Pain...T .. Projects and Honey Do lists..

Thought I'd post an update! Being a new homeowner is hard.. these past 8 weeks have been filled with a lot of fun but long hours and hard work!! 30 day inspection complete.. Lawn issues..

Important Items to work on..
-LAWN
-PAINT
-Interior decoration
-Furniture
-Fence
-getting married, so everything that entails

I wanted to post the colors Megan picked for the great room. She really has an amazing eye!

 

Before

This wall is called Seascape (Valspar) and is a great accent wall with the Fireplace.

It is surrounded on all sides by Roasted Garlic (Valspar)

 

After

 

This color is Pink Suede (Valspar) 

It really brings out the Golden Mascarello

 Before and After

The Dining Room is Roasted Garlic (light green)

Upstairs Master.. (Valspar SeaSpray)

 with new bed tables

Megan didn't like the old bed tables.. so I had to "fix" them

OLD

NEW!

Bathroom is Riesling (Valspar)

 Side note with lawn..

It rained a lot!! Swimming Anyone??

Everyone says Cheeeeeeze...

Had to do it! Cheeeeeezy pictures of Everyone!
We close Friday and the "Walk-Through" yielded some items to address (They got our house number wrong!), lots to learn.. I need to water everything green for about.. ohh forever.. but we walked into this home and it felt like ours for the first time.
I won't be shuttin the Blog down, I have lots of Projects to show folks (Patio, Deck, Furniture, Paint)
So keep Bloggin and keep up the support for all of us makers of dreams..

Megan and James

 Megan and James with our PM and Sales Rep

Almost There..

On Wednesday, we have the "Walk-Through".. we have a list of items to address but are confident nothing too demanding..

*A note about NVR Mortgage - Our Loan Officer has been great with Communication and other items when contact was needed, she has been patient with my questions and helpful through this whole process, There have been other folks that have tried my patience and make me wonder exactly what they consider good customer service to be? No details here, sorry.. 'nuff said..I'm Closing Friday and have no idea about funds needed to close yet, outside of the last GFE, that makes me slightly nervous..*

OK, so here are some pics of the inside and out..

Stone was finished today, and I'm interested in seeing how they finish grading our small slope here.

 Back of the house.. (You can't see but they addressed my Floodlight.. err rather lack of one prior..)

 They painted the door and put the finishing trim on today.. Lightpost and top of mailbox also..

 Busy at work, but a better shot of the detail.

They took the paper off the floor and although dirty, was really great to see the hardwood.

 A well picked wall color will make this Fireplace stand out!

 Hello Kitchen.. I will cook many things in you.

Pedestal Sink downstairs powder room

OK Here is the Question to all you folks!!! Look at the backsplash and sidesplash on this High Definition Laminate, what do you think? I think the Sidesplash (if ya even call it that) looks ugly and it's not very contoured. I think we want it gone.. 

Filling the house with awesome stuff..

With 7 days till pre-settlement and 9 days till closing, we are endlessly thinking about the multitude of items that will fill the house. With many items left to address you really need something to distract oneself..

Here is the Fridge.. KFIS25XVMS | KitchenAid 24.9 cu. ft. Stainless Steel French Door Refrigerator |

I'm refinishing a Coffee and End Tables.. feel free to check out the Coffee Table Makeover

Here is the Frame in which the new bed will go in Potterybarn Sumatra Bed

{I will put more items in this space.. stay tuned..}

Some pictures of downstairs carpet..

Starting to feel like a house..

I finished work early yesterday so that I could head to the house, perhaps catch my PM and have our regular Friday chat, perhaps see if the Stain issue was resolved (it wasn't yet). He wasn't there, no workers inside but the garage was open, so I thought I'd take a look..

That white thing in the garage on the left is my door molding freshly painted..

Also lots of stuff in and around the garage.. I have lights on the outside.

Here is a closeup of the light, I think it's nice. also here is the Buck-Eye stone.

It looks great with the Spanish Olive, it has hints of olive greens and the dull red is a good contrast.

Random socket outside the front door. 

Megan and I have been waiting to see the flooring we picked, here is a small peak at the Yorkshire Aubern
We have it throughout the whole First floor and it is stunning. Can't wait to post a better shot, I wasn't willing to lift up all the cover to get a shot. No other flooring is done.. it's been so long I forget the color of the carpet!

Finally... I noticed something on the outside of the house.. we did get a floodlight next to our window on the second floor, as our yard is long and would require some light for the dogs at night, umm..... I don't see it up there.. although my PM did say electrical did have it.. I"m hoping it's just covered up with siding.. =/

June 8th can't come quick enough!!
 

A peak inside the fern..and two shades of stain..

Well after a week away from the 'burgh, Megan and I made a pilgrimage up to the house, meet a new neighbor and were lucky enough to be let inside by our PM who was in the neighborhood. A lot was done this week!

1) Painting almost completed
2) Kitchen Cabinets are in (Butterscotch)
3) Countertop is on ( Golden Mascarello)
4) Fireplace Brick is done.. awaiting mantel
5) Bathroom vanity and cabinets are in ( Maple Cognac)
6) Stone is completed in the front (Buck-eye)
7) Top-Soil laid

It's hard to really appreciate how nice these Butterscotch glazed cabinets are!

Close-up of the Golden Mascarello

Sweet..

View into the Greatroom, notice the Stain on the Banister..

 OK.. Look closely to the bottom of the banister..

 Let me help.. can you see it now?
I'll be sure to address the issue on Monday.

House is otherwise lovely and I couldn't be happier with the weekly progress.

More Progress.... and a Hiccup..

I spoke with my PM today as I am going out of Town for 7+ days and wanted to get briefed on the progress and next weeks schedule. I was quite happy to hear Siding started today (I'm getting Spanish Olive) and proceeded to head to the house after work.

I took this Pic yesterday and I have a driveway..

Here is the completed front with shudders..

Workers busy at work...

Right side looks good..Check..

Left side looks good too.. Check..

Then I see this..

Now, I remember most every conversation I have and I've had multiple conversations about "Stone to Grade". I'm hoping this is an honest mistake as I was under the impression that the basement part was to be all stone. This looks like I'd get stone wrapping around the corner then siding the rest of the way.
Everyone else has stone or brick around the basement. Anyone else have this issue or seen anything like it?

I spoke with the guys who were busy at work in both English and Spanish (I'm pretty fluent) and they even described to me that yes there will be stone.. So I'll speak with the PM tomorrow and figure out what is up!

(UPDATE- Spoke with PM and we do have "Stone to Grade" and he will take care of the problem)

In other news.. Locked in my Mortgage Rate (3.75%)