waterfall panels. I do not think they could have turned out any better! I am in love!!!

We are supposed to close on October 15th, but that seems WAY too soon in my opinion! I am hoping for before November 1st! Fingers crossed!

Day 83-86: Tile and Trim Work

The past couple of days have been finishing up the tile in the house and having our trim carpenter finish up all of his "stuff"! I am SOO impressed with everything that he has done! We are doing a coffered ceiling in the family room - I am SOOO in love! It will be painted white, so it will give nice dimension to the room - I can't wait to see it finished!

This is our master bath shower. I couldn't get a picture of the entire thing - but I am SO IN LOVE with the marble hex tile! It has two shower heads, so the hex runs down from each one. 

The front of the house is DONE - except for the stone! I cannot wait to see it all finished :)

We did lockers in the mudroom again in this house. It is really nice to have a place to put backpacks and stuff for the boys. We will shiplap the wall in between the top and the bench. 

I had them put in a "drop zone" in the mudroom, as well. This is where we will keep our keys, the mail, etc, so that it doesn't get to cluttered in the kitchen. It will be nice to have this stuff right by the door as we go out, as well!

According to our project manager, it will be kind of boring out at the house the next couple of weeks. Only painting will be done - apparently it takes 3 weeks to do that! WOWZA! Our countertops will be installed the 27th of September - then it is just electrical and plumbing fixtures to finish up. Oh...and carpet.....and tile backsplash.....and appliances. (I truly have no idea how this is all going to get done in time!!!) 

Day 72 - 82 LOTS of updates!!

Full disclosure - this is WAY overdue!! I am kind of mad at myself for not keeping up better with blogging about the day to day stuff at house! Now that we are back into the routine of school, I hope that I can be better about it!!

Our hardwood floors were put in - we went with handscraped hardwood and I am SOOO happy with my choice!!! I love them!! This is the only good picture I have of them, though, because they are covered now until we are ready to move in :)

The boys bathroom tile turned out absolutely perfect! I love the color combo!!

Our cabinets were installed in the house last week and I am in LOVE!! They make the kitchen feel so big and spacious!! I am super happy with the choice to go to the ceiling :)

With the handles and crown molding.

Our big, gorgeous apron front sink!! I LOVE it!!

So, I went kind of crazy at Pier 1 and bought a new kitchen table, chairs, and counter stools. Our counter stools came last week and I am not sure that I love the color. I put them in a picture next to our countertops -- what do you think?? Will they work??

I am (obviously) loving shiplap right now - along with everyone else in the world! - but I wanted to do it somewhere a little unexpected. SOOO.... ta-da! I chose our basement ceiling!!! Isn't it fun?!? HUGE thanks to my dad and Baron for their hard work on this! I am in LOVE!!

Our tentative closing date is October 15th. Not holding my breath on that, but it is nice to have something to look forward to! This upcoming week will be more work for the trim carpenter (trim, closets, coffered ceiling)...then a few weeks of painting! After that, we have electrical, plumbing, countertop install, and carpet to look forward to! Hoping everything stays on track so that we have a home to move into during October!! YAY!!

Day 71 - Mudroom Tile and Exterior

The front of our home is finally being started!! YAY!! Our builder told us it is going to take around a week to complete because it is custom siding (I really don't know what it is called), but it takes longer than vinyl to install. Also, our siding guy had his appendix removed a couple of weeks ago, so he is just getting back to work at our house. 

Our mudroom tile has been laid, but not grouted yet. It is a pretty greige color - don't mind the red in it now - that is from the cutting. It is Emser Bristol Concorde - I REALLY like it!!!

I think tile takes a long time to lay! They are also hopefully going to be starting our hardwood flooring soon!! YAY!!! 

Day 70 - Garage Doors and BAR!!!

Things are really moving at the house now!! YAY!! The garage doors were installed today and let me tell you - THAT was a pleasant surprise!!! We thought they were coming after Labor Day - so YAY!!!

Our bar was also installed today! My dad built it and did an AMAZING job! I am in love!!

The fridge will be raised to be level with the countertops after carpet goes in :)

The tile guys were also out there today! I am super excited to see that work start to happen! Everything is finally coming together!! YAY!!

Day 53-68

Lots and lots of house updates!! Sorry for the delay, but the insulation and sheetrock just wasn't that exciting ;)

Okay, so with the sheet rock in, the rooms are finally starting to look like....rooms!! YAY!!! This is the family room.

And kitchen/dining! It is so fun seeing it all come together!

Our actual quartz slabs came in and our fabricator text me these pictures. I am IN LOVE with this color!!! 

These are our paint options that I picked for our bathrooms - the top is the boys bathroom, and guest bath. The dark gray is going to be the color of the shiplap on the boys bathroom wall :)

This will be the color scheme in the master bath :)

We have a front porch AND COLUMNS!! Heck yeah!!! 

This week will be a busy one at the house! They are going to be spraying the ceilings and priming the walls. Then, tile and hardwood is going to start!! YAY for a fun, productive week!!