Now THAT is color

If you have talked to Brian or I in the last 5 days, you probably have heard our continuous drama with the granite situation and you can skip down to paragraph 3 if you don't wish to recount it. I'll make it quick...went to the fabricator last Wednesday to look at remnants for the additional areas our granite slabs weren't going to cover. After an hour in his dusty warehouse I uncovered that he had our measurements mapped out wrong (thank God he didn't cut it yet!) and I also found out his plans for how he was planning to lay out the cuts...meaning he was going to put seams in several areas. Ultimately he wouldn't have cut the granite at the wrong size because they physically go out to the house and put these clear, hard pastic paper type things on the cabinets down to trace out where the counter tops will go but regardless I still was not happy with the seam ideas. So while it was not the most productive visit because it turns out that we just need to buy a 4th slab of granite rather than just a few remnants like I originally thought...I'm glad I uncovered and addressed some of his poor ideas.

Brian said I had "an edge" to me so I got nominated to call our builder the next day to have a little chat about the granite. We decided to just add another slab of Juparana Imperena (what we are doing in the kitchen) to our order and call it good. This is where this gets tricky...see our allowance doesn't cover 4 slabs of granite, in fact, when we had 3 slabs of granite we were over budget. Bill and I worked out what I feel is a reasonable deal for their lack of ability to forecast an appropriate granite allowance based on what we told him ahead of time. SO finally this time I think I am done with granite...but just about the time I say that something else will come up. Anything to save me from that dreaded granite yard.

After a super fun weekend with the crazy Ries clan to celebrate Papa Wayn-o's 60th birthday we made it home in time on Sunday to get in a visit to the house before the sun went down. The exterior is completely painted with trim and all and I have to say that I am really happy with how it turned out. I wasn't so sure last week but now that the trim is done, I really love it. It's kind of a gray/green and looks different at different angles and in different lights.

Up close view of the exterior paint and trim colors.

This is the stone we are doing to complement the paint color. 

When we walked inside we were greeted by the lovely stench of PAINT! There were plastic covers over all of the cabinets and it looks like the trim and walls are basically done. Might need a 2nd coat but regardless, it looks awesome!

BLUE office room with the ivory painted built in shelving - LOVE!

The mantel is stained but covered by plastic.

Look at those lockers - stained and ready to go, just need some hooks. This is a view from the garage looking into the kitchen.

Upside down front door! It was sitting out in the garage.

The bar, covered in plastic.

Downstairs fireplace mantel - there will be stone added around the base.

Those favorite master bedroom windows again :)

Master bedroom looking into the master bathroom.

Ahh...what will be our deck and backyard view. 

So that's it...we are getting down to the wire and literally counting down the weeks as things close in. Couldn't be more excited to get moved in and settled.
XOXO -j