A Few More Pieces of the Puzzle

There have been a few large steps made on the home front.  All of our appliances have been delivered.  They weren't in, but they were in our living room in boxes waiting to be installed.  We have all of our outlet and light switches in.  I know that might not be super exciting to some people, but that means that our electrical is done and that we have all of our lights in.  Every light has a bulb and is working.  The only lights we are waiting on are the pendant lights that hang over the island.  We are super excited to have power!  That means that things are getting serious.  I like serious.

Covers have been added.  On outlets too.

Can lights.  We have 8 total in the house.

The light about the kitchen table.

Fan and light in the living room.

Bathroom lights.

The kitchen counter tops are in as well.  They look incredible!  The pictures really don't do them justice.  Again, you'll have to come and see for yourself.  They also have the kitchen sink in place, but there is no faucet yet.  They need to finish the plumbing for the house before they can add any of that stuff.

Granite is in.

The kitchen sink is in place.  We're just waiting on a faucet.

Chris said that not a lot of people, well no one, would find the next picture interesting.  I don't care.  I like the look of the showerheads.  It is really flat and open which means only one thing. . .  It will make for one amazing shower.  Who doesn't like a good shower?

The shower heads.

The mudroom bench is finally in.  It isn't finished, but it is there.  We are so happy with the way it looks.  We didn't know that we were going to have cubbys at the bottom so that we could store our shoes.  We also didn't know that it would have a small shelf on top and decorative lines on the back panel.  It looks amazing.  We can't wait to see what to see what the finished product looks like.  They need to paint it (we think it will be white), and add the hooks so that we can hang up our jackets and coats.

Bench in the mudroom.

The outside is done now.  Well, we think at least.  They got the rock put up, but we are not convinced that it is the rock that we picked out.  The rock we chose at the design center had more greys and tans in it.  The rock on our house is very purple and orange.  That is not what we picked out.  I called our project manager to make sure that they didn't make a mistake.  He said that he double checked it before it went up, but he would check again to make sure there wasn't a mistake made.  We are waiting to hear back from him to see what he says.  If they didn't make a mistake, and that is what it is supposed to look like, we will be happy with what we have been given.  How could we be ungrateful for everything that they have done for us already?  We decided though that we will do some artificial aging to it this summer.  That way it doesn't look so dark.  Normally we wouldn't make a fuss over mistakes, but this is a big deal.  It is a major part of the house and we are spending a lot of money on it, so we want the exterior to be what we picked out. 

The outside is done. . .  Maybe.

That aside, I still love our house.  And I am so grateful for everything that we have been given during this process.  We are excited that we get to close in a week and a half and we get to move in shortly after that.  Hooray for a new beginning!