Shiny, smooth, primed walls, Oh My!

Who knew that there are five categories of walls.  And it was no shock to Keith that I "needed" category five which are walls as smooth as a baby's butt.  But if you're going to have a contemporary house, no other wall but smooth and shiny will do.  Check it out....

This view is looking up from the foyer and soon there will be a funky chandelier hanging down.  You can't imagine how open and bright it is in this area!

This is another view from the foyer but looking upstairs to the landing.  The door on the left goes to the master and the hallway leads to the laundry room and Keith's office.

The final view from the foyer but looking toward the dining room and kitchen

Next week they will be laying the new hardwood floors.  Decisions that need to be made within the next week include tile, hardwood floor color, paint color, stucco color, interior trim detail and door hardware.

OUR HOUSE LOOKS LIKE A HOUSE AGAIN!

When John told us his drywall crew would knock out our drywall project in a day or two, we weren't sure we believed him.  But one thing we've learned about John is that he's a man of his word.  We actually have walls again and our house looks like a house rather than a construction zone.

The view from the far south kitchen wall looking into dining room, living room and basement stairs

Opposite view looking into the kitchen

And another view from the front door looking into kitchen and dining room

This is our master bathroom wall where you can see the faucets will be for the sinks

A view of our fireplace wall and looking into the bathroom

I can't say for sure but I think this is our laundry room wall

A view from the upstairs landing looking into Keith's office

And here is the van of the crew who did this fabulous work.

And finally our house from the outside.  You can see that addition is all prepped and ready for stucco

WHO KNEW INSULATION COULD LOOK SO GOOD?

Yesterday was a big day.  You see when insulation is installed it means that drywall will be next which means our house interior will actually look like a house.  So yesterday was monumental because insulation began and today it was finished.  Tomorrow we do a walk through and Thursday the drywalling begins!  Oh, and our patio door was installed and we couldn't be more happy with the view to our big beautiful back yard.  Check it out!

Looking up to the open foyer area just as you enter the front door

Looking down the hallway just as you walk upstairs.  The view is looking into Keith's office.

A view facing north in the master bedroom

The south master bath wall

Looking down  to the living room from the upstairs addition

And, of course, our new patio door which faces the east and walks out to our patio which will be delightful to enjoy morning coffee in our private back yard.

THINGS ARE SLOWING DOWN BUT WE HAVE LIGHTING AND A MASTER FIREPLACE!

I haven't posted for a few weeks because we're getting to that project stage where things are moving more slowly.  But we're okay with that because attention to detail is paramount.  Our rough plumbing, electric and mechanical inspection passed this week and on Monday the insulation and drywall installation will start.  Yep, it's getting real exciting now, folks!

Keith has determined the low voltage details which was one part of the project about which I just scratched my head and said, "huh?"  I'm so glad we're opposites - it works nicely for us. I love this first picture.  It's Keith in his office checking out the low voltage that he spent hours determining.

We walked up the staircase to our master suite and were thrilled to see that our master bedroom fireplace was installed.

 And this week the canned lights in the master bath were installed

 As were the canned lights in the kitchen!

It's so exciting to think that in two months (or thereabouts) we'll be cozy in our new forever home!