Lots of updates!

Since we were out of town all last week, and this week has gone by quickly, I have LOTS of updates to report.

FLOORS

The hardwood floors are being installed in the addition. They will be stained to match the color of the floors in the old part of the house.

Family room into kitchen

EXTERIOR PAINT

The exterior of the house has been painted. This includes the siding on the addition as well as the brick on the original part of the house. We used Coventry Gray.

Gray house, white trim, new sidewalk (pics of the back of the house below)

DECK

The structure of the deck has been built. The railings and stairs are being installed.

In progress

Still in progress

Helpers - Bear & Billy

View from above

Railings

INTERIOR PAINT

The interior has been painted. This includes Revere Pewter in the family room, kitchen and hallway; Stonington Gray in the Mudroom; Whisper Gray in the half bath; and Graytint in the master bedroom and master bathroom (all Benjamin Moore). 

Master bedroom

Hallway from family room to master

KITCHEN CABINETS & MASTER VANITY

The kitchen cabinets (white, shaker style) were installed on Monday. We are using the same material for the master vanity.
 

New kitchen!

Close up on cabinets to the left of where the refrigerator will be

Close up on the back wall of the kitchen where the gas range/oven and vent hood will be

Master bathroom vanity

MUDROOM BEAD BOARD

4' bead board wraps the mudroom & full height on the cubbies

One more post before vaca -- Sidewalk laid and cubbies in

Lots of progress on a Friday! The guys laid the sidewalk (stamped concrete in a slate color) and it's looking great. A vast improvement over our old cracked sidewalk.

The cubbies/bench were also installed in the mudroom.

A few more selections + much-needed vacation

This week, we made some additional selections.

1) We agreed on a configuration for the mudroom cubbies/storage unit. We will have a wood-stained bench plus three tall "locker"-like cubbies along one wall. We'll be doing 4' beadboard around the entire mudroom as well.
2) We selected door knobs (see here: http://www.myknobs.com/shlf10sie619.html) for all interior doors and exterior doors.
3) We agreed on closet shelving configuration for the two master closets, which included who got which closet (his on the left; mine on the right).
4) We agreed on closet shelving for the two hallway closets.
5) We agreed on a color for our new stamped concrete front walkway.  We are going with "slate."
6) We selected three "lot" options for honed white carrara marble for our kitchen counter tops.  Hopefully we can find a remnant of a similar material to use for the master bath vanity top.
7) We agreed on a new deck configuration -- clipped the outside corners and added a landing with two sets of stairs.  Definitely think this will have a cooler effect than the original design.
 
We are headed on vacation to Florida for seven days, and likely will checked out from making any major renovation decisions or selections for that time.  However, progress will ensue back at 7603. This includes interior trim, exterior and interior painting, and maybe even installation of our kitchen cabinets and master bathroom vanity!  Lots of pics to be posted after vacation.

Mother Nature's Fury

Tuesday night's brief storm barreled through 7603's yard. An oak tree in our yard crashed to the ground, taking out a power line and our fence (and maybe our neighbor's fence) in the process. Fortunately it did NOT crash onto the newly-built deck (!!!) or the house. Phewww! Nonetheless, we lost power, as did most of our neighbors (sorry) and we are left to clean up the mess. We'll get the tree removed and see how we will go about repairing the fence. Once the tree is removed, we can assess the damage (if any) to our neighbor's fence.

Front stoop & sidewalk

The guys made some headway on the front stoop this week. They also demo'ed the front sidewalk. We will be doing stamped concrete in a slate color.

Columns and roof coming together on front stoop. Bye bye old poured concrete sidewalk.

Exterior paint selected!

After much back and forth, we have decided to go with Benjamin Moore's Coventry Gray for the exterior of the house. This includes all of the brick and the siding. This was option "B" per my original post.

HC-169 / Benjamin Moore Coventry Gray

Siding & Trim

Today the crew started putting up the exterior siding and trim. It will eventually be painted (see post about exterior paint colors -- still TBD).

Standing in back yard looking up (and slightly right) toward the house

Drywall complete!

The guys finished the drywall late last week. Things are looking really good! Pics below.

Next steps (this week, next week and the following):
1) Install all of the interior trim
2) Build the deck
3) Install kitchen cabinets
4) Basic clean up, remove plastic & turn the AC units back on

Looking from family room into eating area and kitchen

Looking from eating area into kitchen

Master bedroom

Insulation & Drywall

There wasn't too much activity last week (finishing up electrical, digging holes for the deck footings) but this week has seen quite a bit of action already!

Yesterday the insulation was installed (double insulation around the master bath -- thanks, dad). And today, the drywall installation began. It's really starting to come together!

Drywall goes up on the ceiling in the family room

Guys in action in the family room

View looking from kitchen into family room toward fireplace & mudroom

Drywall going up in master bedroom