Built ins

Anthony came and finished the built ins the other day. I'm still playing around with what to put on the shelves but I'm so happy with they way the turned out. If you recall, this particular builtin was not in the original plans... but was a brainstorm of Anthony's to cover up the pipe you see in the photo (from January!) below.

In order to disguise the pipe which was too big to fit in the ceiling area, Anthony had two ideas. One was to do a tray ceiling in that area. We decided against this because we wanted continuity between the kitchen and dining room areas. The other option was to "beef" up that wall a little bit and add a built in around the window. I am so happy we went with this option. I think it looks fantastic!

evening update

Dear husband is so good to me. I had to work a little late tonight but he agreed to meet me at the train station with camera and flashlight in hand so I could go see the progress. We're home now at 9pm and he's cooking dinner while I upload my photos. They redid the masterbath floor and I must say it looks SO much better now that everything is symmetrical.

And they started tiling around the bath tub in the hall bath. It was so long ago, I almost forgot what we had decided, but this diamond pattern will be on the bottom with subways on top. This was a compromise-- I love the diamonds and hubby liked the subways:

The built in's are framed out. Here's in the music room. The idea is these will be bookshelves on either side with a bench seat in the middle (where kids can sit while they are waiting for their lessons or I can sit with my glass of wine in the evenings while dear husband plays me love songs ;)

Here was one of our inspiration photos:


...and here are the built ins being framed out in the dining room. This will be a kind of built in hutch.

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Last but not least... our toilets have arrived!!! They are sitting in the garage in big boxes currently... I can't wait to see them when they are in!

inspiration mud room photos

here are a couple other beautiful back-entrance inspiration photos....