Driveway, Granite and Lighting

7/26/2103
 Missed a few weeks of blog time but this post will catch everyone up to the current state of the house. These pictures were taken over the last couple weeks.

Driveway was poured this week. Still missing some accent colors and rock work on the front of the house. Are those happy clouds?

The steps were the first to get poured.

Last to get poured was the sidewalk. Not sure what else the concrete guys could do to keep this women (assumed woman) from walking in the freshly poured cement. They had a big orange cone in the middle of the sidewalk with yellow tape warning people of the new cement. Nope didn't work. Come on GIRLS!!

Does everyone see the big orange cone?


Saddletree finishes off their concrete work with cool swirls. The front steps, driveway and back slab all have these fancies.

Back slab. The narrow pieces have squiggle lines.

Front door stained.

Kitchen center island granite holder pretties.

Oak mantel stain. Looks crooked in the picture. It's not, I hope.

 Front door area. More oak stain coolness. Still needs some paint touch up.

 Lighting, smoke detectors, outlets, thermostat, fans were all installed this week. These lights are in the front room office. 

 Chandelier over the stairs to the basement.

Oak railing with wrought iron posts. This is right below the picture above.

Kitchen has had a lot of work done. Look at the granite holders, Pendent lights, granite installed and grey slate back splash getting installed.

 Under mount stink installed. Check out the Gold Brasil granite.

More gray slate back splash and glass\stone tile. Check out the granite counter bevel.

 No grout in the back splash yet.


Master bath granite and back splash. Still missing the large mirror.

Shower tile finally got its grout on! This happened a couple weeks ago.

Master bath shower lighting.

Master bedroom fan.

Master Bedroom Fan control so you don't have to get out of bed.

Finished shelves for Stacey's shoes.
 

If  you want Stacey to get mad, mention the "coke" spill in the master bedroom bath tile. This spill has been sitting her for about a month now.

 

Now we got a problem. No one knows what happened but two pieces of granite we selected didn't make it to the main floor bath or the downstairs bath. Different pieces were selected, cut and installed. If we had been notified the lower level piece would not have been used. This piece has too much black and doesn't match the tile we picked out. We are going to replace it. Stacey and I are now granite snobs.

Main floor bath

Lower level bath Overwhelming!

This is the granite that should have been used.

Pendent lights and Mikey's head.

Dining room table light

Stairs to the basement.

Entrance door light.

Deck getting built. Trex type decking.

 
Down poured and water entered the house. Not sure how it got in.

Mechanical room shot. Couple weeks after the water incident. The basement stairs are on the other side of the back wall.

It has taken me a couple days to finished updating the blog so "right off the press are today's pictures"

Gray slate kitchen back splash got grouted.

Stacey's super duper wow outdoor fire place. This is the first time we've seen the outside view because the deck was just finished.

This poor light had now where to go. The light is outside the master bedroom door onto the deck. There wasn't a lot of room so it was wedged in between the fireplace mantel, gutter downspout and a window.

Master shower hardware installed. Can't wait to test out the rain shower head.

More main bath shower hardware.

This is our door bell. ummmmyeaaaah....this one did not break the bank.

Stacey and I went to Planet Granite to pick out the replacement lower bath granite. It wasn't easy but this was the piece we are going to use. The red outline is the side of the size of the vanity. Don't ask about the cockeyed tape on the right.