Wednesday, January 23, 2013

The Beginning of the End - YAY!

As we inch closer and closer to move in day, we're thrilled with every finishing touch that is added to our house! It's slowly turning into the home we designed back in October when we chose our finishes from material samples! We can really sense that the building process is coming to an end! Here are some detail shots of the additions that got me the most excited recently!

We went with white subway tile to give the kitchen a clean, bright, and classic feel. Up until this point, I've been secretly nervous about how the tiles would look with the grout we chose because we never actually saw the two next to each other but we went with the designer's grout suggestion and all I can say is, "I LOVE it!" 


The electrician stopped by and shed some light on things. This is the light fixture in our dining room:


And this is the one above our garage:


Our fireplace stone was installed as well. It's made of stacked stone that travels up to the ceiling. They're various shades of tans, golds, and grays.


Our sales coordinator emailed us this evening to let us know that they are scheduled to install our hardwood floors tomorrow. Um.. WHAT?! You better believe I'll be bookin' it up there to check those out immediately after work! : )



Sunday, January 20, 2013

Introducing... Our White Kitchen

After a long, chilly, and VERY rainy week, we've finally reached the home stretch! We have just over one month until closing! Our kitchen and bathrooms are really coming together! The cabinets, countertops, hardware, faucets, and tile flooring have all been installed and our stone fireplace is coming along swimmingly!

This is the overall layout of our kitchen and cabinetry. 



Our countertops are Black Pearl granite. 



We have the same cabinets and countertops in the master bath and guest bath.




The tile floor was installed in the bathrooms but is now covered by cardboard but to give you an idea, we have the same tile in our master bath shower. 


Our fireplace is a work in progress - we took this photo in the afternoon before going to a birthday party:


We went back by our house afterwards and this is what we saw! The stone will continue up to the ceiling. I can't wait to see it finished!


We started packing up our apartment and it's feeling more and more like a storage unit everyday! : ) 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the rest of your weekend!