The finished product

We moved in several months ago and are finally settled in. Here are some photos of the finished prodct. More photos are available on flickr in a slideshow at:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/99974662@N00/sets/72157604315441209/show/

Lots ‘o progress

There’s been lots going on this week. The garage doors and exterior lights have been installed. The exterior lights are powerful up-down lights that will really work at night to not only provide a lot of light, but also to showcase the house.

When you walk in the front door, you’ll walk under this groovy light:

 The painters have been busy this week. When you enter the front door, you’ll see this orange wall (it’s orange, not red as it appears in the photo) which goes all the way up the three floors along the staircase for a neat effect. Next to the orange wall is the downstairs bar which we’ll use as a wine bar.

In the kitchen, we did this really cool backsplash all the way to the wall. It complements the sleekness of the white and grey cabinets and countertop by having a whole lot going on with it. It’s going to look fabulous once the kitchen is all put together. I wasn’t too sure about the white Corian countertops since they seemed a little plain at first, but now with the backsplash the countertops work fabulously. I don’t think we could have pulled off the backsplash with any other countertop style.

Here’s a closeup look by the sink:

The rest of the house is painted white with grey accent walls and a dark steel grey trim and doors. We did the bedrooms and bathrooms in similar colors.

The orange wall carries through on the second floor landing:

The electricians have been installing the fans in the bedrooms:

On the third floor is the sunroom area where we’ll have a bar to serve the deck area. The wall here is painted orange which will look sharp once we finish installing the shiny black bar cabinets.

The master bathroom has sinks facing each other in the middle of the room. All of the bathrooms got measured today for a really cool muted grey granite that looks a lot like concrete. We’re not big fans of granite, but the slab we found doesn’t look like granite at all and is really cool. It will go in all of the bathrooms except the downstairs powder room where Kyle is making our countertop out of walnut. In the master bathroom, this sink has a buddy on the other side of the little wall for a his and hers effect.

We’re mounting a mirror and lights between the two sinks using this wood frame that goes all the way to the ceiling. It will be stained dark to match the color of the hardwoods throughout the house. Since it’s open, we’ll be able to see through to the person at the other sink, but it provides a way to mount mirrors and lights above the sink.

House exterior is painted

We settled on using a light slate blue for the exterior hardipanel with a dark grey stucco for the recessed areas. The white metal trim acts as an accent. We really like how it turned out. Here are some photos: