Details...make your voices heard!

My new dresser is sitting in my make-shift paint booth, otherwise known as my dining room. I've narrowed down the new colour to some sort of rustic yellow or orange, and now it's time to select hardware. Let me know what you think of the options below and cast your vote in the poll on the right hand side of my blog.

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Almost there

Tomorrow the hubs and I have a meeting with our contractor to complete a walk through of the house prior to taking possession. During the walk through, we'll make a list of all unfinished items, and anything that needs to be changed, etc. While it's frustrating to know we'll be moving in while the house is less than 100% perfect, it's also exciting to know that we are just about at the end of this journey!

While there remain some outstanding "issues" regarding our railing (basically that 16 feet of spindles have not arrived yet), part of it, at least, is installed and it looks fab!

It's also great to see that the front door has been stained. It looks awesome!

I see the light! Go towards the light!

There is, at LONG last, light at the end of this difficult and frustrating construction tunnel!

While there are still some obvious items left on the 'to do' list, it's starting to look like the house it was meant to be! I can honestly say, despite my iffy-ness on the kitchen handles, there hasn't been a single decision that I have regretted or second guessed. Finally Dallas sees what has only been, until recently, in my creative little mind!

Most of the lights are installed - still waiting on the foyer showstopper, the under cabinet lighting, and some pot lights. And one of the bathroom vanity lights came broked...but it's still all good!

All but one of the taps and drains are installed, and I am in lust with that oiled bronze finish!

My trim and casing are in - still need to finish the casing around the windows. WOW! I know it cost a bundle, and it was a pain in the contractor's ass to source...but I am seriously drooling over the 3 1/2" and 5 1/4" oak we used for the casing and baseboards. It's gorgeous!

All the flooring is done and I really love it! Again, it was an upgrade, but an environmentally friendly one, and we were a bit nervous about what it would look like (being that it's a material made of recycled plastics). But after I saw my sister have to get onto her hands and knees rubbing it and knocking on it, and STILL not knowing that it wasn't actual wood, I know we made the right choice.

Here are a series of shots I snapped today. Keep in mind the place is a total mess!

Kitchen and eating area (lights, tap, dishwasher, flooring installed):

Living Room (flooring, baseboards installed):

Dining Room (floor, light, baseboard installed) - can you tell how much I adore my twig light?:

Bonus Room (carpet, baseboards installed):

My very berry girly whirly PINK Laundry Room (cabinets, baseboards, floor installed):

Spare Room (carpet, baseboards, closet doors installed):

My Dressing Room (carpet, baseboards installed) - for some reason these pictures came out blurry:
Master Bedroom and Ensuite (carpet, flooring, baseboards, shower doors and fixtures installed) - the first picture is darker than it appears in person:

Upstairs hall and foyer from above (flooring, railing, carpet, baseboards, casing, closet doors installed):

My doors and hardware - in this photo, the hardware appears black, but in person it's a really warm aged bronze:
Exterior lights and rear deck (still waiting on the smoked glass inserts for the deck railing):

And file this in the, "Well, ain't that a thing" file: there are wild rose bushes growing all over the property! They are everywhere...and have even choked out alot of the usual wild grasses and weeds! Interesting for now, but I assume a huge pain in the buttocks region come spring!

Well, that's my update for now...if the real estate gods are looking out for us, we'll have occupancy in 2 days!

Whoa!

Soooo this post is sure to be full of randomness. We just got back from the house and...

Whoa! We have what must be the coolest garage door openers for the front and rear doors of the 3rd garage bay. They are wall (not ceiling) mounted. Instead of pulling the door, they push a bar on the whatchamacallit and it lifts the whozywhatsit and voila - the door is open! Wicked:

Whoa! That's some crazy purple! Yikes! I made a serious error in judgement when I chose Benjamin Moore's 'Slip" to be on the walls of the ensuite, dressing room, and master bedroom. It was pretty shocking. I tried to get a photo of Dallas in his very girly purple closet but he was all sulky, "I don't wanna get my picture taken in my purple closet". A quick trip to the paint store and we have found a more suitable (and grown up) colour to replace it:

Our new colour Benjamin Moore Venetian Marble 2114-70:

Whoa! I have steps and columns on my rear deck. Yay! Can't wait for the handrails and glass inserts:

Whoa! They reversed my paint choices in the bonus room! Ha ha! So much for my handy dandy and, I thought, dummy-proof paint chart! Sorry fellas, the dark bown should be on the *other* walls...DO IT AGAIN!Whoa! Just when I thought all my contactor's taste was in his mouth, he picked these beautiful oak french doors for my dining room:

And....the best part about tonight was that we went out to the house at the request of our contractor cause he didn't think we'd like the way the main floor paint colour turned out! Ha! It was perfect:

Gonna get me some handles

Just when I thought there were no more decisions to be made...up pops another one, and another one!

Tonight we selected our interior passage knobs and stain for the front door. That's pretty much it. No witty repartee. No jokes. No synopsis. Just the facts!

Interior passage door Schlage Georgian in Aged Bronze:


Dining Room french doors Schlage Accent in Aged Bronze:

Door stain Varathane Fruitwood: