ALL MOVED IN...

We moved in Thursday!! It was so exciting.. We're about 95% unpacked, thanks to the unending efforts of my mom... I have some pictures but the quality isn't that great.

The Kitchen :-)
Pantry and Butler Pantry/Kitchen Desk

Nook

Family Room :-)

Foyer, Front Door, Hardwood, Stairs

Living Room.. Still needs work

Dining Room

Again

The Office isn't unpacked yet.

Master Bedroom

Again

Walk-in Closet

Master Bathroom

Shower

Green (Baby's) Room

I forgot to take pictures of the other bathrooms and the basement. Next time!

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:

Pictures - Finally!

Framing is almost complete! Just one-two more days... Here are pix:

The lot/driveway

The elevation and rear:

The front door I ended up choosing:

My favorite part of the house--the nook!

The master bedroom:

The walkout basement

Choosing a front door

Been thinking a lot about our front door. Our builder told us to start thinking about the kind of front door we want. He guided us to the Therma-tru website to help us design the door we want. We knew a steel door was out of the question for us. At first, I designed this beautiful mahogany door, and had our builder get us a quote--it was almost $4000!!!

We had to decide what was most important to us. Three factors affect the cost: How close it is to wood (real wood is most expensive of course, then fiber-classic that can be stained like wood, then smooth-star that can only be painted); How much glass; And the glass detail (the more intricate the more expensive).

For us, having glass was most important, as well as privacy. For this reason, we are leaning towards the Smooth-Star line; it's cheaper in general and so we'd be able to get a lot of glass while staying within our budget ($1000-2000). Smooth-Star can't be stained like the Fiber-Classic line to look like wood, but it can be painted. We also would have liked a transom (the arched glass above the door), but our budget wouldn't allow it.

I really liked the Thermatru website because it lets you design the door you like, then you can also check how much privacy the glass you chose can afford you. The only thing I don't like is that you can't get the price estimate from the site.

The door above is the one I am leaning towards now. It's exactly in our price range and I love it! On the privacy scale rating (where ten is most private) it rates a 8. It's important for us that we have a lot of privacy, but don't need blinds on it, because I think that's ugly. What do you think? What color should I paint it? Do you like the glass design or should I choose a different one?

I'm just a little worried that the door we chose might not match with our red-brick theme. I am considering getting the same door but in Fiber-Classic if we can get it at a decent cost. That way it can be stained to look more like wood.