Completion Draweth Nigh

Hardi will be painted a dark tan.  The yellow is the temporary color

It has been four weeks since the last post to this blog and quite a lot has happened since then.  All the brick has been laid and the hardi board has been installed.  The hardi will be painted next week so it still has its natural yellow color.  The gray colored trim under the hardi shakes will be painted to match the white trim on the eaves. 

The trim around the window will be painted white and the hard shingles will be a dark tan color.

The keystones at the top of the windows will be painted to match the white trim.

 

 Our front doors are just temporary.  They will be installing two of the doors in the picture on the right sometime next week or the next.

Walter, master trim carpenter, arrived last week and began to work his magic.  This guy has been in the business longer than I've been alive and he knows his stuff

These are the colors that we chose for the interior of our home. The light tan at the top will be in the breakfast area, kitchen, and a few bedrooms and the ceiling on my office.

The orangish color on the right will be in the dining room, ceiling of master bedroom in the tray and in the powder room by the stairs. 

The soft blue color will be on the walls of my office and on an accent wall in Corbin's room.

The deep gray/brown on the right will be on all interior doors.

Finally, the beige in the center will be in the livingroom, hallways and bathrooms.

The wood under the color swatches is a sample of the hardwood flooring that will be installed in the foyer, living room, dining room, office, kitchen and breakfast nook.

The painters arrived on Friday and did a rough spray down of a few rooms and all of the ceilings.  He will be back next week to finish the paint in the entire house.  You can see in this photo where the trim carpenter has begun to case the beam columns and beams in trim.

The cabinet guys arrived on Thursday and did an amazing job installing our cabinetry.  We had to jump through a lot of hoops and pay more than we wanted to for the glazing but I can say now that it was worth it.  They look awesome!

The doorway the leads into the kitchen in this photo will be cased in trim as well. 

This is a view of the back of the bar looking in from the breakfast nook.  I can't wait to see these cabinets when the under cabinet and over cabinet lighting is installed!

These are the cabinets that are in two of our bathrooms.  They will have a different color granite on the counter tops from the kitchen and the other bathroom.

  This is where the tub will sit inside of.  the deck will be tiled around it.  I liked the way the sunlight coming in the window showed off the color on the walls.  Since the electrical is not turned on yet, its hard to get a well lit shot on a smartphone!

The trim should be wrapped up by the beginning of next week.  They still have to finish wrapping the columns and beams and install the crown molding.  The flooring is scheduled to start on next Tuesday the 13th.  They will start with the tile and then go to the wood.  By this time next week, all paint and trim should be done.  They still have to grade the lot, add the sprinklers, driveways, landscaping, shutters on the exterior, lighting fixtures, plumbing fixtures and I'm sure several other things but we are still hoping to be in the home in January!