Friday evening photos

Anthony started working on the fireplace mantle today. Wow. It's big!! but so beautiful. i think it fits the room perfectly. I can't wait until it's finished with the surround and painted. Also I'm getting increasingly excited to unwrap my curtains, but it's probably best to allow some time for the dust to settle....


...and he's been hard at work at the cubbie in the mudroom (hallway) outside of the laundry/powder room. I am SO happy with it. The attention to detail is just amazing. The beadboard is gorgeous.

....and our masterbath shower continues to come along. Look at the niche has the same subway as the border surround. It looks great.

Again. this photo makes it clear that we're in a state of construction, but you can get a basic feel for how the rooms flow from one to the next (this is taken from the kitchen).

...here again... kitchen-dining- family room view. Still a major work in progress... but we're getting closer every day!

Thursday evening photos

Our master bath shower is coming along. I still can't believe we have a niche for our shampoos etc. The marble tile is so shiny you can see your reflection in it! I like the detail of the border of subways that Anthony came up with. Also the floor (the basketweave) is gorgeous.

Here's looking from the bedroom into the masterbath.

This is the disarray that is our master bedroom. That's where the settee will reside, but it will look much better once the room is finished.... (pls excuse the pile of laundry on top of the padded mirror on top of the dresser.. nevermind the lamp without a bulb or shade....

Our mattress arrived yesterday and the joke is that I'm going to need a step stool or a trampoline to get into bed! I'm not thrilled with how it looks from the bottom of the stairs, but think it may look better once the plastic wrap is off and the bed is made. Also, once the area rug is laid it may not be So evident that it is so tall....?

They just started installing our banister and balusters going up the stairs. I have to say that it's not quite what I was expecting. Had I been paying a bit more attention I would have chosen something more simple.... these are a little more ornate than I may have liked, but I do remember signing off on it from the picture. I think in a couple months I won't even notice the difference, right?

I took this photo because I think our door knobs are out-of-this world. I woke up Sunday morning and just stared at the door knob thinking, "wow, that's a beautiful door knob". Sad, maybe, but true!
Here's the stairs going up. To get everything to code, there will be a railing on the left-hand side of the stairs... but we may opt to then remove it while we're young and able... we'll see...

Mom, this photo is for you. Here is a better glimpse of our cabinet hardware... the mixture of knobs and pulls we decided on.

They are starting to put the crown molding around the dining room. They had to do some searching but they found molding that exactly matches that in the kitchen. It's this kind of attention to detail that makes me just adore our builders!

Not the best photo, but here you can kind-of-sort-of see our dining room table in position with one of the windsor chairs. It's all very cluttered right now and I'm getting really eager for a backsplash to finish the kitchen (one of the more difficult decisions for us!)... but I think it will all come together eventually....

As shown in these photos, dear husband has been bustling about, getting dinner ready and we're about to eat! I'll try to continue to post updates... life feels a little crazy these days! ;)

Family Room

My mother pointed out that she couldn't see the area rug in the last photo posting.... so here you can see it. What's funny is that obviously the whole room centers around the fireplace mantle which, as you can see, is not finished! (no, we're not keeping that lovely aluminum surround! ha). Also we're getting a couple other side accent chairs. The windsor chairs you see here will go around our dining room table.

This is the view the other way. Isn't the light just beautiful? The dining room table is over to the right hand side. It will be going lengthwise across the room but this has been a high-traffic area thus far which is why it is pushed to the side.