Cabinets, Fireplace & More

I know it looks like we've moved in but that's not for another month. The stone on the columns looks fabulous (in our opinion) and they still have to add some white painted wood pieces that look like elongated pyramids that will go on top of the stone all the way to the roof line.















The driveway got poured - looks pretty nice, huh? You can see the decorative lights on the sides of the garage too.


















My "man door" on the side of the garage got a pad and it was extended (for free) to go underneath the AC unit area.



















Here's our kitchen completed (minus the appliances). The counter tops went on and sink went in. Can you find Judah in the picture (click to enlarge)? Those are Sara's Marlboro lights and Monster on the counter......she's picked up a few habits since she got pregnant with baby #3.














Dual sinks in the master! No more waiting for the other to spit while brushing our teeth!


















There have been a few mixed emotions on the stone on the fireplace. We expected it to look more like the columns on the front of the house (which we love). It just seemed plain and blocky when we first saw it but it's growing on us. They said if we wanted to make changes it would be $500. We decided we could learn to like it.


















Judah likes his new bathroom quite a bit and can't wait to take a bath in his brand new tub!

Vinyl, Cabinets & Light Fixtures

This is looking into the dining room again. You can see they have all the trim up, including window ledges and have finished painting. We changed our lights and other hardware to the bronze (from brushed nickel) at the last minute. We're really glad we did!















This is looking into the kitchen from the dining room doorway.















This is looking into the kitchen from the family room. You can see we'll have two lazy susans (one at each end of the cabinets along the wall. A hole for the sink will be cut in below the window. On the left you can see our food pantry and the space where the fridge will go. It's looking really good now!





































This is looking into our master bedroom.


















This is the stairwell with the top cap on the half wall complete and trimmed out. We hope to have more pictures of our rocked fireplace (or "rerocked" fireplace) soon - there was a few issues with that this week.

Texture, Paint & bit of exterior

They finished the drywall last week and this week they're doing texture and paint. I was able to sneek in and get a few pictures during texture. I saw they had all the doors and trim stored in the garage which they put in next before painting everything.














I know its not much to look at and seems cooler in person but I thought I would share these anyways. Recessed lighting in the kitchen - oh yeah!





































This is our great view (with added window) through our one archway in the house!















The wall texture is simple orange peel but the ceilings have a cool knock-down texture.



















It's hard to get a full picture of our master bedroom because it's soooooo huge. I think I'm going to put a hoop at the apex of ceiling here where it's 10ft tall......at least a nerf one anyway!















They got our garage door installed this week and also poured the front sidewalk. They've prepped the posts on the porch and sides of the garage for the stonework - I can't wait to see that come together.....it's gonna separate us from the rest of our neighbors (we hope).















The back patio got poured at the same time as the front sidewalk.















Our nice big picture window came in and they installed it in our office room. The view from up there is pretty cool - you can see all the way to Moscow Mountain! Hopefully the people that move in on this side build a small rancher so our view isn't interrupted.

More Progress...

This week they got the gutters on the house, got the drywall finished and tape & mud got done. They still have to sand the mud on the seams on Monday but they will move quickly to texture and paint this week.




























I insulated our garage last weekend so they could put up drywall. I'll have a crawlspace in the ceiling to get up there and blow in some insulation on the top after we move in but the walls had to be done now. We'll have some more pics of the drywall soon!

Insulation & Drywall

Well...they're cruising right along, yesterday they installed the insulation and today they started drywall. It looks a lot different with the insulation in there (as well as less drafty). They sealed every seam in the house with silicon caulking before the insulation went in. The guys are finishing the siding today (except for the area around our office window which hasn't come in yet).














Skies are blue but today is quite a brisk spring day - it was snowing this morning!




























They put R38 in the ceiling, R21 in the walls and after they button up the ceiling, they'll blown in R49 in the attic. This will definitely help with heating & cooling!




























The dining room window went in today.


















Here's a pic of the silicon caulking job they did through-out the house. I'm not sure if this is code but it certainly will help keep us dry and warm!

More Exterior

They've gotten a little more exterior done - the roofing was going on, the front porch pillars are in (they still have to add stone and some wood) and the siding is moving forward......how ex-siding! (That one's for you Patty Gregg!) :)

Siding and Doors

Yesterday, they started the Tyvek and the siding. They hung the exterior doors and cut out the extra window in our office room and made the framing repairs.




























You can see the front porch now and the front door is on. The siding seemed a little lighter in color than I remembered but we only had a 2" x 3" sample when we chose it. We both like it a lot.















You can see the extra window we had cut out in the upper bedroom. We have a great view of Moscow Mountain and is going to be great with our office desk right below! See the view below...