Back Again

Happy Spring!

A time for rejuvenation and sunshine. Or at least occasional sunshine. :-)

I have not posted for over a year! After the house was finished and we moved in, I ran out of motivation to post.

Now that we have hundreds of pictures of our little boy Max, I have reason to post again. Gotta share the baby love with Grandma and Grandpa. :-)

Almost Done – Part 2

Rick and I stopped by the house over the weekend.  This is the mudroom / laundry.  It is a little sad how excited I am to have a new washer and dryer.

Bench with coat hooks in mudroom / laundry.

Rick’s shoe storage, hidden inside the bench.

 

Downstairs powder bath

the copper vessel sink.  Thanks Mom! for helping me select a faucet.  It looks GREAT together.

Upstairs hall bath vantiy.  This is the bathroom for guests.

Master bedrom fireplace is finished.

I am demonstrating the top down and bottom up window coverings for Rick.  He was fascinated. he he he…. 

Almost Done - Kitchen

Rick and I stopped by the house over the weekend.  This is the kitchen update.  The appliances have been delivered but not fully installed….. yet.

The Vent-a-hood will be getting much use soon.

counter top microwave without taking counter space.  After the little house and our current rental, we won’t know what to do with all this counter space.  This should be a nice feature in the future if the microwave goes out it is easy to slide in a new one.

Dish washer is not quite completely installed.

Faucet with pull out sprayer and under mount sink.

Master Bedroom and Bathroom

Great progress this week on the house.  The master bedroom and bathroom are getting closer to complete.  Not sure why, but a few of the pictures have a yellow cast to them. 

The plumber is not quite done installing the tub fixtures.  I can NOT wait to use the tub.

The counter top, sinks, and faucets are in.  The light fixtures are installed too, but that did not quite make it into the picture.  The mirror for over the sinks is sitting in the garage in a cardboard box ready to be installed. 

The shower door is hanging out with the mirrors in the garage waiting to be installed.  The one tile square on the left was just re-grouted.  When the grout dries it will look the same as the rest of the wall.

The beginnings of my shoe rack.   

The master bedroom fireplace mantel is complete.  The slate hearth still needs to be attached to the backer board.

Stairs & Railing

We used a prefinished hardwood for the stairs that coordinates with the laminate imitation hardwood floor in most of the house.

The railing is completed.  View from great room.

View from upstairs.

one more picture. 

Master Bath

The master bathroom tile is installed.  After the tile work is completed they will put the soaking tub back in place. 

When Rick and I went to Germany almost 2 years ago we visited the town of Baden-Baden, with multiple thermal baths.  (this is the one we visited Caracalla Therme)  Within a reasonable budget I am attempting to give our master bathroom what I can a "roman bath" feel, with travertine looking tile and broken travertine accents and warm yellow walls and dark wood cabinets.  It is beginning to come together...

coming in for the close up

ok... one more.

Shower surround

A little closer to see the detail...

Cabinet Installation

They are making progress getting the cabinets installed. 

The range will fit between the two base cabinets.  We did 2 large drawers on the bottom for pots and pans and a smaller drawer on top for cooking utensils.  Hopefully this proves to be a good work space.

The smaller cabinets at the very top will have frosted glass. 

All the windows on the main level and this one on the stair landing have a full wood wrap.  I do not want to cover up the wood work with window coverings.  Rick and I are single handedly keeping the wood products industry afloat in Oregon.  he he he.....

This is the deco tile inserts for the master bath shower.