Will this be the week?????????

A few more pictures

actual dining room

nook on left dining room wall.

We will be putting in a shelf at desk height and a few more above for a little kitchen work space.

another picture of the finished living room.

Still trying to figure out whether the couch should go on the west (back) wall or the south (left) wall.

Dining Room Design

I've been thinking about the dining room lately. I didn't have many plans for it, but the other day I had the strange idea to paint the west wall yellow. Yeah, yellow. Not really my thing, but it leads out to the side yard and yellow just seemed to make sense as the entrance to the outdoors.

My mom has also been asking me about my colors. Mom, you can see my design board for the living room by clicking here. And below is a rough idea for the look of the dining room. Its really just an idea at this point. Not sure if I will have the guts/desire to paint it yellow, but its fun to think I can if I want.

The image below kind of mirrors the inspiration for this dining room scheme.

This is a Garbett home. Andre and I love this builder and their interior designers do a lot of work that is right up our ally.

Finished!

It's done! Our first official walkthrough before closing is tomorrow and then if we get really lucky all of our paperwork will suffice and we will close on Friday. I can't wait to have all of our things in and arrange and decorate! Here are the pictures I took today of the final product. You can see the appliances (minus fridge-we have to buy one), the carpet and just some minor finishes. I still can't believe its actually done. There is nothing to go check out anymore.

Above, the closet doors in our bedroom. Not sure why I put in this picture, but we have closet doors!

My beloved tile around the fireplace. Not in love with an oak mantel but i think it actually looks pretty good. I am really tempted to paint it white though.

And they painted our garage and the front door and put on all the new hardware.

Next up will be pics of after we move in, stay tuned!

counters, laminate and tile

Every time we go there is something unexpected. Last week they had done the tile surround on the fireplace that I am in love with. Andre's favorite thing was the faucet. I think its too big for our kitchen, but oh well. And then the counters. Confession: If I had known that I would really like the kitchen counters I think I would have done our bathroom in them too. The counter in our bathroom reminds me of the apartments we've lived in. Its not terrible. I would have just done it differently. Live and learn. The laminate floors match the cabinets wonderfully. Everything has a thin layer of dust on it so its hard to tell exactly how everything looks, but we wiped some sections off with a wipee so we could see :)

Cabinets and bathroom/laundry floors

They are darker than I was expecting. Andre thinks they probably look lighter in the daytime. These were taken at night with just the flash on my camera. We had to use our phones and a flashlight to see anything because it was dark when we got there. We have a darker vinyl in our bathroom and all the other bathrooms have a light colored vinyl on the floor.

Update Call!

Things are moving along!

Every Monday I receive a call from the selling agent and the construction manager with an update on the house.

Last week they worked on the trim, drywall and paint. This week it will be cabinets and vinyl floors. I had a few questions about some things we noticed walking through the home. Some dings in the walls where it looked like they had been hit with something, a broken window in the back and the green pipe in the front that sticks up about 2 feet above ground.

I found out that the pipe is the sewer clean out access point and it will be cut to about 6" above grade before closing. That made Andre very happy.

The broken window has to be fixed per state law and they will go through and touch things up before walk-through and closing as well.

So my mind has been put at ease. It was also helpful to talk to our brother-in-law Quentin, who is a construction manager, and ask about our concerns first. I didn't want to be unreasonable, but I wanted to know what was completely appropriate to question as well. He helped out a lot. You probably won't read this, and I'm sure I'll tell you again later, but thanks Quentin!!! It was really helpful to talk to you.