Inspections, Inspections & More Inspections

It's inspection week!
And, assuming all goes well (fingers crossed!!!!), sheetrock will start to go up soon, followed by paint & all sorts of good stuff!

So the place looks pretty much the same.....like a bomb went off :D

In the meantime, our 5 sets of sliding glass doors are said to be arriving tomorrow (MUCH more fashionable than plywood!

So stylishly ghetto, huh???


& The 2 shower pans got poured & are holding water just fine & dandy


Guest Bath:

Master Bath:

That's it for now until the inspectors finish-up what they're doing - send good vibes on that front!!

The Exterior.....to BE!!

So while this will be one of the very LAST parts of the project on the main house, we do have our colors picked out.......looking forward to no longer having a BROWN house!!!

As a Refresher, here's the BEFORE.......

The Main color on the outside (where all of the wood siding is now) will be Knight's Armor - a dark grey with a slight hint of blue:

& the Front Doors.....

Will now be Beach Glass.  

We're keeping the existing doors because they are nicely in tune with the mid-century style of the home & where we're headed with it design-wise.

Bathroom Plumbing FUN!

Maybe not the most exciting subject, but we've got some pretty cool stuff picked out :D

Master Bath.....

Guest Bath.....

& Cool Starburst hardware for BOTH Bathrooms - discontinued a couple years ago by Rejuvenation - glad to snag it before they were all gone!

And, finally, my favorite part - our fabulous colorful toilets!

These were actually discontinued by the manufacturer last Summer & I managed to snag 2 blue ones for the house & the PINK will go in the Bar bathroom.

And......yes.....items being discontinued or backordered are the story of our lives when it comes to this house remodel!

More Progress......

While the house is still VERY ripped up, LOTS of progress!

One of the A/C units went in today, Plumbing goes in tomorrow, Framing started today for walls that are changing/moving, and much of the electrical changes are also complete!

Guest Bathroom in the works......

Partial view of Living Room, with 1 set of stairs (lower Left) GONE!

And view of the other end of the living room......getting there!

Next, the rest of those windows come out - to be replaced by BIG Sliding doors - there won't be much wall left on that end of the room :)

& the Utility Room in the works:

The Kitchen extension is also in place - YAY!

LOTS of trucks lined-up from the workers...all hands on deck this week!!

The Deck (Which is being replaced) has become by spray paint backdrop - a treat to not have to worry about where the spray paint goes!

AND THERE GO MORE PIECES & PARTS OF OUR HOUSE......Off to the Dump!!

We're not Afraid of a Little......or A LOT of Color!!!

We do love nice, bright, happy colors, so, I guess no surprise that this house - like our last house - will reflect that :)

The Living Room & Main Hallways will all be a pretty shade of Yellow

Then, the Doors throughout the house (including the front door!) will be this awesome Aqua shade called Beach Glass.  And as many interior doors as feasible are being turned into pocket doors as well!

My Office will be a nice lighter shade of Aqua - Tahitian Breeze

Rob's Ofice will be a couple shades of Orange - Orange Burst & Fresh Apricot

& The Guest Bedroom in Fountain Mist.  This color will also be used on the cabinets in the Master Bathroom.

& I'm very happy to have PINK in the laundry room.  It was going to be pink & white stripe, but the damn textured walls in Texas make that not feasible......but I did find Pink & White wide stripe curtains for this room, so that'll work instead :)

Old Fashioned Pink on the Walls......

& Candy Coated on the Pocket Door to the Room!

Accent Color to be used in the Guest Bath.....

& The color for the Master bath walls that aren't tiled......

& The Master Bedroom - the Darker Key Largo as an Accent color & the Lighter Tame Teal as the main color

& Blushing Bride in the Master Bedroom closet :)

Dining area off of the Kitchen.....Main Color:

& Accent Wall Color......

So......yeah......No WHITE WALLS

More Demo & Fun Tile for the Entryway

More ripping out of stuff....2nd dumpster almost FULL as of end of day Monday!

Tile on it's way OUT!

& The Crappy Cheap Popcorn Ceiling is also about GONE!

Master Bath now just a shell of what it was........

Though the crappy bathtub still needs to head to the dumpster

& the view from the bathroom through to the closet - the closet is going to be stretched out that wall to the roofline to give us more space

& the big accomplishment for today was finding tile for the Entryway.  I was looking for blue slate chunks, but tough to find in the thickness needed for an interior floor with a consistent thickness.  Found this & Loved it, so ordered!

It fits well for the era we're going for & also will have diamond window coverings for the windows beside the door, so this works great.

OOOPS!!!!  Well, just got a call - apparently the one above is Sold Out & more is not arriving until June :(  So.....we'll go with our second choice, which is still pretty good - Black Slate in the same pattern :)

Next up.......Countertops!

We've had fun picking out countertops!  Here goes!!

The Kitchen will have White Quartz

And a little accent of orange formica on some shelves on the island....  This same laminate will be used on Caroline's built-in desktop

FUN Retro Boomerang Laminate in the Laundry room & around the utility sink in the garage

& The 2 Bathrooms.....our favorite - Recycled Glass with Blue inlaid glass!

& The Bar will have this Bamboo laminate in the bathroom & the main bar (the part of the bar where drinks are made....not the bartop - We have a very cool project for the Bar top.  Stay Tuned!)