walls and tile

So much progress is happening on the house right now!  We are getting down to the end, and there is so much happening all at once.  We have to move out of our rental in December so the house has to be done in time!

This week the walls and tile were all going at once.

The walls started with blue board and then they came in and plastered over it.  We decided on plaster because the guys we used charged less for plaster than for drywall.  (usually it is more to plaster)

blue board

plaster

For tile, I had picked it out awhile back and now all of the tile is installed on the floor and he started to work on the showers!  My favorite tile I picked was for the guest room and it looks really good.

before tile

my favorite!

I had to order the flooring for the rest of the house.  We are doing carpeting in the bedrooms and office, and wood floors for the great room, kitchen, dining room, entryway, and hallways.  It was SO hard to decide on which flooring to go with but here's what I picked...

The white and espresso cabinets are the colors we will be having in the kitchen.  The walls will have white cabinets, and the island will be espresso.  I picked a darker floor than what I originally wanted because I just thought it was SO pretty.  It is an engineered, hand-scraped hickory wood.  We chose this over real hardwoods because of the dogs. I can't wait to see what it all looks like together!

This week the cement is FINALLY going in!!  I can't wait until that is finished because that means we will have a garage and basement floor, and a front stoop.  It is going to be awesome because that means the furnace can be installed.  We will have HEAT people!!  Then the walls are being finished today which means that this weekend the painter can come in and get working.  As soon as he gets going, the cabinets can be installed in the kitchen, which means the counter-tops can be ordered.  So much to do!

the tile shop

On Friday night, me and Mark headed to The Tile Shop so he could see what tile me and the tile lady had picked out for the whole house.  It's so nice to go there and they just pick it all out for you based on the countertops and your style.  We had to pick out a new surround for the fireplace.  I had picked marble, but because of the heat, the tile guy was afraid it would discolor.  So we spent about an hour looking at what I had picked and picking out some new stuff.  Of course, we couldn't come to a decision, so my mom ended up going back there with me the next day.  I'm happy she did because we were able to finalize everything and make both me and Mark happy. 

 This is the tile for the "kids" bathroom!  For awhile it will be the kid/guest bathroom, until the basement is finished.  The cabinets will be white with a dark blue granite countertop.  The dark gray tile is the flooring tile.  The light gray tile is for the shower surround with the glass tile as the accent for the niche and a small strip around the whole shower. 

This is the tile for the master bathroom!  The cabinets are going to be espresso, so a really dark brown.  The countertop is the granite in the bottom left corner of the picture.  The floor is going to be the grayish, brownish tile on the bottom. The main shower tile is the whitish, tanish in the middle. The accent for the shower is the glass tile in the top left corner.  It almost looks like a subway tile, and it will be used in the niche and as a waterfall in the middle.  The shower base will be the small square tiles.

Saturday, Mark and the siding guy were out at the house.  This is super exciting for me, because now it will really start to look like a house!  This is the progress at the end of Saturday...

It's a medium gray tone and I love it!!  I can't wait to see it all finished.  The siding guy is saying it'll take him about a week and a half so very soon!!

Also, over the weekend, I found some beautiful white dishes to use for the new house.  They had an amazing deal on them at Home Goods!  Our current set of dishes has a lot of chips and cracks, and we couldn't find them anywhere to replace them.  Plus, we got more place settings then our last one so we have more than enough!  It's been fun, slowly getting things together for the new house, but can't wait to use them!

We went to dinner with some of my old coworkers last night.  We went to Water Street Brewery.  It was Eh...  I've never really loved their food, so for $50(!) it should have been better than it was!  It was nice catching up with some friends, and meeting new people.


This week on the house....

Mark is finishing up the electrical.
Inspector will be out today.
Siding will continue to be put up.
Foam insulation will be going in on Wednesday.
Window will be installed in the basement.
Wall will be moved in the laundry room.
Pretty sure the cement will be finished for the basement and garage soon!
Plaster will be started either end of this week or beginning of next.