Playroom

We are sloooooowly getting things together...and I mean, SLOWLY.  The one room I am almost done with is the playroom...

This is the craft table...

This is the reading corner...

Ella's dress up closet...

Mantel and Built-in

Want to see a horrible photo of the most beautiful built-in ever? ;)

They turned out perfectly.  Now I need to figure out how to fill the shelves!

The Almost Done Pantry

We were going to do the pantry ourselves because the over-budget-ness (is that a word?) of this remodel is out of control.  However, we just don't have the time.  Gary is doing both of our closets, and we aren't even done with those.  So, I told our custom cabinet guy that I wanted the most simple and cheap pantry ever...which they begun installing today.

But apparently, simple and cheap is not in his vocabulary because this is what it looks like so far, and it's not even done!

That does not look simple and cheap to me...it looks awesome and fancy!  Notice the crown moulding in the second photo that matches the crown on our kitchen cabinets.  I mean, whaaaaat?!  The cabinet with drawers (which obviously doesn't have the drawer fronts yet) is going to have a carrera marble counter on it!

My only concern is that when we discussed the plan, I said I wanted the shelves to go all the way to the wall (so there would be shelves over the cabinet), which he didn't do.  He kept saying it would look ugly, and in his opinion it needs to be open, blah, blah.  I really just have to laugh because I do find it endearing that he takes such huge pride in his work and cares so much about aesthetics, even in a pantry. :)  I think I'm just going to put open shelving above to put my cookbooks on...maybe. 

These Are a Few of My Favorite Things...

The kids' bathroom really is the most beautiful bathroom I've ever seen.  I sort of want to sleep in there...

For awhile, I was a little worried about how the entryway was going to turn out since it was my number one top priority, but I had no reason to worry- it is absolutely stunning...

California room ceiling with light and a breeze...

The back of the house lights were installed, and I love them!  The small size...

The large size...

I organized my baking center today...

The inside of the master bathroom shower is all tiled (but not grouted yet), including the ceiling!

Gary's closet is getting done...

The playroom pocket doors are on (but still need hardware)...

And finally, our cabinet guy brought the skeleton of our fireplace built-in and mantle sample for approval today...it's going to look so great!

Reaching the Finish Line

The house is nearly complete so we've started moving stuff in.  I got a lot of the kitchen moved in today.  Spices...

The backsplash, pot filler, stove and pot/pan drawers are finally in...

Maybe my favorite spot in the kitchen...the dedicated baking station/appliance garage (which isn't quite organized yet), which will house my mixer and food processor...

I'm so excited to have all my appliances plugged in and ready to go at a moment's notice yet not in sight!!!!  Especially my food processor, which I use quite a bit and hated always having to lug that heavy thing out of an upper or lower cabinet. 

The other appliance garage will be our "bar" where I'll put the blenders on the bottom, and all our alcohol and casual stemware on the top...

And I loaded up our plates, bowls, glasses and mugs in the two glass front cabinets (which don't have glass yet but supposedly will tomorrow!)...

Landscape

The front yard is almost done...looks a lot better, right?

It still looks a bit bare to me, but of course the plants need to grown in.  The plants along the front of the house and the walkway will all grown much larger.

All we have left is to add the fence (which will hopefully start next week), take all the tape and covers off the front door and side lights, install the porch lights, and add my porch bench and flower boxes with trees on the porch.  I'm thinking of maybe adding a flower box under the front window too.  OH, and of course the garage doors.  I think I'm blocking that out because it's just been a pain.

They finished the master bedroom paneling, and the kitchen backsplash.  Both look amazing.  The master shower is almost done being tiled.

Gary and my dad are installing closet systems in both master closets tomorrow so here's to hoping that goes well!

Almost Done!

Lots is happening at the house, and we're almost done!  Today they installed our interior doors and doorknobs (love), continued installation of the master shower tile, painted the front exterior, installed our kitchen counters (gorgeous), installed our kitchen sink and installed our rangetop!!!

The guest bathroom toilet, sink, light and mirror are installed so that it's all done except the shower door (which is only not done because we forgot about it so we don't have one yet).

The kids' rooms are both completed...chandeliers and closet doors installed, and they even took the floor covers off and cleaned the floors so we can start moving their furniture in tomorrow!

Of course I left my phone at home when I was over there this afternoon so no photos. :(

I am giddy.  Everything is so beautiful.  I feel like I'm going to cry!

Oh, and even better news...we figured out the master bathroom vanity light situation so that I can have side lights!!!!  I'm so happy.  I ordered these beauties from Restoration Hardware that I've been lusting after but didn't know where I'd put them...