Its getting close! (part 2)

first post in a millenium

The house is coming right along.  I haven't posted any new pictures in forever because....well, because I've just been lazy about it.  I've been posting pics to Facebook, but it takes me longer to post them on here.  Grad school hasn't been too time consuming this semester (and for that I am so thankful!) but I've been busy with getting stuff for the house....and driving over to look at the house....and looking at stuff online for the house.  So, blogging about the house has not been at the top of my priorities.

I'm going to try to catch up. My last post was about new things for the house.  I tried through 2 different online companies to get the light fixtures that I mentioned in that post.   However, I was unable to get them because they were backordered until the middle of November.  So, we needed lights ASAP so we went to Lowe's and picked some out.  They hung them up yesterday.  I think I actually like them better than the ones from the Internet.  I really like the ceiling fans we bought.  They look really nice.

The painters have been working hard in the house this past week.  I think they will finally be able to paint the walls sometime in the next few days.  Jesse and I keep driving over there each evening, anticipating seeing the wall colors.....but they are always white when we get there.   I'm just a little nervous about the choices that I made with the wall colors.  Its tough to decide in the store while looking at a 2"x2" square of the color, ya know? 

I can't post pictures right now because I'm at school....but I may be able to upload some in a little while.   But, I will post pics soon!!

Lost Camera

I haven't posted new pictures of the house for awhile.  I had misplaced my camera and I just found it today. So, the next time Jesse and I head over there I'll be sure to take plenty of new photos to post on here.  They have finished the deck.  They have built stairs in the garage.  They poured our walkway to the door and our driveway.  They have been working on the drywall still.  I think they might be laying tile soon.  I think the brick masons are supposed to be there this week to finish up the brick on the front of the garage.  We might even have our kitchen cabinets delivered this week!  (I can't wait to see those!...They are made by hand by an Amish man).  

We....excuse me, I mean...I picked out our light fixtures.  Here is a link to the one that will be in our dining room.  And this one is going in the bathroom.  I liked these lights because I was able to get all the lights in the house to match. I got them in the brushed nickel finish.  We also picked out our ceiling fans.

We also bought our kitchen faucet.  (and I LOVE it!) 

We had to pick out our tile last week.  We were at the store for an hour and a half.  It took awhile to make up my mind, but that was mostly because the tile salesman wouldn't leave me alone to think.   I hope it all works out!  Its really tough to make a decision like that!

On Friday, I went to pick out our carpet.

I still have a lot of things to pick out!  I think my next mission will be cabinet hardware...which sounds kinda fun!

Drywall is up! Siding almost done.

I am still super excited about building this house.  I love going to look at it every night.  I cannot wait to move in a decorate.  The fun stuff is coming soon... They will be painting the walls and putting in the carpet, tile and floors soon!  I'm looking forward to seeing my kitchen cabinets!!

They have started to build our back deck.  Love it!

Drywall in the living room.

This is the tray ceiling in the master bedroom.

I love the high vaulted ceiling in this bedroom!

They are almost finished with the siding.  The front of the garage will be brick eventually.  I think they are supposed to be working on that this week.  Do you like the siding colors?  Initially I wanted the two different sidings to be close to the same color.  Jesse wanted more contrast.  I think I like it though.  Its growing on me.  I'm thinking that I might like it more when it is all finished and the garage has the brick on it.  

More pics to come soon!!

Electric & plumbing work being done

Look! It's the faucets that I picked out!

This is our master bathroom shower. It will be tiled. (That reminds me, we need to go pick it out)

My tub!

Electric panel that is in the garage.  

This photo was taken while standing in the "breakfast nook" and looking towards the powder room.  You can see some of the electric work they've done.

Paint Colors

Keep in mind that these photos are NOT of my house.  hahaha.  It will be a while before we are painting the walls.  However, I did select the paint colors from Sherwin Williams the other day.  So, I wanted to share my choices.  I really think they are going to work really well!  What do you think?

  This one is my favorite! This color is called  Restrained Gold.  It will be going everywhere downstairs in our house.  The dining room is going to have a chair rail and I plan on painting  the lower half of the walls some variation of a chocolate brown.  But..other than that little bit, everything downstairs will be this color.  I will probably paint the powder room a different color eventually, too.  In such a little room like a powder room, I think I would prefer to have a brighter color. 

