Siding and Cabinets

In my last post I said the house was really starting to feel like a house...on the inside. Now it is on the outside as well.  The siding was started last week and it looks SO great!  We love the look and the color. Thanks to Jennifer for making sure we chose this color:)

The cabinets have also been started.  Choosing the cabinets has probably been the second most stressful thing so far...but again, the pain was worth it. The love the cabinets we chose. They look so nice in the house! Now I can't wait to have the countertops put in.We chose unique materials and I think they're going to look great.

Boys' bathroom

Girls' Bathroom

Laundry Room

Game Room

Basement Bathroom

Tile & Paint 

Wow...it is REALLY starting to feel like an actual house now! The painting is well on it's way and the upstairs and basement bathrooms have been tiled. Choosing the tile has probably been the most stressful part of this entire process so far, but it was well worth the pain. We LOVE how the tile turned out! 

Boys' Bathroom

Girls' Bathroom

Cole's Room

The House in Review 

Part II 

 Stairway off of the front entryway (leading up to the Bird's Nest)

View at the top of the stairway

Study

Bedroom 1

Girls' Bathroom

Boys' Bathroom

Front Entryway (looking from upstairs)

Different view of the stairs

Bedroom #4 (with a view of the front yard)

Cole's Bedroom (with a view of the front yard and the side yard)

Maliya's bedroom (with a view of the side yard)

Laundry Room

Great Room (looking from upstairs)

Basement Stairs

The House in Review

 We are a little more than halfway done with this once in a lifetime adventure!  We started planning our home in 7 months ago and have just 5 months until the Parade will be finished. Crazy!  Considering the timing, I thought it might be a good idea to do a picture review of the entire house. Bear with me - the pictures rearranged themselves when I loaded them, so the order isn't exactly logical.....

The Front

and, you guessed it, the Back

Pantry

Door connecting the pantry to the garage

Kitchen

Hallway from kitchen to mudroom

Great Room (looking from the kitchen)

Front Entryway (looking from the great room)

Stairway between the kitchen and mudroom

Mudroom

Theater (looking in from the door)

 

 

Above: Theater door

Below: Theater (looking from the front to the back)

Theater (looking from the back to the front)

Secret kids' area under the basement stairwell

Massive Storage Room

Basement Game Area

Hole in the Wall - Future Slide

Basement Living Area

Basement Game/Storage Closet

Basement Bathroom

Multipurpose Room (Craft Room, Guest Bedroom, etc)

To Be Continued...

(My pictures wouldn't all fit in one post)