Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Just a quick post and some brick!

We are closing in on the home stretch, I look at my countdown everday and just can't believe how fast everything is moving along, 18 days?  Are you for real?  Your should see my apartment, it's a disaster, nothing is packed, cleaned, or organized... but that's what weekends are for, right??  I think I will take this Saturday to start in the kitchen and box everything up that I don't plan to use in the next 3 weeks, I want to start bringing everything down from the attic too, I forgot what's even up there!  I need to do a good purge and get rid of any junk I don't want coming into the new house.

I also saw they blocked up the old egress window hole, I forgot to take a pic of it though, but it kind of makes me sad, it looks... sloppy I think, and I just don't like the fact it's not poured concrete like the rest of the foundation walls, it's block and mortar  so... we aren't getting what we paid for, which was a fully poured foundation.  I know it may be acceptable, but, it still just irks me to death.  I'm glad it will be covered by the foam insulation board so I don't have to look at it at least!

I also snapped a better shot of the HW's, I peeled back a bigger section of the paper, I can't wait to see them uncovered and clean and shiny!  Also, for any of you who want to know what flooring it is, we choose Kraus Velocity Oscuro Oak.  It was outside the "Ryan Room" but was the same price as Level 4 3 1/4" plank.  Ryan didn't offer a dark hardwood in our area, only in the engineered so I ask the girl at Rusmur if there was a dark hardwood I could get at the same price and she picked this one out!  So glad I asked!  We were just going to go with the Bruce Oak in the cherry finish which I wasn't in love with, or even in like with.

The guys were working on the brick when I was there too, I told them great job :)  Not sure if they understood me but I gave them the thumbs up on their workmanship.

 The floors remind me of chocolate candy bars... mmmm chocolate candy bars...
 The master bathroom toilet... free of standing pee too, I checked... lol
 The guest bathroom, nothing too exciting, I plan on installing a floor tile later on down the road and replacing the vanity top with quartz.  But a nice shower curtain will spruce things up in the mean time!
 The guest bathroom floor, just linoleum  I kind of regret not doing tile here it wasn't that much more, but I really want to do a herring bone patterned tile floor later on when we have the extra $$ (who knows when that will be!)
Working hard on that brick!  I can't wait to see the siding up too, hopefully by Friday, I'm going to restrain myself and not check on the house until then so I can be surprised by the progression :)

21 comments:

  1. Hi Rachel! The brick looks very pretty!! What color brick , shutters and siding did you choose?

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    1. The brick color is called Savannah Grey, our siding is Sandy Tan, and the shake siding is Pebble Clay. We won't have shutters on our elevation, it is a cottage style with no shutters, just wider trim around the windows, it's very craftsman. We will also have a window bow in front of that window :) I'm so excited for that, here is what it will look similar to...

      http://theroadtovenice.blogspot.com/2012/12/our-selections-and-upgrades-so-far.html

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  3. I Love your dark cabinets !!!! looking good ! good luck with your move !

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  4. Looks great!! You're almost there!

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  5. I don't believe I've written (or even said) this exact phrase before but...those are really cute toilets. Did you upgrade to the higher elongated toilets, or are those standard? Wow. I can't believe I am actually wondering about toilets...

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    1. Those are the standard toilets! I think they change supplies frequently on these kinds of things, but I actually was looking at them and thinking "hey, that's a nice toilet" when I saw them! lol usually they are kind of cheapy looking but these ones are pretty heft and much more expensive looking than what I thought I was getting... lol

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  6. Love the wood floors everything is really pretty. The tile will be a fun DIY project for you all to do later on!

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    1. I've done some tile work once, but it was to repair a mangled tile job in my old house, but it's such a small area I think I can manage it! If not, I don't think it would be that much to hire someone to do it for me

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  7. OMG I love those floors!! They look Awesome. And the dark cabinets and the brick color is also very cool!

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  8. Nice I like the floor color alot. We have been packing for months little by little.

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  9. Hi Rachael! Love the hardwood floors. I am moved in and exhausted! But it is all good! It has been non-stop since we closed last Thursday. So get ready, your time is almost here.

    Darla

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    1. Thanks Darla! I'm glad you are all moved in! We are probably going to move on Wednesday June 5th after work, since we don't have a ton of big stuff, I didn't want to take a day off work to move, so you will probably see me running around like crazy up there that day, feel free to stop by! I will be having lots of pizza, beer and bubbly to celebrate!

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  10. Your floors are beautiful! Things are progressing quickly! I can't believe you are almost to the finish line!

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  11. Love the dark woods. We chose dark woods throughout too. Can't wait to see the final reveal.

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    1. thanks! I hope you get to SEE your HW selection! I just read your latest post and commented, it's ridiculous about your permit situation!

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  12. Thanks Rachael, I commented back. I just found out that it wasn't the County holding us up, RH was. They haven been sitting on their hands for 3 months hoping to sell more lots before they move ahead, meanwhile they told us it was the County at fault. After I spent many hours digging I found out all this out. Delaying us and lying to us, I am thrilled.

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  13. Rachael, these pictures look great! It is so wonderful to see everything coming together. Also, I love love love the HW! Excellent pick! I cannot wait to see what it looks like when they are all finished with everything.

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  14. I like that shower and all the spots to put stuff. We have a simple "soap" dish on the wall and that's it !

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