Adding Some Character

As you can imagine, the next few days were filled with a lot of taping, mudding and sanding.

And taping, mudding, and sanding.

And taping, mudding and sanding.  Well, you get the idea.

Things went from dusty but empty to crowded again once the doors showed up,

the trim guys set up shop in the great room,

and trim work began.  This door has a space above for one of the interior transom windows that will go in.  We worked with Philip and his trim genius, Lenwood, to create a beautiful trim package. All the downstairs doors and windows have this 4 piece structure around it. Between that and the tall baseboards, the doors and windows occupy almost the entire 10 foot wall!

The illusion of judges panelling is created down the hallway.

From the stairs looking toward the back door.  The door to the garage is on the left, to the screened porch is on the right, and to the guest room and laundry is in the front right corner. 

Speaking of stairs, they went in as well. 

 

We don't know what we're going to put in these built-ins in the dining room, but we love the interest that they add. 

Nobody Sits on Their Front Porch Anymore

I can't wait to prove the person who said this to me wrong.  We're going to sit on our front porch all the time!  Wouldn't you if it looked like this?

 

Ok, you'll have to imagine it without the port-o-potty in the background, but still!

Note the beadboard ceiling, and exposed rafter tails. 

Time for Tile

Since we wanted to have hardwood floors in the master bath, Philip had a great idea to preserve the area outside the shower.  We had a tile inlay put in just outside the shower door to catch any water that might otherwise get onto the wood.  We really love the way it came out!

 

Here is the inside of one end of the master shower.  The body sprays and other shower head are at the other end. 

 

Hannah's bathroom has tile that looks a whole lot like hardwood! 

 

In the laundry room we opted for a traditional (and fun) black and white checkerboard.

 

This travertine is in the guest bath.

 

We also picked out some granite this week.  This piece is similar to the granite that will be in the kitchen.  It only comes in slabs up to 9' and change, so we had to shorten the kitchen island in order to make it work.  I think we'll still have plenty of space!

 

This is the granite that will go in the master bath and Christian's bath.  It'll go great with the black and white tile!