tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27870214986139879562024-03-13T23:15:10.540-07:00Home Sweet Home...Our journey in learning to trust God, building our dream home, and being thankful for all of our little blessings.Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-42957826489867825592013-05-08T08:46:00.001-07:002013-05-08T08:58:46.357-07:00Time for another room! Finally...the morning room!We've had the morning room furnished pretty much from moving in. You'll see a photo in one of the previous posts. We refinished the old table that I love (it's even on casters and has huge leaves to seat probably 12 or more). We had the beautiful antique china cabinet from my mother-in-law. We had older chairs that came with the table-I had planned on refinishing them but they didn't turn out to be in as good as condition as I thought so we changed to new blue chairs to match the wall color. And I recently made a cute burlap rose center-piece.<br />
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BUT, the morning room was the hardest room for me to decide window treatments. I don't really care for blinds and we don't have them in any room of our house. But, since the golf-cart path is at the end of our backyard we needed something for privacy. I love floor length curtains but I wanted a way to have privacy without feeling like I was closing in the room. The other big thing is we LOVE our backyard view. <br />
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So I went back and forth a MILLION times. We tried out blinds in stores. We bought blinds. We returned blinds. And we repeated that over and over! I thought I had decided on faux wood but I didn't like how much of the window it covered when closed(again don't want to block that view!). We thought we had decided on roman shades outside mounted above the window to not block the view...but that didn't work for me either. Custom cornices and faux wood mounted up higher? Nope. AND FINALLY the light-bulb hit. We need top-down-bottom-up blinds! <br />
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The top-down-bottom-up would give us privacy from golfers while keeping our view and light coming in. We ordered color samples and then took the plunge! I love how they turned out and we are just now trying to decide if we should have two sheer panels added on one long rod. I say yes...Need to convince the hubby.<br />
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So here is the long awaited pics...and a quick shot of the mudroom (since it's not all that exciting to get it's own post!)<br />
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Don't mind our gate still on the slider! Hopefully they'll take that down at our 10 month coming up.</div>
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Paint colors are the same as in the Family room. Here's a shot with the blinds half up.</div>
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Here's a pic of the blinds open. The cellular shades barely take up any space!</div>
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There will be no pretty rug! This is one of the things I was most excited about moving (we had carpet in our old dining room). We have 3 kids so easy clean-up floors is a must!</div>
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The view we can't get enough of! (except for our yard that 10 months later still has not been finished!)</div>
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Our mudroom- The coat hooks are for guests. We keep our jackets and shoes in the chest.</div>
Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-62122146755331706462013-04-04T10:43:00.002-07:002013-04-04T10:49:38.345-07:00Two more rooms...I'm on a roll!I'm trying to update the blog a little more frequently. The next rooms to show are our office/computer room and school/craft room. We have the Naples floor-plan so these rooms are immediately when you come in the house (the formal living room and dining room by floor plan).<br />
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We didn't have much use for a formal living room and we use the morning-room as our dining area. So to make these rooms functional for us; we changed them up a little.<br />
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And Selections you can see:<br />
Flooring- Base-Initiator carpet, Upgrade-Armstrong Illusions Sedona Cherry Laminate<br />
Oil-rubbed bronze fixtures<br />
Paint Color-Olympic One Weeping Willow<br />
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Pic time!!!<br />
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This is to the right when you first walk in the house (our Naples is reverse floor plan)</div>
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Computer desk and book-shelf area. We refinished our old computer desk and bought this shelf for $30 and refinished it too!</div>
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The book-shelf-some of my favorites on here are the old car-factory part drawers, the Encyclopedia G (cut into a G) and some of the kids favorites at a level they can reach. </div>
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Here you can see the antique pie-case (still waiting for pretty stuff to go inside) and our window-bench area. My grandparents made the barn in the corner and the kids love playing with the animals inside.</div>
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Little window-seat with storage.</div>
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Looking into the school/craft room from the computer room. You can see the old school desks to the right (I played with these as a kid). They still even have little hand-written things wrote by my cousins and I.</div>
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Our school table and china cabinet full of crafting supplies! I love the little frames with chicken wire and clothes-pins for the kids art work. You can also see the pantry to the left where there is a walkway into the kitchen.</div>
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And here are the rooms from the front of the house!!!</div>
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And there you have it:) Hopefully we will finish the morning room window coverings and I can show that room next!</div>
Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-72972306837186601652013-03-20T13:02:00.001-07:002013-03-20T14:20:21.153-07:00Long time no blog!!!We are all still very alive...just haven't had much time for blogging! Having 3 kids-age 5 and under is busy but throwing in homeschooling this year definately made it even more so! I've been keeping up with a lot of your blogs just haven't been commenting. I've loved all the diy ideas and especially Nadase's awesome closet!!! <br />
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We've been loving our new house and slowly but surely finding time for decorating. Our intentions were to do one room at a time...but I'm sure you all know how that goes! We ended up doing a little here and there and not finishing anything! As you saw in our last post-the kitchen was pretty much done (because there was so little to do!!!) and we had planned on tackling the morning room next. But, I had such a hard time deciding on window treatments- so that was tabled (I have finally decided though so we'll be finishing it up next!).<br />
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So as things stand now-the family room is closest to being finished! We still plan on buying a new tv and mounting that and possibly doing something new underneath but for the most part it's done! We'll add in some family photos here and there but here's how it looks so far!!!<br />
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Family room-looking from the kitchen</div>
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Love these old cottage windows!! Best find ever!</div>
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We didn't like the look of accent chairs so we found a place for my Grandma's old rocker :)</div>
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We decided against a fireplace because of the kids, but that doesn't mean we don't want a mantle!!! </div>
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I love functional decorations like these old books (Little Men, Anne of Green Gables, and The Bobsey Twins! all from the early 1900's). We can get them down to read and pop them right back up there! I can't wait to add seasonal decor here too!</div>
