Kitchen Cabinets are on the way!

We met with the cabinetmaker this morning to look at different cabinet options for the kitchen, mater bathroom, second bathroom, and laundry room.  At first I thought there were way too many options to pick from, but when I found out we had cherry wood planned for the kitchen and maple everywhere else, the decisioon became easier.  And when I asked my husband his opinion and he said “I want the one you picked,” it became even easier!  So, we are getting an extra fancy edge in the kitchen – for no extra cost – and a slightly fancier door in the master bathroom for a few pennies (alright 15,000 pennies).  So, once we get the drawings on that and make a decision, we’ll be ready to put in the official order and we’ll have our cabinetry just after the first of the year!

All in the Can

Can lights, that is!  We met with the electrician today to decide on the light fixture placements, outlets, switches…. and on and on.  And all I can say is that if you come visit us, you can expect to see a bazillion recessed lights.  Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but we will certainly have plenty to light our path in any direction.  We were able to walk from room to room giving our valued opinions about where the switches should be, where the outlets should be (and how many), which switches should control which outlets, and all that fun stuff.  So, now we wait until Monday to see how much damage we’ve done.  And perhaps we’ll only end up with three-quarters of a bazillion…

A roof over our heads

So, despite the rather slow and uneventful pace of this blog, the house has been going like gangbusters.  Shortly after the first floor was built in a day, the second floor was constructed.  A temporary staircase has been built to lead from the first floor to the second floor and a few sheets of plywood are all that keep me from landing in the basement.  Now I don’t have a real strong fear of heights, but it’s a long way down!  There aren’t any steps to the basement as that floor still has not been poored, so a ladder is propped up for days there is work being done down there.  I’m all for exploring the house, but I’m not quite ready to be climbing down that ladder…

The outside of the house has a protective Tyvek wrap and while in this picture there are holes cut for all the windows, in real life there are already windows installed there.  I’ll get pictures up of that sometime…  The plywood panels have been laid for the roof (and again, in real life, the shingles are on).  In this picture, they are sitting in packaged stacks jusr inside the fence.  We decided to go with the Weathered Wood color of shingles as we thought it would match best with the Mulberry color of the house.

This last picture is a view from the second “kids” bedroom.  It overlooks the neighbor’s house and the backyard.  When we chose the style and size of our house, we made decisions so our house wouldn’t be huge or tower over other houses in the neighborhood.  I can’t imagine what kind of house we would have had if we didn’t make those considerations!  The direct view at the neighbor’s house is their gutter and roof….