Winter is stupid. We are two weeks behind because of the freezing temperatures and snow and ice. The painters painted what they could using heaters, but it was just too cold. The tile guy couldn't do his thing because the mortar would freeze. So, this week we are getting back into the swing of things. All the inside has been painted and stained. I woke up many times many nights second guessing my paint and stain colors, but I am SO happy with the way everything turned out. Tomorrow they are painting the outside trim and garage door. Yesterday we picked out our granite slabs, finalized our tile choices, and picked out carpet. Rocky the granite guy will do his thing this week and our tile guy will start doing his thing this week, too. We discovered that somebody filled in about half of the knots in our knotty alder cabinets. The filler looks horrible and sticks out like a sore thumb. Hopefully it can be fixed in a timely manner. I guess they didn't like the look of the knots! Our trim guy was less than spectacular and there is a shelf/clothes rod THING in the laundry room that is absolutely horrible. It looks like he wasn't real sure about what he was doing, so he just slapped something up there. I'm so excited about my big pretty laundry room and there's this big ugly shelf ruining it. There are a few places in our closet that aren't right, either, so i'm sure he'll be just delighted to come back out and fix everything.
The cabinets are VERY dusty in this picture. The island will be turned the other way. They just put it there while they stained it.
The living room. The fireplace still needs to be acid washed, so the stone will turn out slightly darker than this. Also, we didn't take into account the hearth, so our tv outlets aren't centered on the wall. Shoot. Also, that cabinet door isn't supposed to be there. It's just a sample that got left behind and I was too lazy to move it.
GORGEOUS!
Posted by: Meg | February 14, 2011 at 08:02 AM
Oh My Word, It's a HOUSE! And what a BEAUTIFUL house it is!!! Me Thinks it's a HOME!!!!
Posted by: Auntie S | February 14, 2011 at 09:25 AM