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This beautiful Victorian dresser was refinished in Arles chalk paint and dark wax...hard to show the beautiful finish in this picture! And that book is a really old family Bible-complete with artwork and a children's story section! Another great antique shop find!</div>
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We're really loving how everything is turning out! Next up is refinishing some furniture for the office/computer room. After that we'll be making/putting up window treatments in the morning room and changing out fixtures in the powder room! That should just about finish up the first floor! Stay tuned ;)</div>
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Our Kitchen<br />
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For those that are building with Ryan...here's a recap of our kitchen selections...<br />
-Cabinets- Rushmore Painted Maple Butterscotch Glaze<br />
-Countertop- Antique Mascarello Formica 180fx (with contoured edge included)<br />
-Flooring- Armstrong Sedona Cherry Laminate<br />
-Gourmet Island<br />
-Morning room<br />
-42in cabinets<br />
-Stainless Steel Appliances<br />
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Things we did on our own<br />
-Wall Color- Olympic in Sea Sprite<br />
-Cabinet Pulls/Knobs-Allen & Roth Marisa<br />
-Faucet-Moen Lindley<br />
-Fridge-Samsung 29cu. stainless steel french-door<br />
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Now for pics!!! (Click to Enlarge)<br />
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This chalkboard we just finished up this weekend. I'll be using it for the weekly menu/grocery list.</div>
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Moen Lindley Pull-down faucet and soap dispenser-Looooove this! </div>
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So glad we did this on our own and didn't do the upgrade offered through RH.</div>
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Gourmet Island with Allen &Roth Marisa Hardware</div>
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The kitchen looking towards the powder room and hallway</div>
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In the Family Room looking toward the kitchen</div>
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Close-up of the Armstrong Sedona Cherry</div>
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In the dining room looking toward the pantry and kitchen</div>
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Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-53971624645626273072012-09-19T13:20:00.001-07:002012-09-19T13:24:20.901-07:0040 days and all I get are a few crappy sneak peaks?!!!Yep, Sorry! We've been MIA for quite a while. With moving, and starting homeschooling; we haven't had much time for blogging...imagine that! So here's a quick update and some quick "sneak peak" pics with more to come soon!<br />
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The Big Day-Aug.10th went great. Settlement was smooth and quick-a few (ok more than a few!) signatures and Tada! We bought a house! We (unlike other bloggers) had an awesome experience with NVR mortgage. We honestly didn't have a single problem and everything with the loan went smooth. We went straight from signing papers to do our walk-through. We were slightly disappointed that our landscaping and grass was not in as we had been told it would be. There also was someone working on the flooring when we first got there (I guess PM noticed some damaged boards). But all and all everything went well. We got keys at 4pm.<br />
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Aug10-17 was work,work, work! Dan took off the whole week and we (along with our Dad's and some friends) spent time painting, painting, and painting! We also installed ceiling fans, cabinet knobs, curtain rods, and all the little things that need done before moving. A big thanks to Dan's mom for all the help with the kids and our Dad's and friends for all their help working!<br />
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Aug 18 was move-in and it went fairly well. Almost everyone that was supposed to help us canceled the day before so that was pretty stressful. The majority of the moving was done by Dan, my Dad, and our friend Ali...can you imagine?! Later that day, my uncle and a couple of his friends came to help and things went a lot quicker after that.<br />
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After moving in, things have been great! We LOVE it here! Beautiful area, wonderful people, and so much space. We have had a lot of fun decorating and choosing things for the house. Still a ton to do of course but we can park 1 car in the garage and once we install the garage storage stuff-the other car will fit too! The basement is another story:/ The subdivision is wonderful. We've been invited to many "events" and "parties" and it seems like there is always something to do!<br />
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The bad things so far...the big one was upon closing we had what looked like a clog in our master shower. Water was backed up and drywall debri was in the drain. We called the PM and were told that the little cap to protect the drain during building probably wasn't removed. He told Dan how to do it but when Dan tried it was stuck and the little pull tab broke off and the gasket type thing came with it. Next thing we knew we had water coming out the recessed lights in the kitchen! Thankfully my Dad knew what to do and stopped it. Then someone came to fix it and all was fine.<br />
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Another thing-we had tons of tacks sticking out of the carpet along the seams. Connor even hurt his foot shortly after moving in. But another PM to the rescue! He came and hammered down every single tack for us.<br />
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Other than that we've still just been waiting on our landscaping. It's been delayed over and over and the rain has delayed it some too. The PM told us this week that if the landscaper didn't come by next week he'd hire someone else. Hopefully it's done soon.<br />
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All and all we're super happy and loving it here! Now for a few pics and hopefully I'll post more this week!<br />
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-74977996846713768052012-08-09T19:34:00.003-07:002012-08-09T19:34:22.748-07:00Tomorrow's the day!!!!At 8:30am we sign papers with NVR. 10:00am is our final walk-through. And by 4:00pm we should have keys!!!! We'll be at the house every day this week painting, installing lights and cabinet knobs, and slowly bringing over boxes. The 18th is the big move-in!! I still can't believe it's really happening!Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-59128206276273376842012-08-08T08:48:00.000-07:002012-08-08T09:20:20.822-07:00Some decorating pictures as we await the final countdown!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hunter Regalia 60in ceiling fan (Lowe's)-for the family room. Love the lighter almost distressed looking blades. I think this will look great with the antique white cabinets and Sedona cherry flooring of the kitchen. The 60in size will be great for circulating air around the whole great room.</div>
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Harbor Breeze 52in Crosswinds Oil-Rubbed Bronze (Lowe's)-for the master bedroom. This is a great affordable fan! Only $89 and comes with a remote! I think the cherry blades will help pull together the cherry cabinets in the master-bath and the burgundy sheets in our bedding.</div>
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White Entryway Bench with baskets (Target)-for the office (living room per floorplan). This room has a great double window and I wanted to do some sort of faux window seat. This bench should be the perfect size and I'll be shopping for some nice pillows to go on top. </div>
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We also got this awesome soap foamer (amazon) for the kitchen. We'll be decorating a little with mason-jars and have been looking for a nice foaming soap dispenser so this was perfect! We use Dr.Bronner's soap so foamers are a must and a lot of the pretty dispensers are not foaming. We were pretty excited to find this!</div>
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Our $17 china cabinet is coming together nicely. This will be used in the craft/school room (dining room per floorplan). We just need to finish up the lavendar back and a little more distressing. The pulls and wire grating are now oil-rubbed bronze.</div>
