Fixtures and knobs

Here is another post about details. Now if you had asked me two months ago about light fixtures and knobs on a house that I went through, you would have received a deer in the headlights look from me.  Was I supposed to look at those, I think they were dark?  I think there was a fan, maybe a light too.  Ummmmm, i think that the bathroom cabinet had handles?  

But not now.....I can tell you intimate details about my lighting fixture and the 30,000 other ones that are out there that don't match because of shade color, finish type, height and width or are out of my 'price point'.   (Same thing with knobs and pulls)

This is the standard builders fan/light that is in every bedroom upstairs. 

Here are the knobs and pulls on the kitchen cabinets.  Counter tops should be here in 10 days. (See last blog post)

Here is breakfast area light and family room fan/light.  There will also be two pendents hanging over the bar off the kitchen. Also a floating mantle on the fireplace.  They will be adding stone around the fireplace.

Here is fan/light in Living room looking into light in dinning room.

Here is the light in dinning room.  And yes, the plastic will come off the drum shade once we move in.

Bathroom light upstairs bathroom

Bathroom pulls

Outside fan.  Oh yeah...and our awesome screen porch.

The corner on the right is where bob plans to put the TV.

The screens should go on next week.

Bummer

We went to the house last night after dinner to find that it was locked. :(  bummer that we could not get in, but wow that means were that much closer to being done.
We could see from the window that most of the lighting fixtures were up.  They also have the screen porch framed out and painted. (My camera battery was dead when we got there....another bummer...so no pictures today) 

I also found out that for the first time ever, they are out of my granite in Atlanta!  They found some in New Jersey, but it will take 2 weeks.  :(  so that slows everything down.   I just locked in with my mortgage company on a 30 day lock, and now were delayed.  Triple Bummer.  

I am going to try to get in sometime next week to finalize back splash and will try to sneak pictures then. 

Whats going on outside?

I have been posting a lot about the inside, but they are making progress on the outside too.

Here is our driveway with side entrance garage.  (Don't worry, The first time I saw a big driveway in Georgia my first thought was 'I don't want to shovel that!'  But no worries down south!)

The outside of the house is still waiting on shutters for a few of the windows, and we are looking into gutters. (No one down south puts gutters on their house?)

In back we will have a screened in porch and them some outside uncovered area.  That leaning 2x4 shows the edge of the screened in porch.

Here is a view of the back yard. I am standing just outside the sliding glass door looking right.

And now looking left. (And looks like the builders left a tractor out there?)

Dad and Austin playing around.

And here I am standing at the far corner of the yard looking across the back.

And standing in same corner, looking toward the front of the house (Our side yard)

Yes, it's going to be a lot to mow.....

Doors

My mother called to inform me that I had not posted recently and that she wanted to see what was going on.   I told her that not much happened over the weekend, but there were doors on the cabinets and she wanted to see them. I was waiting until the knobs and pulls were on to post, but she insisted.  So to most of you, these pictures are not much different from the last post, but if you are in to details...here is a tour of the kitchen.....again

I didnt want the 'bottomless pit' corner cabinet. You know where you can only tuck things way back in the corner and cant access any of the stuff you put back there unless you pull everything else out. So I asked for access to that corner cabinet from the back. So it looks like I have a bench on the wrong side of the cabinet, but don't worry, it's supposed to be that way.

The back access is going to be hidden in the third panel on the back of the wall. 

Here are a few of the doors.  See the cute little bench in the cabinet under the sink?

And it looks like Austin found the hidden door. Great place to play hide and seek.

And the corner cabinet without a door is the lazy susan that I asked to be added instead of the bottomless pit in that corner.    The counter top should go in the end of this week.

Starting to show some color

After much debate, my designer helped me realize that I CAN pick white cabinets and paint my walls blue.  (Another good friend had the perfect color blue for me too!!)

I was doing some measuring for the under cabinet lighting and Austin didn't want to miss out. He is inspecting the work here making sure we are up to code on clearance for the stove.

Here is the first coat of paint in the dinning and living room.

Cabinets in the master Bathroom.

My inspector checking out the shower.

And, our awesome basketball driveway.  We got there too late to carve our initials in the cement :(

Building a stone wall

They started putting the stone on the front last week.

And I went out today and they are finishing up the white trim work.  Hopefully soon I'll upgrade to a straight column to hold up the roof and not a 2x4.

It looks like I am helping the guys, or pointing out a spot they missed, but Im really checking to see if the light I ordered is the right size.  It was 19 by 12 and I had to use stuff I found laying around the job site because I forgot my cardboard cut out at home.

Tractors and Trim

The house is moving right along..I think ahead of schedule, but I'll check with builder this week to see what they think about our Sept 16th closing date.

Showed up one day and there was a big tractor in our front yard.

Dad and Austin thought it was theirs to drive around for the day - man did they make a mess in the yard as Dad tried to remember his days working for CAT.

They also started working on our trim work, Chair rails and crown molding.

Dad and Austin checking out our 'storage' in the attic area.  (Not much up there, but he had to use the 'night light' app on my ipad to see anything)

Putting up walls

No more walking through walls for Austin.  Here is a view looking from Family room into kitchen.

Before and after

Looking from Living room into Dinning room (Kitchen on the left)

Looking from Living room into Entryway

And a picture of the bonus room in-progress.  Insulation is in...waiting on sheet rock.

Since our last trip out there, they should have all the walls mudded.  We are headed out tomorrow to take a look and hopefully the stone on front is done and maybe they started on some trim work.  

I spent 3.5 hours on Tuesday looking at lighting fixtures. Its funny, I never really paid attention to those things before.  Now I find myself looking up everywhere I go.   I still have carpet to pick out, so next I'll be looking down everywhere I go and giving my neck a good work out.

Did the Cow jump over the moon?

Last week we dressed up like Cows to get free food from Chick Fil A.   That afternoon Austin decided he wanted to learn to Jump....sort of.

Lets take a look inside

Most of these pictures will just look like a lot of 2x4's. 

But to me.....its a house with rooms. 

 For Austin...its a house with walls you can walk through. 

View from family room to kitchen (the boys are standing in the kitchen), behind them is the dining room, and in far corner to the right is living room.

The rest of the family room and you can see into the powder room.  (good thing no one's in there)

 I know it's dark, but Austin really likes to find places he can sit.  And he's so proud of this one.  I am just glad it was not on the second floor so he could fall out.

 View from front door up to loft area.  I am told that the 'ladder' leaning on the side is what electricians use to help reach hard to reach areas.....hmmm......now I understand some of the stories and injuries I see from my brother in law ;)  Wonder if we should hang on to that incase we need to change a lightbulb in the entrance way.

View from loft into master bedroom, bath and closet.

View from other side of loft into guest bath and three bedrooms.  If you come visit....you will be staying in one of these rooms!

That concludes the 2x4 tour.  

They already have the house sheet rocked and should start on stone front soon. 

Those are more exciting pictures.  So check back.

House update

After the slab comes the walls and more walls

Then we had to leave to go back to Tifton and pack up all our 'stuff' so we were away for about a week. When we came back, they had already put on the hardyboard (sp?) and painted it. They also had some of the brick done on the side and back of the house.