Thursday, August 23, 2012

Almost there!!!

We are getting so close.  We won't make the "before school starts" move like we originally planned, but we won't be too far off.  We are guessing about another 2-3 weeks til we move.  In the meantime, we are still playing baseball and getting ready for school to start next week.

On the return from our "family vacation" at Myrtle beach for the Aces baseball tourney, we found our floors finished and light fixtures being installed along with a few other things.  I have to say, the floors look amazing!  I could not be happier with how they turned out.

Here we are at the top of the main stairs looking down to the foyer/hall.....railings still need to be done.





 No idea where we are here, but it's a closer shot of the floors... I love all the knots, dark spots and just the old rustic look they have.




Here's a shot of the upstairs from my office door....


And, continuing down the stairs to the basement....


So, now that we are in the basement, let's stay there and check out the bar!  Here's what it looks like when  you come down the stairs.  This turned out great.  I love the paint color Marjie picked and the fence board trim everywhere is so simple, but just looks so great with the stone wall and everything else down here.




Here's a shot of the bar straight on.  We are putting a wood trim around the bar top to give it a little more "bar" look.  It's not really on in this pic...the pieces were cut and laying on the top of the bar. So, I put them on the side and held them down with the paint can you see :)   And, I love love love the built in that our friendly trim carpenter, Joe made from the fenceboard, too.  Copper pendants are in and refrigerators came yesterday.  I'm not sure why everything in my pics look so yellow..it's really not :)





Here are some shots of the back bar cabinets.  Hardware was just installed here as well...




We'll have a dishwasher go in the empty space you see here...



Closer shot of the built in.  Oh, I originally had the hardware to go in the middle of the cabinet.  But, Joe was not a fan of that (along with some of my other cabinet hardware locations).  So, I deferred to him on several occasions.  Of course I got the "No, look ugly" a few times, but it was all in fun (at least I think it was)!



And, here's another shot of the basement stepping back some.  On the right is the bathroom, extra bedroom, and  doors to exercise room.  To the left will be a huge TV on the wall and we'll probably put a cozy sectional or something down here.


 Basement bath with hardware on and light fixture in...not quite painted yet and mirror needs to be hung.






 Here's the basement bedroom (where elec panel is) along with a shot of exercise room.





On to the upstairs to checkout updates there...

Hood is finished up in the kitchen... and subway tile is almost done.  We had to order a few more pieces, so that should be finished early next week I think.


And, the "secret pantry" (as Mark likes to call it..and mock me) is just about finished.  Andrea (KD) found the perfect hinges so the doors swing into the pantry, instead of out in front of the doorway.  Here's a pic with the doors shut....


And, with the doors open....
 

A few more shots of the kitchen sink with the faucet recently installed and the appliance garage (under micro shelf) is tiled as well.


 


And, finally the barn door is in and installed!!!!  I love this thing.  It just looks so neat.  Here's a shot standing in the kitchen....




And, then from the family room...



Speaking of the family room....carpet is installed, wood trim is done and the ceiling fan is in!





 Dining room lighting is hung (although I don't like it in these pics...they chandy looks very gold/yellow, and it's really not...you have to see the in person, I think)




Crystal knobs for butler's pantry and dining room doors...



Not sure why this pic is so blurry (hmmm...probably bc my crappy camera sucks).  Anyway, I'm hoping they clean off the glass soon to see the whole thing better....



And, here's the powder room with the vessel sink and tall faucet...still need to fix the drawer fronts though





And, finally the mudroom wood bench is done as well....just need to get the hooks on!



Here's a closer shot of the countertops - leathered black granite..


Back porch is just about finished up...








That's about it for now!  This coming up week includes a lot of yard work.  We have a ton of bermuda grass we need to get rid of before we can plant anything...fun fun fun!!!  And, then just finishing up little things here/there til we are finally done.