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The table for the morning room-this was another great Seconds City find. We have been looking for a nice older table with character. We wanted something fairly large that would seat at least 8. This table gets huge- it has 3 large leaves. I can't remember the exact measurements but I think it gets to around 9 ft. It was pretty ugly when we got it but we loved the character in the table legs and it came with 8 chairs. The table looks really nice now that's it's a creamy white color similar to our cabinets. We'll be glazing or distressing the legs and doing the poly coat next.</div>
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The chairs have a lot of detail and were perfect for the look we are going for. We are keeping the natural wood color. I'm hoping to salvage the cushions (they're are a few spots on them) but if we can't we'll reupholster them.</div>
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This gorgeous china-cabinet!!! I've loved this forever and I'm so excited to incorporate it in our house! This will be in the morning room.</div>
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This awesome antique pie-display case! I haven't decided what we'll do with this yet but I love the story behind it! How fun to have something that was used to display pies! And the top drawer was where they stored the money! So cool!</div>
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Chocolate Froth for the hallways and foyer</div>
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The last time I was out to the house was Wednesday morning. Our PM had said our inspection would be Friday or Monday so we figured going out there on Saturday (our last time until closing) it would be pretty much done. Well, not quite. It looks like they maybe stopped working Wednesday because not much has changed. It was a little disappointing...ok a lot disappointing...but it will make closing day all that more exciting since things should be a lot different!</div>
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When we went out Saturday we were locked out as usual but this time we were REALLY locked out because the sales-rep wasn't in the model home to give us keys. I think he's late pretty frequently so I'm pretty glad we won't need to go there anymore. They are supposed to open at 11am and we got there about 11:15 and ended up driving around until 11:45 or so before he came in. Since we had time to waste we stopped out at the subdivision/golf course's pool to show the kids. It'll be really nice to be able to take the kids down here when they get bored during the moving/painting stage. They are going to start building the club-house in September so I'm looking forward to seeing that too! </div>
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Here are the pictures of the changes since the last time I was at the house...looks like they are going to have a busy week to get it done before our closing/walkthrough on Friday!</div>
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Garden tub faucet was installed (it's super wiggly so I think it still needs caulked or tightened)</div>
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Showing we still don't have carpet in the family room...</div>
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Front of the house-the cable box was moved over but we still need the final grading, landscaping, and touch ups.</div>
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There are a good amount of things that still need done before closing. Some chips in cabinets and window molding, the morning room roof still has a slight dip, squeeks in the floor, lights and doorknobs need installed upstairs, kitchen faucet needs installed (it was stolen so the PM had to buy a new one!!!), stove needs installed, broken window needs replaced, carpet needs finished, touch ups and cleaning to be done and I'm hoping they'll be putting in the lazy susan and microwave rack because both are missing. Fingers crossed that all these things will be finished!!!</div>
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We've also been spending some more time shopping. Wow is there a lot to buy and do when you build new! We decided on the cabinet knobs/pulls for the bathrooms. I really suggest getting your own cabinet/pulls. Ryan charges $200 and installs just basic pulls (you only can choose the finish). We were able to get a lot nicer pulls/knobs and still came out around $175. We also bought the ceiling fans, mudroom bench, and window seat for the living room/office and decided most of the paint colors.<br />
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This week we'll be trying to refinish the dining room table and china-cabinet (hopefully!). Our closing is Friday morning, Final walk-through is right afterward, and then we get our keys. Saturday-Friday we will spend painting, installing light fixtures/fans, and cabinet knob/pulls and taking boxes over each day. Saturday the 18th will be the big move in day!!! We can't wait!!!Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-41238646922641930492012-08-01T10:52:00.003-07:002012-08-01T10:56:11.464-07:00Almost our last visit!I stopped out at the house today. We have just over a week until we get the keys! We'll hopefully stop out at the house one more time and after that it's ours! Here's pictures of the changes I saw today...<br />
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Carpet is in except for the family room</div>
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Armstrong Sedona Cherry next to Shaw Initiator (both very dirty!)</div>
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The toilet and pedestal sink our now in the downstairs powder room, still waiting on the mirror</div>
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Door handles are in downstairs, upstairs they are in boxes by each door ready to be installed</div>
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The dishwasher is in.</div>
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The playroom now with carpet. They still haven't installed lights in here or the kids bedrooms.</div>
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The master-bathroom glass shower-encloser and garden tub are now installed.</div>
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Love it! So glad we decided to do this upgrade!</div>
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My only concern is we don't have an access panel. In the model it was on the front of the tub, since ours was tiled I assumed it would be in the master-closet like some other blogs have had but it's not there either....not sure how we will access the plumbing if needed.</div>
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Looking from the front door to the back of the house, stairs are to the left.</div>
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Last on the list-finish the carpet and door handles, install stove and kitchen faucet, install the powder room mirror, paint the front door and pillars, fixing up mistakes and the broken windows, and final grading and landscaping. Our PM said our final inspection will be this Friday or next Monday. We get our keys next Friday!</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-85201100841907045592012-07-31T08:29:00.000-07:002012-07-31T08:52:35.892-07:00Less than 2 weeks until closing! Progress pics and shopping trips!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We had a great productive 3 days this weekend! Saturday, Dan's parents took the kids for a few hours so we could do some appliance shopping. If you've ever been appliance shopping you know it was a looong few hours! </div>
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I hate how some stores are like car-dealerships. The sales-people pounce on you as soon as you walk in and they never leave you alone! Then the negotiating begins..."let me talk to the manager", "ok, let's check online and see what prices you'll get elsewhere", "well, how much do you think this is worth?", "this is our best price. Oh it's not good enough? Let me talk to the manager again.". Seriously?! Just give me your best price and stop wasting time! So anyway, we knew what we wanted, checked a few stores, and ended up with a great deal from Best Buy. I highly suggest going there for appliances. No high-pressure salesman, no screwing around, just "how much do you want to pay? Ok let me see if we can do that?". Done. We ended up getting a Samsung 29cubic feet, stainless-steel, french-door with ice in the door. Love it! Bigger than we expected to be able to get and under our set-budget because we got $1200 off!!! Yes, you read that correct. I'm a good negotiator;) </div>
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Then my Mom came to watch the kids for Sunday and Monday. We did a ton of shopping. It was so nice to go just the two of us and really be able to take our time and think without all of the kids. We got all of the curtain-rods, all of the curtains for down-stairs and the master-bedroom, new bedding, the morning-room light fixture, and a couple lamps for the master bedroom. The best deal of the weekend was the china-cabinet for the craft room. I've been looking for one to store craft supplies and homeschooling stuff for Connor. We wanted to get something second-hand and paint and refinish it. I found one the perfect size for the wall with great storage space at Seconds City. It's a second-hand store by us that drops the price 1% for every day the item is there. Well, since we've been so crazy busy when I looked at the date the china-cabinet got there I was thinking it would be 60% off. But, when I went to pay the cashier said "$17.80 including tax". I had to have them repeat themselves and thought they meant "$70.80". Nope, I just bought a china cabinet for $17!!!! Apparently, it's July not June (see what I mean I don't even know what month it is!). It was 90% off not 60%!!! Super-score! </div>
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Also, on Sunday we took my parents out to the house to see the progress. We were excited to see the flooring had been started! It wasn't supposed to start until Monday so this was a nice surprise! We chose Armstrong Sedona-Cherry for the foyer, hall, mudroom, powder room, kitchen, and morning room. That was all complete! The carpet will probably be put in the beginning of this week. We also met a new neighbor! The lot next to us just got sold and they were checking out the stakes when we were there. It is a retired couple that is building a PISA. They have four adult children so I'm hoping for visiting grandchildren sometimes!</div>
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A HUUUGE thanks to our parents for all of their help! We had a great weekend and are feeling much better about the few things we still need to do.</div>
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And lastly, in our current house news...Our house was listed online last Tuesday afternoon. On Thursday we got a call to do a showing on Friday. The people that saw the house Friday loved it and filled out the application. They also asked to move in early (right after we move instead of Sept1) and to sign a 2 or 3 year lease! We found out on Monday the application/background/credit check was approved! So now, we are finalizing the lease and if all goes well we should have it signed this week! What a huge blessing! One showing and not even a week of being listed! Moving in early so we get a little extra income and signing a long lease so we don't need to find renters again for a few years! It couldn't have went better (as long as the lease gets signed!).</div>
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Armstrong Sedona Cherry shown in morning room</div>
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Flooring next to cabinets! We love it! </div>
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Wire shelves are now in all the closets (this is the upstairs hallway closet)</div>
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I had to check the size of the garden-tub! Can you tell my excitement? Actually that's my normal smile but I am excited to not have jets anymore! Our current house has a jetted tub and I can't stand cleaning those jets!</div>
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Basement has insulation on the walls now. We'll be using this for the kids to ride bikes and play during the winter until we finish it.</div>
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Our a/c is working now but there is a ton of condensation in the basement. I'm not sure if this is because the house has been so hot and the a/c was just put in or if it's a problem. We're going to check on this.</div>
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A couple other concerns are: a chip in the master bathroom cabinet, a chip in the molding of one of the windows, floor that needs sanded in a bedroom, light fixtures not installed in bedrooms (looks like they confused which lights are complete and which are rough-ins), our kitchen faucet is missing (the PM thinks the plumber has it), and the cable box still hasn't been moved (they said it will be done this week). All of these will be brought up with the PM and I'm sure they'll be corrected.</div>
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Little girly's room-you can see the pond and golf-course green here.</div>
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View from the play-room-this window has a view of the golf course/pond/street and the other window is of the cul-de-sac</div>
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Cul-de-sac from the side master-bedroom window (love the Cross the window made in this pic! God is sure watching over us!)</div>
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<em></em>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-40155472959657131772012-07-25T10:54:00.002-07:002012-07-25T14:14:53.462-07:00A bear named "B" and starting to feel like home!!It was a crazy week here. Dan's been gone on a business trip since Saturday morning and it seems like one thing has went wrong after another. It started with getting the kids bikes and having to assemble them myself with no clue how, then one of our lights fell off the ceiling and hung by wires, the kids weren't sleeping, the car broke down...basically it was just one of those weeks! So needless to say even though I've had a lot of help from my mother-in-law and my Dad, I've been more tired then usual. Which may explain my too emotional state right now... <br />
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I had my first pathetic cry like a baby yesterday. All because our current house is now listed online. As I was saying in the last post, everything's been feeling a little bittersweet leaving this house. But it all became real seeing the listing and it's all because of a bear named "B"! If you look at the link you can see B laying on the floor by the front door in the video...<br />
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Connor has had this bear since birth. He's slept with him every night and cuddled him since probably 4 or 5 months old. He named him "B" at around 7 months old and the name stuck. He still, at almost 5, loves his B and sleeps with him each night. Well, the video shows B laying on the floor by the front door (even though I had told Connor to bring B with us outside). I didn't notice he didn't. And that simple little thing reminded me that we are leaving a lot of "babyhood" behind here. Every child was brought home to this house. We had many sleepless nights in this house. Heard first words and saw first steps being taken. I know that we will have new memories in the new house and we are definately bringing B along with us. But seeing B, by the open front door, just symbolized so much for me. We are closing the door to this part of our lives.<br />
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Yay! We have a microwave and it vents the stove to the outside of the house! Our current house doesn't have a vent at all for the stove! This will be so nice!</div>
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Family room-another nice surprise is a lot of our rough-in's actually have fixtures on! I'm hoping they don't realize this and change it! This gave us an extra few light fixtures so we won't need to rush to pick out or own or could just keep these! </div>
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Guest/Kids bath with lights, cabinets, and faucets (don't mind the crazy person in the mirror!)</div>
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Our shower has been tiled. I love the clean look of the white tiles! Now if I can keep them white!</div>
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The bath has been tiled too and I was excited to see the access panel is not in the front!</div>
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Close up of granite. It's definately more yellow than the model and I actually like it a lot more! The model had a lot of pink undertone and I was worried it would look to pink. This looks pretty nice!</div>
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We'll be back out to the house on Saturday. I can't wait to see what they do next. It would be so awesome if flooring is in when we come back!!!</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-36020379389856045052012-07-21T10:11:00.001-07:002012-07-21T10:13:07.398-07:00Day 58 Pictures of Progress<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
It's hard to believe that in just 3 weeks we will have our keys. In about 4 weeks we will be living in a new home. So exciting and bittersweet at the same time. We love our current house, and the more work we do to get it ready to be rented, the nicer it seems. It's a little sad going for walks with the kids and knowing that the streets we've walked on the past 6years won't be there for us to walk on anymore. There are just so many memories of the kids growing up here. We've outgrown it though and we know it's time to move on. We love the new neighborhood and we know it's going to be so awesome, it's just a little sad to leave this stage in our life behind.</div>
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The new house is coming along and looking gorgeous. We really love everything about it! The siding was supposed to be complete on Thursday so we thought we'd see that when we drove out Friday, but unfortunately it still wasn't complete. The majority was though, and it looked like they might finish the rest by the end of the day. The painters said they would be finished up on Saturday (I'm not sure if they are painting the door and pillars or if someone else does that). I think next on the schedule will be installing the Kids/Guest bath cabinets and mirror and then all of the plumbing, door, and light fixtures. We'll also probably be having the flooring and shower/bath tile installed soon. Other things on the list are paving the driveway and walk-way and landscaping.</div>
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We were so excited when we saw the front of our house now with siding, some shutters, and trim. It's exactly like we pictured if not prettier! We love the look of fresh, clean, and traditional. I love shabby chic and cottage style decorating and I think this house fits us so well! It's pretty and traditional and seems so fresh and welcoming.</div>
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Sorry in advance for the bad pictures. The camera was picking up a lot of the dust in the air and so the pictures are spotty.</div>
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Here's our new home! We can't wait to see it with the rest of the siding and shutters, and the front door (dark green) and pillars (white) painted. Hopefully next visit it will be all done! I am so glad we decided against the stone because this looks exactly how we would want it!</div>
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We were so happy to see the second coat of paint has a cream tint to it! It's not just stark white like we thought! You can tell with the trim painted white the slight difference in color. I think this will be so great since some of the rooms won't be painted right away.</div>
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The kitchen cabinets and countertops are now all installed. We love the beveled edges on the straight counters and the breakfast bar. The supports under the breakfast bar and island look nice too.</div>
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The gourmet island is even bigger than I remembered. We love it!!!</div>
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The wheat granite has more yellow than the samples and model. I'll just probably work some yellow into the decorating colors to pull it all together. I'm actually not that crazy about any of the granite colors Ryan offers. Dan really wanted granite for the bathroom since we have it in our current one so this was his splurge! I think the wheat granite in the model looks good from afar but up close it reminds me of bird poop splatters! Sorry I know that's gross. Even though this one is more yellow I think I might like it more because it's less poop-splatterish.</div>
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Our pretty house! I asked Dan if he thought everyone would think it's the prettiest house they ever saw and he laughed at me. But hey, my mom said it was the prettiest house she ever saw so maybe I'm right;)</div>
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Here are some pictures of the progress. We decided to go out twice this week since things are moving so quickly (so we'll go back out on Friday). We officially now are "locked out" of the house and needed to get keys from the model home for the first time. This is from yesterday, Tuesday, Day 55 in our building process.</div>
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Front still does not have any siding but they have put in our pillars on the front stoop.</div>
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The boys on our front porch/stoop with the new pillars.</div>
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The inside now has the first coat of paint.</div>
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Almost all of the interior doors have been installed.</div>
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We now have trim on our half-wall in the stairway. I am so glad we went with the half-wall instead of upgrading to the stair rail balusters. The trim looks really nice on the half-wall and I think the balusters are way too thin for our crazy boys.</div>
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Our kitchen cabinets and countertops are in. It looks like they are just finishing up the island (that's half of it)</div>
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Another view of the kitchen. We chose Rushmore painted maple butterscotch 42in cabinets with Antique Mascarello Formica 180FX countertops.</div>
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This shows how much room is in the cabinets. As a point of reference I can only reach the bottom two shelves.</div>
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We also found some of the bathroom cabinets scattered throughout the house (these are dusty they don't really look streaky like that). We chose the Wyoming Square Cherry Bordeaux. This is half of the cabinet for the double sinks.</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-90112700492544685922012-07-14T13:50:00.003-07:002012-07-14T14:01:52.457-07:00Picture-Palooza...siding, cabinets, and countertops oh my!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Before I get to the house, I'll start with some exciting loan news! When we first did our loan back in March we didn't have flooring in our price-quote. We knew we were going with the laminate flooring but because of the big price range and not seeing the samples our sales rep said we'd just add it in as a change request. Well, then later our loan officer would not add it in because of our high debt/income ratio while owning our current home (we aren't selling it but renting it once we move). This increased our amount due at closing by $4000! There wasn't much we could do about it-either skip the flooring we wanted or scrounge around and somehow come up with the money. We were also in the process of refinancing our house so we were hoping the drop in payment would allow us to roll in that extra cost. The refinancing took way longer than expected and then the loan officer for this loan said he was going to be very conservative and wasn't sure if he'd roll in any extra cost. We finally got the word back and they can roll it all in and even more of the closing costs then expected! What a blessing and huge relief! And even rolling it in, because of our low interest rate we are still at about $130 below our first monthly payment estimate! Now we can relax and shop for curtains, light fixtures, and appliances without worrying about the huge amount we need to come up with for closing!</div>
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We went out to the house today and were prepared to not see much change. Our PM called Thursday (he does this weekly) and only mentioned them working on finishing up the drywall. No word on siding or anything else being done. We still were hoping to see something new though. When we pulled up towards the house we didn't see any siding but saw another house had been sided (maybe we were actually #4 and not #3 in line). As we drove down to park on the cul-de-sac, we spotted it! A tiny row of siding but hey it's a start! And the Spanish olive turned out just like we were hoping! It's hard to capture in the pictures but it's a nice light greenish tan. While we were out there the drywall guys stopped in and said they were going to finish sanding on Sunday and then it would be ready for painting on Monday! So we were pretty excited that we are moving along...then I looked in the garage! All of our goodies had been delivered! We were able to see the cabinets, countertops, and doors! There also was a glass frame for around the door but I'm guessing that was sent by mistake because our house doesn't have that. By next week when we go back I think we'll probably have the exterior siding and trim all done and the cabinets installed! But anyway...on with the pictures!</div>
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O was prepared in his goggles-hanging out in the small closet in the master bedroom.</div>
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Of course I had to open a box and take a peak! Our Rushmore painted maple butterscotch cabinets!</div>
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Other side of house</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-56642532022695131862012-07-09T12:25:00.000-07:002012-07-09T14:15:32.766-07:00Day 44-DrywallWe had a really nice weekend working on our current house. My parents took the boys so that Dan and I could get some things done. We worked on a lot of projects that we needed to complete before renting it out. I also worked on packing up all of the stuff we won't be using in the next month! That's right...just over a month and we are moving!!! We got so much accomplished so we are feeling great about everything we got done. I'm so glad my parents took the boys because it was a huge help (Thanks Mom!) We went out to the house on Friday since we knew we would be busy Sat/Sun.<br />
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Friday Day 44: We are over half-way done with our build! We normally go to the house on the weekend but Dan got off early on Friday and we had a busy weekend planned so we stopped by after dinner. We had got a call Thursday evening from the PM saying all of our drywall had been hung and that they would be taping/mudding/finishing for the next week so we were looking forward to seeing the rooms with actual walls!<br />
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Looking to the right of the front entrance will be our office (living room on floor plan)</div>
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The next room in front of the office will be the craft room/school room (dining room on floor plan). You can also see the smaller hallway (the main hallway is to the left) where the pantry is and it goes into the kitchen.</div>
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Garage! Can't wait to park in here! Our current garage won't fit our van.</div>
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Back in the house! The next room in the hallway across from the mudroom is a small powder room/1/2 bath</div>
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Family room is to the left of the kitchen</div>
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Upstairs-hallway left. I was happy to see it's open-feeling up here. We closed up the loft which is the first door on the left to make a 5th bedroom. There's still plenty of hallway space:) The doorways are from left to right-guest room/future nursery, boys bedroom, laundry room (straight ahead), master bedroom, hall closet.</div>
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Upstairs hallway right-you can see the doorway to the play room and not shown on this side of the hall is girly girl's room and the kids/guest bath.</div>
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The play room (bedroom 3 on floor plan)</div>
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Girly's room (bedroom 2)</div>
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Guest room/ future nursery (bedroom 5/loft converted)</div>
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Laundry room-it's pretty tiny but it'll work. We might add a countertop and some cabinets in place of the wire shelf they will put in. I love that it's on the second floor!</div>
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How the guys are keeping semi-cool (not at all cool!). They have this giant fan in the basement but the house is still soooo hot. I feel bad for the guys working in there!</div>
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The neighbors down the street built a Naples just reverse plan of ours (also have a 3 car garage but it's not in the picture). It was nice to see their trim all up and see how ours will look really soon! At our pre-drywall meeting the PM said we were #3 in line for siding. We saw #1 was complete, #2 was about 80% complete, so we are thinking we should have siding by this weekend!</div>
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We plan on not buying appliances until we get the "go ahead" after closing. But, we thought we might as well check out the July 4th sales anyway. We will be buying a refridgerator as well as new washer and dryer (because we'll either leave our current washer/dryer here for renters or sell it to upgrade to higher capacity). <br />
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Right now our top picks are both stainless steel french door Samsung refridgerators. The cheaper one does not have ice/water in the door and is about 26 cubic feet. The other is about $400 more but has the ice/water in the door and I think was slightly larger. We're hoping to catch a sale or scratch/dent because I'd really prefer to have an option for filtered water. We currently have a water filter on our sink but with the pull-down faucet we will be getting; that won't be an option.<br />
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Our cabinets are Rushmore Painted Maple Butterscotch Glaze</div>
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Cabinet Knobs : Allen & Roth Marisa</div>
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Cabinet Pulls: Allen & Roth Marisa</div>
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Countertop: Formica 180fx Antique Mascarello</div>
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Flooring: Armstrong Illusions Sedona Cherry 5in planks</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-41934100327515066222012-06-28T11:58:00.001-07:002012-07-02T05:27:23.558-07:00Pre-drywall MeetingWe had our pre-drywall meeting last night. We got lucky and my Mom was able to come babysit (so I could go) and my Dad came along to the meeting as well as Dan's parents. So we had lots of eyes to check things out and ask questions (while the kids enjoyed light-saber time with Grandma).<br />
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The meeting went well, nothing too crazy. Some small gaps that will be filled with caulk or insultation, a chip in the front door, the morning room roof looked like it had a small dip in the shingles so that will be checked out, a too tight window in the morning room, and the stairs in the basement seemed like the one side wasn't perfectly straight. The plumbing and electric was pretty much all done (I think the PM said some is still needed in the basement). All the light boxes (not sure if that's the right term!) were in so we were able to see the rough-ins and the recessed light locations. We also saw all the outlet and lightswitch locations and the doorbell box location.<br />
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The outlet on the island will be on the opposite side than it was at the model. We had liked it how it was at the model (closer to the family room) because I thought Dan could be way across the kitchen with the griddle and I could be at the stove for breakfast time. No big deal though-we realized the stools would be closer to that side and it might actually work out better to have the griddle closer to the stove and further away from the kids if they are on the stools.<br />
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Still no budging on helping us out with pendant lights. I keep hoping they'll just agree to rough them in even though we were late on the request. No go. Cutting drywall and routing wires doesn't sound like a fun project for us after closing.<br />
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The exhaust fan in the master bath is in the water closet instead of near the shower. We heard this at pre-construction and I thought it was weird (didn't realize I could request it to be moved). We are hoping it will still get the moisture out of the room and it won't just get all sucked up on the ceiling above the shower. We'll have to try and keep the water-closet door open when showering hoping that'll do the trick. Otherwise my Dad will have to help us install another fan.<br />
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The cable box still has not been moved. It should have been moved a month ago. PM is going to check with Armstrong cable again.<br />
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The fuse box is located in the area of the basement that we will be finishing later. I guess there is nothing we can do about this and it just depends on where your stuff comes in from the street. The PM said it has to be so many feet from the front of the house on that side of the street. I'm hoping it doesn't stick out and the boys won't try and get in it.<br />
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Our garage door was in! Dan was so excited to see that and had the PM put it down so he could take pictures! There are also little wired boxes (I forget what he called them) where our exterior lights will go on the side of the garage and the recessed light is now in the front stoop area.<br />
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The front door handle mystery was solved! It actually is the door-knob typically used from the garage to the mudroom. They didn't have our round-knob at the time so used this one. We actually like it better than the round though so the PM said we could keep it!<br />
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We realized not only do we have pond or golf course view in girly's room but also in all of the other bedrooms (except master bc it has the wooded tree view of the back of the house)! We didn't see it before because of all the paper up on the windows. We had originally wanted a golf-course view until we saw the only lots open were close to the pond. We didn't want to have to worry about the kids near the pond so we decided on the bigger wooded lot instead. But because of the height of our house we got the best of both worlds! Still a nice pond/golf course view but now also the wooded view, bigger yard, and no worry of the kids near the pond! Score! We are super excited about that!<br />
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Overall both of our Dad's were really impressed with the construction of the house and there were no major issues that needed corrected.<br />
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Next up: More inspections and insulation, drywall should start next Wed, and we are 3rd in line for siding. Probably within 2 weeks we'll be seeing all of that completed!<br />
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Here's a couple pictures. We didn't take many this time. We probably won't go out to the house until next weekend so we should have drywall by then!<br />
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House front now with garage door! Can't wait until the trim, shutters, and siding are up!</div>
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</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-78568515384253849362012-06-24T15:40:00.003-07:002012-07-02T05:27:42.873-07:00Bedroom Dilemma and More pictures from Saturday<br />
We were over at our friends house this week for a playdate (the ones that also built with Ryan). They have a Ravenna and the Bonus Room is such a great size for a playroom. Originally we had planned on using our smallest room for the playroom until we finish the basement (which is pretty tiny because it's a loft converted into a bedroom 9'4 x 10'6). It got me thinking that maybe it would be smarter to use the largest kids room for the playroom (which was planned for the boys to share). That room is 15'5 x 12 so close in size to the Ravenna bonus room. If we did that we'd have to move the boys to bedroom 4 which is 13'10 x 10. I think it would still work because the model had a bunk bed in that room and that's what the boys had planned on getting. But then it would make the smallest room be the guest room and future nursery instead of bedroom 4. We have a queen bed so that would be tight in the small room and it would be a smaller nursery (if we ever have another baby). But, it might be the smartest decision since we'll spend more time in the playroom and don't have guests stay the night often. We're still thinking on this...<br />
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Garage door and handle-this is the same they used on the front door. I'm not sure if it on the front door is an upgrade or a mistake and it's usually just for something else. It doesn't look like a traditional exterior door knob:/ Anyone know?<br />
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We went out the house today (surprise surprise) to check out the progress. It's funny all the little things we get excited about. For example, we saw that they put on the entry door handle! Actually, the door handle seems different than the basic one that we thought we were getting. We thought it was going to be a round handle and another Naples being built just a few houses down has the round one. So we scored big time! Also we were excited to see the water hose bib in the front seems like a good placement. We have cement now in the garage (Alicia did a little happy dance when she stepped on the cement for the first time), basement and the front stoop and it looks great. The HVAC was supposed to be started on Monday of this last week but did not finish. The electrician was supposed to start possibly Friday but our PM said he was a little backed up so they haven't started any of that yet. We have our pre-drywall meeting this wednesday coming up so hopefully we'll see both the HVAC and wiring all done. </div>
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There are 2 other Naples being built across and down the street from us. The one has all siding and elevation C like ours so we have been axious to see what their siding and shutter choices were......well we saw today that they have tan siding and black shutters. It looks nice with all siding (not as nice as ours will be though :)) but we are really excited now to see our Spanish Olive siding color with white shutters. </div>
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View of the basement with the concrete poured </div>
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Start of putting in the furnace in the basement</div>
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Here is the 2 piece rough-in for the basement, toilet and sink</div>
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Another view of the cement porch/stoop </div>
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View of the garage after cement poured....no cracks so far</div>
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We are hoping both of our Dad's will be able to come to the pre-drywall with us since they both have experience building houses. We don't know much of what to look for so I think we'll both feel better knowing our Dad's came through the house and checked everything. Fingers crossed we'll be able to schedule it at a time that works for everyone! <br />
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We haven't been out to the house this week (I've been good!) so we won't have pictures until this weekend but I'm looking forward to checking out the progress!Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-17627807295499341652012-06-16T18:35:00.002-07:002012-06-17T19:19:07.330-07:00Shingles, Plumbing, and way too many pics!We went out to the site today and were happy with the continued progress. The shingles are now on the roof (not sure if they are finished because while we were there someone brought over more shingles) and it looks like the majority of the plumbing is in (we didn't check the basement). There is a broken window now in the guest bedroom/nursery. We're sure that will be fixed soon so we didn't worry about it. Here are the pics of the day! Next on the list is HVAC and pouring the basement floor.<br />
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Notice someone wanted to say "Hi" to us by the roof...so Hi back:)</div>
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Kitchen is now mapped out</div>
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Smaller Master Closet-front left</div>
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Master Bath looking good! Love all the views of the backyard!</div>
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The boys had to try out the shower seat.</div>
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Girly's room has a surprisingly decent view of the golf-course and pond. We had thought her view would mostly be of the house beside us so we were excited to see this!</div>
