Day 142 Part 2: More lighting, Deck 1/2 done, Granite installed, plants/mulch, porch, Stone

I wrote yesterday that we needed to get a different angle kit for the fans in the girls rooms, because they have cathedral ceilings. We got up early and went to Lowes this morning to get them and took them out to the house. I can not BELIEVE how much they got done after we left yesterday around 1:00 p.m.

As we were leaving today the cleaners were showing up to start cleaning. I am guessing they will start upstairs where the carpet will be laid and work there way down. The list is getting shorter and shorter of what is left and I don't even know what to expect to see tomorrow afternoon when we go out there. I have to register my 6 year old at her new school so of course we will stop at the house since it's about a mile away!

The guy put all the floor boards down on the deck, very impressive!

The exterior trim is being worked on...

And mulch has been delivered. Love it!

The side of the house where the box bay window is

Dining Room with pendants

Office, the electrician is raising this fixture a lot today

Butlers Pantry

Granite installed in butlers pantry

Granite is in!

Close up of the granite

Slot for cooktop and hood vent above

Lazy susan in the corner and the oven will be on the left of this pic

Entrance from garage, the mudroom is on the left of this pic

and the pantry is on the right. I like this pendant, in my mind

I thought the fixture would be more towards the mudroom, but oh well.

Also, they had to shorten the width of this opening in order to give more space

for the kitchen cabinets, which is to the right of this picture, I think the arch is

uneven now.

Fan installed in living room, it's crooked. not sure why.

Guest room, same fan as in the master but we were told this morning that the

remote is missing. bummer!

The wood and trim for the railings is all in, should be seeing the railings tomorrow.

Master Vanity with granite installed

Porch view from the very dirty guest bedroom window, haha.

Upstairs hallway view

Breakfast area light - LOVE this!!

Trim and wood installed for railings here

View from Foyer

Outside view-Columns on porch are in!

 

 

We left at 8:30, father in law went at 11:00 and this was happening:

 

At first it's all, yay the stone is going in but then I'm like...that's not the same stone. Please look at the pictures below and the last picture is the stone we picked a few weeks ago. It does not look the same. Our SR says the stone guy is saying the samples were wet, however...the stone on the house has variations of tans/almost oranges/light brown/grey. What do you think? The shapes don't even look the same to me? I remember thinking how dark the stone was going to be when it was up but that I liked how it's not boxy looking...but what they have installed is super boxy.

 

 

As the father in law was leaving...the cleaners were still hard at work and the carpet was being installed. We will go back tomorrow to look at the stone in person and to see what else has been happening.

 

 

Things to do Interior:

Baseboards/Trim - Still some stuff left

Paint- Touch ups are all that remains and will happen at the end of this week

Cabinets-Electricians to install appliances today or in the morning

Flooring-Carpet happened this afternoon

Glass door for shower

Railings-Happening today

Stone around fireplace- Should be today

Counters/Faucets-Granite was installed this afternoon after we left

Toilets-By Friday

Final electrical installs- Until Tomorrow

Window in dining room needs to be replaced-?
Paint/Stain the front door-Will be stained probably during the final touch ups.

Things to do Exterior:
Exterior trim - Happening today
Gutters- Today
Paint Exterior-Happening Tomorrow 12/18
Stonework/Pillars/Fill in porch-Happening today
Landscaping-Halfway done
Screened in porch-Now until Wednesday
Mailbox

 

Days137-139: Tile Shower/flooring , Concrete for driveway/walkway/stoop and more!

Moving right along and I'm so excited! I haven't seen all this in person, my husband went out yesterday and my father in law went this morning. I will be going on Sunday to deliver all the lights/fans/light bulbs.

All of the concrete has been poured! This includes the stoop, the walkway, driveway and back porch. We weren't sure how much they were going to pour around back and it looks like they only gave us a little bit of a landing. We have decided to put some pavers down to make a larger area. We'll probably do this shortly after moving in. The driveway looks great, I am glad they put those angled corners in where it meets the road. The stoop; I am SO glad that huge hole is gone. They built up a sort of scaffolding to support the concrete.

Today all the stone is being installed on the outside and the inside around the fireplace. The same workers are installing our brick steps right now as well. Landscaping is supposed to be happening later on today!

This is where we'll be adding pavers later on

 

All of the tile has been laid! They still have to grout, I can't wait to see this in person.

 

This is the downstairs guest bathroom, I like this color its a grey-ish brown.

 

 

I *think* all the trim is done. I'm not 100% sure but they uncovered all the columns and wainscoting.

I see the grate on the ceiling for the HVAC which means the units are probably set up outside!

More trim that I flipping love.

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OMG I am dying right now! Hubby took these pics below of our bathroom and shower.

*angels singing* seriously love this. I'm so glad they did a brick pattern in here like on the floor!

I love how the mosaic breaks up the floor and shower a little bit!

eeek! I love the brick pattern. These are 12''x24'' tiles.

 

 

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This weekend the porch is being built, might be pushed over til Monday because tomorrow it's supposed to rain a lot. The carpet goes in next Tuesday. The vinyl is in the laundry room and girls bathroom already. The lights/fans will be installed next Monday. The hardwoods are going in today as well! Granite is going in today.

 

 

 

Things to do Interior:

Baseboards/Trim - To be finished over the weekend and after all flooring is laid

Paint- Touchups are all that remains and will happen middle of next week

Cabinets-Appliances are in the house, the cut out for the oven/microwave will be fixed soon.
Flooring-Vinyl and tile is laid. Hardwood starts today. Carpet next Tuesday 12/17
Shower Tiled- Tile is set, grout to be finished
Railings-Probably next week
Stone around fireplace-Happening today
Counters/Faucets-Being installed today
Shelving-Included in trim , week of the 16th
Toilets-Included in trim , week of the 16th after tile is done
Final electrical installs- Monday December 16th
Window in dining room needs to be replaced
Paint/Stain the front door-Will be stained probably during the final touchups.

Things to do Exterior: All of this is to be done the week of December 9th-14th
Exterior trim
Gutters
Paint Exterior
Stonework/Pillars/Fill in porch-Happening today
Landscaping-Today
Screened in porch-This weekend
Mailbox

 

Things we need to do:

Call to have the electricity and water switched into our name around the 20th

Freak out about moving into the house the weekend before Christmas, YAY!

Buy the final light bulbs-going tonight!

We picked our granite layout today!

Today was fun. At lunch, the husband and I went to the granite yard and made the layout for our granite! The designer had cut out thick paper and taped it together to show us where the seams would be for our counter top. We were able to show him what areas in the slabs we wanted to avoid and what areas we wanted to showcase, pretty cool!

We will not be using the big orange section in the left top corner. Most of our counters are on the right side. They used a twin set of granite, one piece cut right after another so our seams will match up and be 'seamless' :)

We were able to avoid the big orange globs on both pieces of granite, yay! There will be a total of 3 seams, I'm not thrilled about that, but there's really no way around it. He was very interested in our opinions and we have been told he is such an artist and he makes the seams match up so well. I'm very happy about that! I am not sure when he's planning on cutting and installing but it will be soon.

I'm heading up tonight to see the cabinets, can't wait to see those! I'm also wondering what they've been able to do on the exterior, most of the work that remains is on the outside of the house. It's been raining for days here so who knows what they were actually able to do. Will update tonight :)