Two Weeks Until Settlement!

Well, we're less than 2 weeks from settlement, and the house is nearly ready. As you can see, our floodlights have been installed, and our Georgetown green door is in place.
In our foyer, we now have a chandelier.

Our study (a.k.a. the home office) is complete with Saddle hardwood floors and French doors. Brian is very excited that I will have a place to hibernate and do work instead of waking him up typing on my laptop!

In our living room, the hardwood floors are nearly finished and our columns have been installed.

Our dining room is almost finished too. We're just waiting for some of the shadow boxing to be completed since a few of the outlets were moved.

Above is a photo of our nearly finished kitchen. Brian can't wait to make use of all of the cabinet space and prep space. He tells me that he's already making a list of cookbooks he wants for Christmas! We have Maple Spice cabinets with tan brown granite tops. We're not crazy about the handles on the cabinetry, so we will probably swap those out for something a bit more modern.


Upstairs in our master bedroom, the painting is complete and we have plush carpeting.


Brian's bathroom is also looking pretty snazzy. You can see the slate gray tiles and marble listello tile trim. We really like this much better than the Nascar-style checkerboard trim that comes with the gray tile. Our separate vanities have also been installed. No more tripping over each other in the bathroom to use the medicine cabinet or the mirror!

Less than 1 Month Until We Move!!!

We've been remiss in updating the blog over the past 3 weeks, but we're now about 3.5 weeks from move-in! As you can see, we now have a paved driveway, steps and a walkway, a mailbox, and exterior lights.

This is a detailed shot of our exterior lights in the front of the house. Our address has also been affixed to the front of the house.

We also have exterior lights on the back of the house.

Inside, there's been significant progress. Our drywall is complete, and some painting has been done. Here's our family room, with our remote controlled gas fireplace, mantle, and recessed lights.


This is a close-up of our fireplace and mantle. We have black granite surrounding our fireplace.

Our kitchen is also coming along too. Our Maple Spice Tahoe cabinets have been installed. along with our island.

You can see our custom wine rack below, where we'll be stocking our favorite varietals:-)

In our dining room, progress has also been made. Our drywall is complete, along with our tray ceiling and shadow boxing. It looks like a few of the outlets were moved after the shadow boxing was installed and needs to be repaired. Other than that, the light fixture has also been installed. We also have a bay window on the right side of the room.

See below for a detailed photo of our dining room lighting fixture.


You can see where our dining room is compared with our living room at the front of our house. This photo was snapped standing in our living room.

Our living room is spacious and filled with afternoon light. We also have 2 Roman columns, a bay window, and 2 windows in the front of the house.


Here's another view of the living room, especially the bay window.

Our banister has also been installed. We have white and wood railings on our waterfall staircase.

Our deck is also complete! Time for grilling and chilling on our new Trex deck. We love the location, which leaves plenty of light for our basement.

We also have a mailbox! I guess the bills will start rolling in now...

Last is a parting photo of our neighbor's house to the left of ours. They are building a Wynterhall model home. It doesn't look like their construction is too far behind ours.