All Moved In!

We're here! Phillip & I have actually been in our house for three weeks now, but due to unpacking and a lack of internet (hopefully we'll have it soon!), I've been a little late at posting pictures. Obviously everything is not finished, but I plan on updating each room as I finish it.

This shows a good overview of the layout of the house:

The Living Room:

The nook:

The Dining Room:

Phillip's Study:

The Kitchen:

The dreaded glass tile that my Dad put up:

My green pantry (my favorite room in the house!):

The Laundry Room:

The Master Bedroom:

The Master Bath:

The Craft Room:

Guest Bath:

The Guest Room:

The Screened-In Porch:

The Back of the House:

New Pictures, Finally!

Phillip & I have been really busy finishing up school (just 9 days left until graduation - NINE days!), so we haven't been able to head back home to help with the house. Luckily, we have the best crew ever (Ross, Jim, Dave, Dad & Mom) putting the finishing touches on our new home. Ross emailed me some new pictures tonight, so I thought that I would post some updates.

Here's the finished exterior with newly laid stone by the best "masons" ever:

We have cabinets, countertops, light fixtures, appliances, and the beginnings of a backsplash!

Look! It's my Dad laying my recycled glass tile that is driving him crazy - Thanks, Dad!!

The entryway:


The dining room (don't you love my HUGE light fixture?!)

The screened in porch:

Phillip's study:

The guest bathroom (all we have left is to hang the mirror):



The master bath:
The laundry room:

The back of the house with the deck (& the future site of my vegetable garden):

Color Choices

I made my choices for the paint colors of the house! They all look a little muted on here, which will make my mom very happy. I think that they will be a little brighter in the house, but you never know. All of the colors are from sherwin-williams.

Tricorn Black - For the Mantel:

Sensible Hue - For the Master Bedroom:

Restrained Gold - For the Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen & all of the Hallways:

Rain - For the Guest Room & Laundry Room:

Meadow Trail - For the Study (this one looks MUCH more green now that it's painted):

Ivory Lace - For the Trim:

Bamboo Shoot - For the Guest Bath:

Bee's Wax - For the Craft Room & Master Bath:

Some details...

This is the mantel that my dad has been slaving over for the past few weeks. We're now trying to decide what color to paint it. I'm thinking black...



After he was done with the mantle, Phillip decided that my dad needed another job, so he (while batting his eyelashes) asked him to put up some wainscoting in the study. We're going to paint it all white to match the rest of the trim in the house. My dad sure left quickly to head to Florida the other day - he must have been leaving before we could ask him to do anything else.


The doors and trim are going up as well (I don't want you thinking that Dad was working while Ross & Jim were just sitting around):

No More Naked House!

The house has siding now, and it looks really good! We're putting stone veneer below the green siding, but that won't be done until it warms up a bit.


We've had the front door installed for a while, but I just got a good picture of it:

Lighting

We're getting closer to the "fun part" of building our house - picking out the stuff that you'll see! I've been collecting some light fixtures over the past few months:

For the Dining Room:

We're putting three of these above the bar in the kitchen:

These beauties are going in all of the hallways:

We're putting these retro fixtures in the pantry and laundry room:

For over the pedestal sinks in the Master bath:
I love these nautical fixtures for the porch that were just $10: