This and That

All that's left to do is electric, pool plaster, driveway, and landscaping. Almost finished!!!! Here are some pictures from the past couple of weeks.

Temporary junky mailbox :)

Grading all the dirt to get ready for driveway and landscape.

 I had these chairs made for the dining room table.

 The fabric is a black corduroy

 A mexican star light for the turret ceiling

 The gates are still continuing to rust nicely

 Had the dented gate fixed, now it's straight again!

 Thomas making cement pads for the two air conditioning units

Still trying out different wall lights...

The custom double doors for the master bedroom and office finally arrived and are waiting to be installed.

 I've been scrubbing the cement floors getting them ready for Thomas to install the wood flooring.

Have been looking at pavers for weeks. They are all starting to look the same. I was going to use a paver style called holland, which is basically a brick shaped 8x4 paver, but I've decided on 9x6 pavers in a herringbone pattern for the driveway.

This is the 9x6 below is some different colors that my paver guy dropped off.

 I went to a paver store to see some different choices

Finally I decided on a mix between a Belgard color called Mohave mixed with Toscana. This style is slightly tumbled and is from the Cambridge Cobble line. There were also some nice bricks (above) that I may use for the patios and walkways. ????? Not sure...

Kitchen Hood, Driveway Pavers, & Wood Floor

It took almost all day to hang the hood and chimney over the range. It is a pretty simple job and wouldn't normally take so long, but Thomas made some modifications to the chimney that took some time. the chimney doesn't sit totally flush on the hood because the hood has metal grommets on the top. The chimney would sit flush on the hood if we cut openings in the chimney edge where it rests on top of the range's grommets, but we were running out of steam and weren't that picky by the time we realized the issue. Fitting the chimney in over the hood and under the soffit took some pounding, but it's in there tight!

 I cleaned up the cement floors and Thomas has started the wood floor.

I have been looking at driveway pavers. I've attached some pictures of the samples. I like the Holland pavers (4x8 brick shape) in a herringbone pattern the most. I'd also like a light color mix, which isn't so easy to find.

Hanging the exhaust hood

 The chimney and  hood are from Proline. The hood is the ProV 36".

 2 lights, 2 heat lamps, and baffle filters

Cleaning the cement floors before gluing down engineered wood flooring.

The wood floors are the hand scraped style and the color is maple

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I added a second coat of sealant to the tile floor

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Above are holland pavers in herringbone pattern. I think these are too dark and will be too hot in the summer.

Below are tumbled (top) vs. non tumbled (bottom). I think the tumbled ones just look milky...not tumbled

 I like the yellow/gold ones above and below. I am looking for a mix with that shade,

Above are some of the different colors of pavers that Roger the paver guy has brought by.

Trying some wall lights for this bathroom

** The blue tape on the walls are marking areas on the wall that had cracks or damage and have been repaired but now need to be repainted.**

 

Had some rain...

Kitchen Progress

The kitchen is almost done. Just a few details left to finish, but I'm so happy with the way it's turning out. It's just how I pictured it in my mind over a year ago.

Vigo under-mount stainless steel sinks

Cabinet trim added. Cupboard doors on fridge cabinet  were taken back to the shop to get trimmed, they were hitting the fridge and a few pieces of trim are still missing on the bottom of the island.

Installing appliances:

During...

After...

Refrigerator is a Marvel Professional 42". Stainless interior and the glass door are options.

 Above is the Wolf dual fuel 36" six burner range.
The piece of black granite that sits to the right of the range was too wide, it will need to be re-cut.

Thermador dishwasher.

 Microwave goes in the opening to the right with the yellow wires.

 And below is that picture I made on the Ikea kitchen planner over a year ago:

It was so helpful to use that program to plan my kitchen. Even if you aren't going to buy anything from Ikea, most of the sizes of appliances and cabinets are the same no matter where you go. I also used it to plan all  my window sizes and heights.  I can't say enough great things about the Ikea planners, they are so helpful. I'm using the kitchen planner again now to plan the laundry room and I used their office furniture planner to plan the office.

 range hood waiting to be installed

Obviously the arm lights are not installed. They will be hardwired in if I keep them. I just have them hanging to see if I like them.

 A beverage fridge goes in that opening on the left wall of cabinets.

Here's a picture of the kitchen from two months ago:

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