House Update

I know it's been awhile since I updated about the house. Our afternoons are busy running to check on the progress, run to the lighting store or the paint store or WalMart. You know...

Our brick has been finished for a few weeks. I love it. I was worried about it a little because it's a special order and it's only on one house in our area, but with a different mortar color. So we hadn't actually seen our combination on a house. We are very pleased!


And as pleased as we are with the brick, I am so excited and happy we decided to do rock columns. Dusty left that up to me {because of course, more $ was involved}. I love it!


I think it's a little hard to tell in this picture, but our trim and gutters are done. We went with taupe trim and dark brown gutters/garage doors. Again, happy with our choice!


I've been to the lighting store 3 times since last Saturday. Avery Claire is known as the "Alabama girl" when we walk in because she had on a Bama shirt the first time. She's made friends with the lady there and had her counting to 3 for her to jump off the step the last time we were there. There are so many choices. I thought picking out brick was hard. I think lighting is harder. I had one light fixture in my shopping cart at Restoration Hardware and decided to go once more the lighting store. It just so happened I found a very similar light for hundreds cheaper. So, I got my dining room, foyer, and breakfast fixtures for less than the one I was going to order. Whew!!


And paint colors....just look at the choices. Enough said.


Here's our master shower. That's been a big part of our last two weeks. Picking out tile. Picking out decorative tile. Picking out grout. Picking out ceiling and floor tile. Going to pick up more tile. I think it's going to look awesome!



And flooring. We're using the same tile throughout, thank God. And we decided on the Chestnut, which is the one on the far right, top choice. I probably would've went darker, but my friend pointed out that every speck of dust would show up.

We've had such a good experience with the building process. It's been pretty stress-free so far. There are lots of choices to make, but it's fun to see it all come together. And we're starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It'll still be a few weeks until move-in time, but it won't be long! Trim is done. Painting starts Monday, then lighting goes up, then floors and cabinets. There will be lots to update soon!

Elena, I think you're the only person still reading, but as long as I know you're out there, I'll keep going! We haven't decided on the door, but the builders and I did have a discussion yesterday about glazing vs. distressing!