Flooring - (sneak peek)

Here's a sneak peek at our wood flooring. It is oak engineered flooring in 3", 5", and 7" widths. Some distressing is already on the boards so we can live in the house and not worry about a little ding here or there. None is installed yet, but wow what a difference it will make!

Custom Attic doors

My hubbie completely made these two doors from scratch for our walk-in attic spaces on both sides of the house.

Wood-burning Fireplace is shaping up

White Marble will be on the wall all the way around and a little hearth piece on the floor.

Preview of Some Bathroom Fixtures

Here's the sink in the "extra" bathroom and a peek at the toilets we're using throughout.

Day one of grout

One bathroom is grouted - here's a look at the color. We wanted the grout to kinda blend in since the tile has so much variation in the colors. I think it made the glass tiles look pretty.

Master shower tile progress

Hey, progress is progress! He said it will be done tonight!
I repeat -- TONIGHT!!!

Master Shower tile update

A few more days of work and it is coming right along!

Update on Master tub & shower tile

Master tub, window ledge behind the tub, & shower tile...off to a good start!

Master Bath 1 day of floor tile (before & after)

Kitchen tile - still photos tour

Tile is all set in the kitchen...now we need to get some cabinet makers over here to design some cabinets for us!  The two white pipes that are sticking up is where my sink will be.  There is a "peninsula" countertop there like we had in our charlotte house for those of you that visited us when we lived there.

Left picture is standing in kitchen looking at breakfast nook.
Right picture is standing in breakfast nook looking at kitchen.  (You can see a hint of my orange paint in the dining room)

closeup of tile threshold

This is what my darling hubbie designed for the thresholds for the rooms that have tile.  He just took a big 18 inch tile and cut two pieces to separate the rooms. 

mud room, "her office" and small bathroom tile tour video

Side entrance has the mud room, her office has laundry closet and an additional closet (the room with the ceiling fan), and the small bathroom with all the tile finished.  We have a LOT to grout!

Kitchen tile tour - video

This is my first try at video -- I'm curious, how do you guys like seeing the "video" instead of still shots?

Breakfast nook and kitchen tile - progress!

More progress on the breakfast nook & kitchen tile...

Breakfast nook - tile

I go off for the day and come home to a tiled breakfast nook...Can't beat that!

Mud room the tile set!

Today's progress - this is a "locker" area or mud room that is at the side entrance or entry from the garage. Each person will have their own cabinet to hang backpacks, jackets, shoes, or whatever else we don't want to bring to our bedrooms. You can see "her office" to the right -- and the little bathroom is to the right. I thought the 18 inch tiles were too big, but now I think they're about perfect! Every day is one day closer!

First tile set for the big area

Kitchen, side & back entryway & breakfast nook (all pretty much connected) -- first tile set tonight!

Little bathroom tile (almost done!)

The pretty mosaic tile floor is covered up by rags.
This shower is pretty much finished with tile...just need grout.

Oh, and that red on the right will end up painted tan like the rest of the walls.

Her office tile floor -- only the grout left to do!

This room's tile is finished except for the grout and a handfull of tiles inside of two closets that need to be cut and set.

Her Office tile floor started

I am in love with this tile! Tt is 18" so the size is just right for the room. We had plans to include several sizes of tiles to create a pattern...and bought them all...but the 18" tiles are thicker than the smaller ones so we are just going with the 18 " ones on a diagonal.

Starting shower tile in little bathroom

Starting on the little bathroom downstairs -- will have the same design as the girl's showers

Younger Daughter's Bathroom - Tile Update

Floor tile is down -- shower has the same design as the other bath that is almost finished.

Shower Floor

This is the "extra" bathroom -- all the red stuff will be covered in tile. The red stuff is a painted on rubber type of stuff to help waterproof underneath the tiles - Isn't this a cool shower floor?

One Bathroom almost tiled!

Oldest Daughter's bathroom has all tile in place except for a few cut ones in the back corner on the right. That little area will be a cabinet for storage of towels, etc.

Front Door (foyer) Tiled "Rug" area

This area will be covered in hardwood so we designed this tile "rug" area by the front door so we won't have to ever worry about a wet rug on the wood floor. 12 inch tiles on the diagonal with 2 inch mosaic tiles on the border. The 12 inch tiles are cemented in, but the mosaic ones aren't permanently set yet. I'm pretty excited about this project!

Starting the 6 inch tiles above the glass mosaic in the first bathroom (Left Photo) -- getting up to the glass mosaic in the second bathroom (Right Photo)

Day 3 tile

Up to the glass mosaic in one kid's shower, and the first triangle of tiles is done on the other kid's. You can see two cutouts of tile on the one that is more finished -- one for a corner shelf and the other for the soap dish...it's got details!!!

Day 2 - Tile

Update of about 4 more hours put into that shower...just wait till you see what we do this afternoon -- it will be a surprise!

Tile Job - Day 1

Older daughter's shower...first day of tiling.

Lights at Night

Here's how it looks with the porch lights on at night...
We have additional flood lights on the corners, but they're not turned on in this picture.

Tile & Wood Samples

We've decided on this wood & tile. Kitchen will be a pattern with the 18" tiles and some 6" ones from the same line. The showers will have the 2" mosaic on the floors, 6 or 12" ones on the walls, and the little glass tiles as an accent about eye level. The wood is an engineered maple with distress signs so they won't look "too perfect" -- Also took this picture in the kitchen so you could see how the walls look with this flooring.

Power Soon!

All the lighting is installed.
Outlets and switches all wired.
All electrical panels wired.
Electrical Inspection passed.

Co-op has us scheduled to turn on the power on this WEDNESDAY!!!

Flooring Choices

Some of the "narrowed down" choices for flooring:

Engineered hardwood for most of the house:

Shaw: Rosedown Hickory: Smokehouse Spice color: 5” planks with LOTS of variation

Two tile choices (bathrooms & kitchen floor)

Marazzi Campione: Armstrong color : up to 20 x 20 tiles

Or

Marazzi Artea Stone: Cappucino color : up to 20 x 20 tiles

Outside Lighting almost finished

Front of garage will have three of these lights...he is installing the third one as I type.Front porches have 6 new hanging lights installed:

Electrical

Applied for electrical service this week -- should have power in about 2 weeks (This is my own estimate and is based on no knowledge of how electrical service works!)

Excellent Customer Service

We have used www.lightoutlet.com for most of our lighting and they have most excellent customer service. They also offer an "Unadvertised" discount. Call instead of placing the order online and you get 10% off of EVERYTHING! Also, free shipping and no tax outside of NY...ask for Michelle Taylor at ext 136 -- she is very friendly and helpful.

More electrical completed

Nice looking panel!

Some outdoor lighting on back upper patio: