House Update

We dropped by the house today. Here's the latest on the outside!

Newly completed items:

• Painted exterior
• Painted interior
• Baseboards upstairs
• Closet doors installed
• Banister & railings up
• Wood flooring in place
• Cabinetry installed
• Electrical circuit board complete & labeled
• Lighting fixtures up and ON!
• Garage doors installed
• Exterior front lights installed

In the works:

• Baseboards downstairs
• Grouting of tile (all the tile is down)
• Backyard grading/leveling almost complete
• Roofing - they were working on this when we drove up
• Closet door handles
• Handles on all doors

Still to be done:

• View fencing in backyard
• Driveway still needs to be poured
• Front yard landscaping
• Polyurethane coating on banister/railing
• Countertops in kitchen & bathrooms
• Sinks & Toilets
• Interior door installation
• Vent covers for air/heat to be installed
• Property fence on left side of house (they've just poured the slab for the house nextdoor so I guess they needs the extra room to work)
• Appliances

We can hardly believe that all this has been done in two weeks. But we're thankful that it's progressing.

We couldn't get to the master because that would mean walking on a bunch of tiles (which we were told to avoid doing because there's no grout). You should have seen us making our way to the stairs. Hubs unlocked the front door. We hopped to the wood flooring (which was totally finished). We walked the length of the wood flooring. I was able get to the stairs only stepping on three tiles. Whew! We were able to explore all upstairs because there were no flooring issues. We're putting carpet up there. It's a bummer we couldn't explore downstairs. We couldn't check out the master bedroom, the master bathroom, the half-bath, and the laundry room. But we're sure they're getting those worked on.

Front door. Tile entry with wood in den & dining/living room.

Family room. No hearth on fireplace.

Kitchen & nook (view from loft).

Loft. Oak railing.

One detail that I really like is the transition we put between the front part of the house and the back part of the house. It's just a simple band of tiles (see below) but it's a way to delineate between the "formal" and "casual" sections of the downstairs. The transition band is in the same collection as the decorative backsplash in the kitchen & the entry medallion. It's the same color set of stones but in a different layout. It's a small detail, but I think it'll really tie the colors in the floor with our kitchen. A more cohesive look, you know?

I think we'll be able to move that last weekend in March. I'm secretly hoping we'll be able to close on the place a week earlier though. I can't WAIT until we're in the house!