The photo above is the color that I chose to go upstairs in our house.  It is called Latte and will eventually be in our bonus room, extra bedrooms, laundry room and upstairs bathroom.  I may end up painting some of these rooms different colors in the future (you know, like for a nursery!), but I was only allowed to pick 3 colors for the whole house.  (or pay more $) So, I decided to go really neutral and then paint it later if I want.

Lastly, the bedroom above is Jubilee, the paint color that I selected for our master bedroom. I am not a huge fan of blue, but this is a very gray blue. I think it will look really nice with the tray ceiling in there.  I told them that I wanted the master bath painted this color too....but I'm not so sure anymore.  I might have them go more neutral in there so I don't have to worry about matching the tile with blue.  

More House Pics from Saturday

 

I can't wait to spend some time sitting on this front porch!

This will be our "media room" eventually.  

What a difference a day can make!

I can't believe the framers were able to get all this done in just one day! Wow! The whole 1st floor was complete aside from one wall. It looked a lot bigger today with the walls giving everything shape.

I was the most excited about my pantry in the kitchen! I LOVE IT! I can't wait to pack it full of stuff! I'm ready to move in!

This is in the "great room."

Another thing that I was excited about was this window! Can you believe the size of that thing?

This will be my breakfast nook and kitchen eventually.

Yesterday Tuesday 8/10

On Monday the garage floor was poured. On Tuesday, Jesse and I drove over to the lot and that is when I took these photos. As you can see in the photo below, there were stacks of wood for the framers to use. They were supposed to begin today, Wednesday the 11th.... more on that later!

The Brick Is Going Up!

We were told today that the garage will be poured on Monday afternoon. Then, on Tuesday they are supposed to begin the framing.

It was really strange looking at the house today. It looked really really small. I told Jesse that I thought it was because it was all open with no walls. While we were there we talked to our neighbor (who is a contractor) and one of our contractors (Jason). They both said that the house looks small during this stage.

The cool thing is that the lot looks a lot bigger now. We will have a decent little yard. Also, I am very pleased with the brick. It is really hard to select brick from a small sample...but it turned out pretty well!

More pictures later in the week.

Welcome! Our New Front Door....

Today we went to ProBuild to pick out our front door for the house. No, it looks nothing like the one in the photo here...but isn't it pretty!?

I don't have a picture of it, since we chose it from looking at a catalog.

Our door will have 2 panels, one on top and one on the bottom. The top panel has a curve on the top. (Similar to this white one, but we will be painting it black, I think)

It will have a transom and sidelights, too. So...it should look something like this.

picked out the faucets

Well.... I have been busy picking out our bathroom fixtures. We are buying them from Mountaineer Wholesale Supply in Charleston. They use Delta faucets... so I got a catalog and I've been looking online. It took a long time, but I finally decided to go with the Lahara series. Here is a photo of what we are getting. This photo has the Roman tub, the showers & tubs, and the faucets. I haven't selected the kitchen faucet yet because they don't have a Lahara kitchen collection. :(

I drove over to the lot yesterday to see if I could hold my siding samples up to the brick....but the brick wasn't there yet. What was there was a bunch of block. They are going to be using that to do the foundation.

i'm lovin' life right now!!

Things are going really well with my sub job...and everything else. I'm just feeling so good. I'm back home in WV... I'm here with my family... physically, I feel better than I ever have.... I have the best husband ever....I have the best cat ever....I like where I'm working... I love my students...and I'm actually making a little money.....and life is just good all around!









This weekend was good. On friday Jesse and I hung out after work.... I made Balsamic Salmon, fresh green beans, and roasted red pototoes for dinner. We got some ice cream from McDonalds. Then we watched some netflix movie that was crappy.









On Saturday we stayed around the house at first...and worked out and I did laundry and a little house work (not enough, ha!) Then Jesse went to Ty's house and I went to the mall. I had to return one of those polo shirts that I bought for Jesse last week with Jessica. The only thing I bought was a pair of new black dress pants for Jesse...since he's gonna be starting his new job next week and they have to dress up...he's gotta do a tie, everyday. :(









Jesse and I have been scouring the internet, looking at tons of house plans. We are dreaming about maybe someday building a house in a new development that we love. His friend owns the land and is a contractor. So.... I'm going to post the one we've been looking at most seriously.

• http://www.eplans.com/country_house-plans/HWEPL08169.hwx

Here are a couple that I love...but are probably a little too big for our budget.

http://www.eplans.com/country_house-plans/HWEPL10912.hwx#floorplan

http://www.eplans.com/country_house-plans/HWEPL07919.hwx

http://www.eplans.com/country_house-plans/HWEPL08286.hwx