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The shingles they use on roof</div>
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Back view of house</div>
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</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-31282778030317330762012-06-15T11:31:00.001-07:002012-06-15T11:38:09.266-07:00Lock it in!!!!First an update from our PM: The framing was finished yesterday! And roof will be shingled and finished today! They also are planning on starting the plumbing today and finishing that and the HVAC system early next week. He said if all goes well we will be pouring the basement floor middle of next week:)<br />
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Now for our rate lock news! We had been waiting for today: Our PM estimates us to close on Aug7 so giving an additional week for weather delays or problems we could do a 60day rate lock now. I had waited all morning to hear the rate (since Dan is out of town on business) and was supposed to text him when I heard. Normally we hear between 10:45-11:45 but of course the day we are waiting we don't get the rate until 1:00. It was 3.5 and .75% off of closing. Not the best rate we've heard but probably 3rd best and still a lot better than the 3.75 we were quoted originally. We figured that even if we'd get a tad lower it wouldn't make a huge difference. We'd rather have this rate and be excited it's lower than originally thought than wait and end up having rates increase.<br />
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So Dan called NVR and said we were interested in locking it in but asked them to run his credit again first (Glad he thought of that!) since rates are decided a lot off of credit score. Well just in the past month his score has increased quite a bit and they offered us an even better rate!!! We locked in at 3.375% and .75% off closing!!!!!!! We are so excited and thanking God that he has blessed us once again!Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-49270739442693605452012-06-14T13:28:00.000-07:002012-07-02T05:29:05.835-07:00Day 21-More Framing Pics!Day 21-Wednesday morning, I took my Mom out to see the house. Dan and I had been there last Saturday night so there was only two days (Mon/Tues) of work since we had been there. They are sure moving fast and we now had a second floor, windows, door, bathtubs, and more! Here are some new pics...<br />
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Naples Elevation C-Reverse Plan</div>
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Front door installed (will be painted dark green)</div>
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Family Room-now with windows!</div>
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Morning Room Windows</div>
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They installed the sliding glass door in the morning room.</div>
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The boys in their new bedroom (Bedroom 2 on floor plan)</div>
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Girly's new room (Bedroom 3)</div>
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Guest Room/Possible Nursery Someday (Bedroom 4)</div>
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Tomorrow (Friday) we will try and lock-in our interest rate. Today's rate was 3.5% and .75% toward closing. We are hoping tomorrow will be the two best rates we've seen so far (3.375 and 0points or 3.5% and 1% toward closing).</div>Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-42948215510372330292012-06-10T12:33:00.002-07:002012-06-10T12:35:06.376-07:00Day 17-We have our first floor!Framing was started on Thursday afternoon (Day 15). Now things are moving so fast and it's pretty exciting! Our PM told us they probably will be completely done with framing by next Wed/Thurs so by the time we are out there again we probably will have a roof too! We also checked with him on estimated closing date because the interest rates have been so low lately we are really wanting to lock it in (we've been quoted as low as 3.375-0points and another day 3.5 with 1% off closing). He said the estimate is now Aug.7 (originally was Aug 10) but we should give a week just in case of delay so we can lock in on the 14th. It would be awesome if the rates are this low Friday and we can lock and not have to worry about the rates changing (we technically can do a 90 day lock but are waiting for the 60day since it has better rates).<br />
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When we signed the purchase agreement in March they had just started the second phase of our community. There were no houses started on the two streets back there. Now there are a ton that have been sold and probably 3 nearing completion (at least look like it on the outside), another 6 or so mid-build, and some others waiting to be started. It's so fun going out there every week and seeing our little neighborhood being put together and getting a peak at what it will look like. All the houses look so great. So far we've seen 2 Venices, 2 other Naples, a Florence, and a Carolina. Some of the other houses are too early in the build to recognize. Another thing in "neighborhood news" is we noticed they are offering different models now. They now have the Dunkirk, Brentwood, Carolina, and Chantilly Place (along with the other models they've always had) which they didn't offer in our community before.<br />
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Now for the house news! Day 17: Saturday evening we drove out to the house to see the framing. It was so exciting to pull down the street and actually see our house! They've been working hard and it looked like the first floor was pretty close to being done. Here are some pictures we took that day:<br />
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Our house!!! Walking from the cul-de-sac..</div>
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Family room</div>
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In the kitchen looking towards morning room/dining area (love the view!)</div>
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The morning room looking towards sliding glass doors.</div>
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Front right of house in living room looking towards dining room and hallway to kitchen.</div>
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Front door and windows in basement</div>
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Our house from the other street...</div>
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After we left the house we went out to dinner and then to listen to music in the "square". We are really loving our new community. I really think it will be the perfect place for the kids to grow up!</div>
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<br />Aliciahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15531268981543720379noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2787021498613987956.post-39182409574381568592012-06-06T11:22:00.000-07:002012-06-06T12:50:57.975-07:00Backfilling/Rough Grading/Wood Delivery PicsMy lack of self-control sent me out to the house today! We had planned on waiting until Saturday but since framing was scheduled to start today I couldn't help going to check it out!<br />
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I was a little disappointed when we got there at about 12:30 and didn't see framing started. I also didn't see any cement poured in the basement. But the good news was the backfilling was completed and they rough graded the yard. It looks really great and so far! The wood also was delivered so it was nice to see that. It also looks like they finished the siding on the house a couple lots down (think it's a Florence). <br />
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So here's some pics of the progress...<br />
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Then about an hour after I got home the PM called Dan with an update. I guess the framers are finishing up a house down the street so they didn't get started today but they will be starting our framing tomorrow afternoon. Dan asked about the cement not being poured because we had seen on other blogs that cement is poured before framing but I guess that's not how they are doing it (maybe because our basement is unfinished?). Our house will be framed, then roof put on, siding etc, plumbing in basement, then cement poured. So if all goes as planned we should have a good amount framed when we go back out Saturday!!!</div>
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