A clean house is a happy house

New pictures for you. The house was cleaned and it looks so much better :-) Here is a picture of the kitchen, completely finished (The fridge is at my brother's house, we haven't brought it to the house yet)

Fireplace mantel was stained.. I love the way it looks with the granite, yay!

Here's the pedestal sink with the faucet I chose for the powder room. What do you think?

The hardwood floors!!! Might be my favorite part of the entire house!

Front door was also stained! Same color from the outside and inside

The temporary walkway/stairs to the front door.. It was dark and I used my phone, sorry for the bad quality:

Carpeting!! Hardwood!! Knobs/Handles!!

Wowee!! The house is almost ready! Carpeting is finished--in ONE day! Can't believe it.. Hardwood floors are in, but they're covered so you can barely see it. The temporary certificate of occupancy was supposed to be next Friday, the 20th, but there were some .. issues, so it'll be a little bit after. That's okay, we can't move in til the 30th anyway!

As always, pictures!!! Enjoy

The appliance garage was installed - here it is closed.

And open:
The kitchen knobs we chose. We were short 4 and had to buy some more. Nice, huh? But the left one looks crooked.

Not a good picture of the kitchen handles.

We had a little misunderstanding with the laundry room faucet. They installed this faucet:

But I wanted one that was pull-out and has a spray. So we went to Home Depot and picked out this one: (I hope it's good quality, all our other plumbing fixtures were from a more reliable plumbing contractor)

Hardwood floors!!!!!!!!! I LOVVVVVVVVVVVE THEM!!!!!!!!! You can't really see them but they're beautiful! Perfect match to the stain on the stairs!

Powder room, they still haven't assembled the pedestal completely.

Powder Room, they installed the bathroom hardware.

Guest bathroom shower

Kids' bathroom handles and knobs

Master bathroom knobs

Master bathroom shower door!!!

Nursery closet. I put lots of small shelves. I don't like how the top shelf is SO high!! But oh well.

Master walk-in Closet!!!! YAY!

Master walk-in continued...

Linen closet

Countertops and more...

More pictures for you today... and some drama!

The kitchen floor tile came out beautifully!! It looks like stone, but it's actually porcelain.. The picture isn't clear enough though :/ I hope it's not hard to clean!

All the countertops are in! Here is the granite in the kitchen. And this is where the drama comes in. Builder said we could get premium edge at standard cost, so I looked online and found a granite edge I like, this certain website called it waterfall. So I asked for waterfall, too bad in most circles, waterfall granite edge is just your standard boring plain 'ole edge :( Oh well, it still looks nice though, right?

The Kitchen Sink!! So, as I said in my previous post, I ended up going with the one-bowl sink. I hope I don't regret my decision. It doesn't look as "nice" as a two-bowl sink but hopefully it'll be more practical. I don't like how it's sooo deep though, the one at my parents' is also 10" deep and it gives me backaches.

The desk/butler pantry

The kitchen at large. Island counter is in. Crown and trim also... Appliance garage still to come.

This is the laminate countertop we used in the laundry room, kids bath and guest bath. Not bad.

Marbelite sink in mudbath! notice sink is mesh with the countertop.

We used the same granite from the kitchen for the fireplace surround. Not sure how I like it yet, will leave the judgment til after the mantel is in.

Master bathroom shower.. Like my artwork?? lol

Master bathroom vanity. Countertop is Quartz, it's called Silestone. I love it!! The edge here is "Ogee."

Up close of master shower

View from guest room window

Dining room with wainscott

Wainscott some more, should look great after they paint next week!!

Stairs, most of the spindles are in. Next week will be painting!

What a difference interior trim makes!

Elevation is mostly done, we cancelled the shutters so nothing much left to do on the exterior. As for inside, however, interior trim work has begun!!! Tons of pictures for you today. Enjoy! =)


Kitchen cabinets are almost done! Island counter yet to come...



Ceramic tile has begun as well, here's the kids' bathroom.

And the master bathroom:

The shelf in the master shower for shampoo, conditioner, etc...

We did crown molding in the family, living and dining room. Has yet to be painted, but here is the family room. Notice the walls have been primed for paint. Makes the house look a lot brighter!

The creative trim the trimmer did above the entry to the dining and to the living rooms. This is the dining room.

The wainscott-esque trim in the dining room. I love it!

Working on the stairs! Here is the handrail and newels. Balusters to come..

We decided to do false treads after all.

Thanks for coming, hope you like!!

Moving along...

Forgot the camera today (unfortunately!) but the cultured stone is in, cabinets are halfway done, and trim has begun!

Here are two pix from my phone.

What do you think of the stone?


LOVE my cabinets!