Brick, drywall, and more!

Went to see the house yesterday for the first time in almost two weeks and WOW! It changed so much!! Brick is done, roof is done, limestone keys done, drywall is almost done. Here are the latest pics (sorry they aren't in order, Blogger is so annoying!)

The den:

The garage:

Master bathroom - jacuzzi

Master bathroom - shower
We put a bench :-)

Master bedroom:

Love that awning window but we didn't think it through--our bed's headboard is so big it will probably completely cover it!! :(

View from the foyer:

Family room:

Love it! :)

Nook:

Kitchen:

We had some drama with that window, looks a lot better now though!

Exterior:

What do you think of the brick? The cultured stone isn't in yet.

Builder is saying the house should be done end of November! Can't believe it. We still have to finalize interior trim, paint, lighting, plumbing, appliances... Stay tuned ;)

Yay! Finally chose a brick!

Score! Finally, a brick that is available in our price range that I actually like! Take a look at the pictures and let me know what you think!

The roof shingles are "weathered wood," which is what we were leaning towards anyway, it matches quite well with the brick, right? I think we'll do the same trim color too. Three birds with one stone - Great! Success!

I just need to choose a shutter color... Any ideas?? I'm so confused!

SOOO many decisions to make!!

Had a selection meeting with our builder today; oh my! there are so many things we need to decide on!! In this post I'll discuss decisions having to do with the exterior.

Roof - http://www.gaf.com/

*Color - Thankfully, there aren't too many options in this department. And I'm pretty sure we will go with "weathered wood," which is a grayish color. It's either that or "slate," which is a darker gray. I also liked "charcoal," but it would look nice with dark red brick, not the lighter one we are going with.
*Type - Two types of shingles basically, flat and dimensional. The flat is just shingles placed next to each other (also called 3-tab), while the dimensional is more 3-D.

Siding

We only have siding on the sides and rear of the house, and very little on the front. But we still need to decide on:
*Type - We are considering two types, vinyl and concrete. Concrete's a lot more expensive, so we are thinking of putting it only in the front of the house since there is only a little there. The rest will be vinyl. We also saw some new types of designs in a magazine, with different shapes of vinyl siding, but I think we'll stick with the traditional ;)
*Color - There were two colors of vinyl that I liked, "wicker," an almond color, and "heather," which has a pinkish tone to it. For the light red brick we are hoping to go with, these two match well. Read this: some things to keep in mind when choosing siding colors.
Here's a website that has a bunch of siding colors.

Exterior trim

We need to choose the color of the trim under the roof as well as around the windows and stuff. I wasn't even aware of this wood that we'd have to trim, so apparently I have another decision to make! Thankfully, all we have to do is choose a color. We will wait until we've finalized the siding color then try to find a match in trim color. Some like to have the trim contrast completely with the siding, but I'm not creative enough for that!

Windows

We've already decided on the type of windows we want, (double-hung) the color (white), and the grills (only on the top half). Here are a list of window types. We plan on having a box-out window in the dining room (similar to bay), and an awning window in our master bedroom.

Shutters

Our elevation has fake shutters that I think give the house some charm. We need to decide on
*Style - there are paneled and louvered. I like the paneled more.
*Color - we will match the shutters to the roof, brick, and exterior trim.

Brick

We thought we had finalized our brick choice, but we have to do more homework! It's been a pain getting the brick we want. The house we liked, turns out its brick is way too expensive. Haven't had the chance yet, but will check out this website for help in choosing soon. Builder said brick needs weeks to come in so we have to decide asap!! Most likely, we will go to a brick store and take a look, because this process has become tedious!

HELP!!

Brick and stone

So I've been doing some research on brick colors. We know that we like the reddish tones more than others, and we especially don't like the very light brick. I did some searching online and came to some websites that helped, that show the brick color, and when clicked, show a house with that brick. We also drove around and took some pictures of houses whose brick we liked. In the end, we liked this house's brick the most!

What do you think - do you like this color??

We are also trying to decide about whether or not we want to use any stone. Stone is A LOT more expensive than brick. Check out the stone to the left! Beautiful, I know... But expensive.

Whereas, the house above, if you see, above the windows there is a white arch, that is made from limestone. We've decided we want to do the same thing, that way the house has stone but it's not too costly.

Our builder also suggested having the front door be surrounded by cultured stone. Cultured stone is basically fake stone, so it's a lot cheaper, but still looks pretty nice. It comes in a lot of different shapes and colors, but we haven't yet decided exactly what we want. We are going to do like the picture to the left with cultured stone around the front door, but we need help choosing a style!

Also, we decided to have a boxed window in the dining room, which would be the front of the house. Unlike the bay window, it doesn't come out as much so it's cheaper, but it still gives the house some character from the outside.