Ideas, ideas, ideas...

Now that the end is in sight, i'm getting to the point where all I think about nowadays is how i'm going to decorate all the rooms in my house once it's complete! I can be very scatter-brained sometimes so I wanted to get all my ideas down on paper (or on computer, I guess I should say) so I can keep track of everything and organize my thoughts a little better. I found out about doing idea boards from a home decorating message board that I frequent, so I decided to make a couple for myself using the trusty MS Powerpoint program. I highly recommend doing something like this if you ever decide to re-do any of the rooms in your house.

Here's how they turned out:

Master bedroom


Guest room


Whether or not the rooms actually turn out this way is a whole 'nother story, but hey, at least I can say I tried. More idea boards to come!

The "cabs" are in

Cabinets are now in! We actually had a few problems with the cabinets at first: some were very damaged so they had to be reordered. The arrival of those new cabinets took a while so installation was delayed.

Here's a tip if you ever buy new cabinets: be sure to check each and every one as soon as you receive them so that if any are damaged, you can order a new one right away. Unfortunately none of the boxes were opened and checked until they were ready to be installed so our contractor didn't know that some were damaged.

Anywho, just a small setback in the building process and we're glad that everything has been settled. Don't they look great? We were nervous about whether the color would look too dark or too light once installed, but we're very happy with it.

Here are the computer renderings of the cabs when we ordered them:

Kitchen:




Master bath:


Kids'/Guest bath:


And here are the actual cabinets in the kitchen (along with our brand new Samsung refrigerator):




Master bath vanity cabs:


A last minute addition - a cabinet in the laundry room:

Bathroom inspiration

We looked at a countless number of websites in search of inspiration for our new house and saved many of the pictures we found onto our computer.

Just to give you a little taste of the look we're going for in our master bath, here are a few pictures that we found and will use as inspiration:

Aren't these vanities beautiful? I'm loving the vessel sinks - they're a must have!











Great idea - a shower niche to hold bath essentials:


Love the tilework in these showers:




We'll have a corner shower too:




That's a sneak peak at what we're hoping for in our master bath. You'll have to wait and see how it turns out!

Finally... gutters and a driveway!

Gutters are installed and the days of parking on the street for my mom are finally over!!! The driveway is now finished and cars can park inside the garage!!

These two additions were LONG awaited and highly anticipated steps in the building process.

A new (evening) view from the outside: