Let there be lights!

This week I made 6 trips to Home Depot in 4 days.  It became laughable at some point.  There were a lot of little things that were needed for the lights and the electrician.  Because we decided to buy all of our lights ourselves instead of going through a supplier, all of those little things became my responsibility.  

At the end of the week though, I was happy to have it all done because it meant all of our lights, smoke detectors, and outlets were in.  

The bottom part of the driveway was also poured yesterday and we were all happy because that means no more muddy shoes for the kids every time we visit the house.

Paint, Granite, and Tile Updates!

The past few weeks have been extremely productive.  There have been multiple things happening at once, which I just love seeing.  Today there was tile going in, painters outside, and the grading around the yard had begun.

The interior painting is pretty much done with the exception of the brick fireplace and a few other little projects.  I'm loving the way it all turned out.  The walls look blue in these photos, but they are more of a gray with blue/green hint to it.  Our doors, beams, tongue and groove ceiling and mudroom lockers are all the darker color, which I am in love with.  IN LOVE!  I can't wait to see all of the doors hung because if I love them this much just standing in a row, I can't imagine how much I will love them when they are all in their place.

The other thing I'm loving right now is our porch ceiling!  The large screen porch and wrap-around porch on the house were two things on our "must have" list and with the light blue ceiling it just feels so welcoming and relaxing...and southern!  We can't wait to enjoy it.

The granite went in last week, along with our copper farm sink.  I'm excited to see the kitchen finished with the back splash and the wooden counter for the island. It's all coming together just the way I envisioned.  I often go by and just stand in there staring at how it all looks because it just makes me happy to think what it will be like when we are actually living there.

The tile started this week and it feels like forever ago that we made those selections.  Everything looks great though and those guys are making lots of progress in just a few days.  The bathrooms are all almost completed and then there will only be a few other ares to be done.

Final Selections

This week we finalized all of our selections for the house including paint, granite, and tile.  Most of it was already decided upon, but I'd been waiting for almost a month for the lady helping us with the tile selections to get in some specific samples of a beveled subway tile.  She called me last week to let me know they were finally in so Monday afternoon I stopped by to check them out. I'm so glad I waited before just settling on something else because the colors were gorgeous and the style was exactly what I was hoping for.  We're going with "enchanted shadow" and I think it's really going to complement our island color and stand out against the antique white cabinets.  You can also see a sneak peek of our main paint color, Silver Strand.

My plan was to make all of the kids' window treatments this week during spring break, but the kids and I have been staying so busy that I haven't gotten around to that yet. I did work on one little project today though.  I needed some sort of chandelier shades for the light in Harper's room and when I looked online for lavender ones the only ones I could find were $15-$25 a piece.  Crazy expensive.  SO, I just ordered a set of plain white silk ones and dressed them up a little with some lavender trim Harper helped me picked out at JoAnn.  I used my glue gun to attach the trim and love the way they turned out.  I think it will add just a little pop of color on her chandelier to coordinate with her room.