End of Week 12 & Beginning of Week 13

Week 12:

Day 82- Majority of this week I've been dealing with these annoying allergies that turned into a sinus infection. As a result I was too tired to go see the house on hubby's break like we have been doing.  I managed to leave for work about 15 minutes early and saw that they painted the exterior of the house. I swear that made me feel 1000 times better for at least an hour. When I sent hubby this picture he decided to go by that evening and take more pictures. The pictures that he took of the back of the house had a reddish tint, it also looks a lot darker then the picture I have from the design studio.

Day 83 (10.26.13)- On Saturday we came by to see the exterior paint job, and were surprised to see several guys inside working on the floor tile. When I saw the paint up close and in person I was happy to see that it did not have a reddish tone, but it still looks darker than the latte color it is supposed to be.

Tile in Laundry Room 

 

Looking from living room to the kitchen. I will be so happy when they install the missing cabinets

Week 13:
Day 84- Contractors work on Sundays? Well our tile guys were back adding our grout and tiling the bathroom tubs. The tile guy informed us that their distributor gave him the wrong color of tiles for the curved edges of the tubs- so he is going to have to pick them up tomorrow and finish out the the edges then.

Almond bath tile in Bath 2

 

Tile with our Desert Khaki grout. It looks so pretty! 

Day 85 (10.28.13)- Hubby went to visit the house after work and noticed that all of the curved bath tiles had been installed, the vinyl flooring in both bathrooms, and our wrought iron stair rail.

 

Finished Almond tile in Master Bath. After we finish moving next month, the first thing on my agenda is to soak in this tub. 

 

Finished Bath 2 tile

 

Our upgraded vinyl in the linen closet. This is in both of the bathrooms upstairs

 

Hubby's pride and joy. The only other thing besides this rail that he is excited about is the front door. Initially we thought that the rail would be the round standard rail like at the model home, but the one we have actually has better detail to it.

 

 

Day 86- I did go by the house this morning, but there wasn't a change as of 10 o'clock. I'm not sure if hubby has intentions of stopping by on his way home, but I will definitely be by to visit sometime tomorrow.

 

 

Until next time,

-The Alexander's

 



Decorate this house

Lets talk paint:

At this point we have only figured out paint for the first floor and stairwell. Majority of the spaces will be the 1st color on the tan pallet sample with an accent wall in the living room with that dark brown color. The 2nd gray color is the color our powder room will be.  

 

I found this photo on the internet. This color is called Merino by Behr paint.

 

Once again this is for our accent wall in the living room in which the TV will be mounted off. This color is called Cocoa Shell. 

Hubby is a huge San Antonio Spurs fan, so we decided on this Iron Mountain gray color. I will probably check Etsy for a wall decal and will lighten it up with white and chrome accents.

Bathroom/ Powder Room:

I ordered these hand towels for our powder room, and am so happy with how they turned out.

Living Room:

Hubby fell in love with this couch as soon as we walked through the door. He wasn't too fond of the pillows, but felt like they were doable. I initially liked it, but once I sat on it and further inspected it and saw the pillows I knew I loved it. Nothing else that we saw after this held a match to it. 

We haven't purchased this just yet, but we are looking at this in brown. 

Dinning Room:

This will be our dinning room/ everyday table. It is counter height as you can see, and has a butterfly piece that folds under to adjust the size. 

We chose these chairs in place of the one's that come with the table

 Kitchen:

Our 31 cu ft Kenmore Elite refrigerator that we purchased during the Labor Day sales. Next month this time they will be delivering this beauty to our new home. 

Outside:

When we went on the Disney cruise back in August, I saw a Mickey gnome at the World of Disney store in Downtown Disney and knew that I had to have this for our front porch. I was told that I could always order it online, but by time we returned home it was no longer available on the online store. Somehow I found the phone number to the store and learned that they sold a Minnie gnome, called them and the rest is history. They are both 13 inches tall and so freaking cute. Initially the plan was to put it on the front porch, but there is a stop sign across the street from our house and the hubs thinks someone else may like them as much as we do and take them.  This was our first house buy, and one I am most proud of!

Until Next Time,

-The Alexander's