Day 437

I may need to camp out on site to keep up with all of the progress these days!

The hall railing is up. I’m glad I didn’t value engineer the baluster choice. I love these.

We have a shower curb. Try to contain yourself.

We now have gutters and downspouts. These were not a custom color-match but we got pretty close!

Working out the details for the porch columns – Josh is super excited to see these go in.

The penny round floor looks super cute in the hall bath! We had a major snafu with this as they originally sent the wrong color. I wanted “antique almond” (beige) and they sent “milk”, which was a blueish white. Not close. This is why we check everything at every stage. Of course, then the correct color was discontinued and there wasn’t enough material to cover the floor. So I had to hunt down another vendor who had a similar color and expedite it. This is the story of my life.

We have laundry basket cubbies just in time for the countertop template this morning. I am strangely excited about these.

The guest bath is shaping up with wall tile!

Glad to be heading into the new year with the end in sight!

Day 434

We are moving at quite a clip!

Master tile is underway.

Our shower valves have blankies so they don’t get too cold.

Master vanity is in. The tower and fronts will go on after the countertop is installed.

Butler’s pantry cabinets installed by yours truly and my A-team (Dad, Josh, Julia, and Nate). I’m already plotting to paint these cabinets, the walls, and the trim a deep, moody color.

And laundry cabinets. The trim guys will build laundry basket cubbies in the middle so I can have a big folding surface along this wall.

The farm sink will be Bu’s spa. He’s excited…not.

I am just smitten with the brick floor in the mudroom, the tall baseboards, the dutch doors, and the transoms.

But, the true love of my life is the kitchen.

I’m dead.

I can’t even.

Ok, back to the progress report.

Stairs!

Newel posts and balusters. Our base newel post is massive and I love it.

The top of it is almost as big as my head!

Outside, the porch ceilings were going in and the gutters and downspouts were being installed as I was leaving this morning.

Lots of things happening!