construction update: week eight

LOTS has changed in the past (almost) 3 weeks! it really looks like a house now! it should be ready in the next week and i am getting really excited. the pics below are from last week, so things have changed even more since these were taken...

kitchen and breakfast area pics:

tile backsplash in the kitchen...i LOVE it! i searched around forever to find a cheap enough alternative to the 1x1 mosaics and luckily this arrived at one of our local building supply stores right before we began construction.

baby girl's room! the blue is absolutely perfect!

main hallway in the house. i love the feeling of a kind of gallery-type walkway through the house. lance always hates when there is wasted space on plans (hallways especially) but i just really like the open feeling this creates.


one of my favorite features! thanks to lance, who is the king of ebay buying, over the course of a month he found enough of these digital dimmers to put in the house. i love, love, love them! you can set them to certain levels and with one touch of the button they'll come on to that level and if you hit them twice they come on full. a few of them even have a remote. i've already spent a bunch of time playing with them. maybe they are a bit over the top, but oh well!

on the schedule for this week...

1. trim 2 - this includes installing door hardware, cabinet hardware and bathroom hardware.

2. delivery of our appliances! CANNOT wait for the new fridge!

3. sheetrock and paint touch-ups

4. final grade, landscaping and sprinkler system install

5. trim 3 - install specialty items like curtain rods and non built-in shelving

6. carpet!!!

7. polishing of the stained concrete floors

8. final clean-ups

8. install shower doors in master bath

and hopefully after all this (and any other punchlist items) we'll be able to have a final inspection and be move-in ready by sometime next week! fingers crossed!