Lights

Below is the exterior light design I picked. It's medium size, not too small and not too big and overpowering. This was really hard to choose, but I figure I can always upgrade later.


Below is the light I have chosen to go above my dinning room table. It was also really hard to make a decision. This was simple, contemporary, and inexpensive enough that I can upgrade later.
Now I have have to choose a wall sconce to go in the same room. There was nothing that matched exactly, but the two below could work. What does everyone think? Which one should I choose?

Sconce 1

Sconce 2

Sconce 3 (Parents suggested this one, looks pretty good)

Vanity lights. I purchased something different, but I think I will be going with this. It's the brushed nickel 3-light fixture with a frost bell bulb cover.

What's to come:

Sorry that I haven't posted in a while, but the progress on the house is slow going at the moment. There is lots of work on the sheet rock, mudding, priming and painting the ceiling. Not much new to show. Instead, I'll give you a little hint of what's to come.

Shipping out on Thursday will my kitchen cabinets. Below is a sample from the American Woodmark website. The cabinets that I ordered are the same color and style shown below. I love the color and style. I have a computer generated image of the exact design that I will install. Maybe I will upload the image later to show you, or wait until I can take a picture of the real thing.

When I ordered my cabinets, I selected my countertop too. Quick elimination process. I laid out all the sample tiles that were remotely nice and very quickly, in a matter of minutes, I found the one that I liked. What can I say, I know what I want. And great minds must think alike, for later that night I discovered that my parents chose the very same formica laminate top for their newly remodeled kitchen in Florida. What are the odds? And even though our countertops are the same, we will have very different looks, as they have white cabinets.

Looking for kitchen appliances has been pretty difficult. I know I want black, but other then that, I am not set on anything else. After much thinking, I am leaning toward a gas range stove. I think I will use the stove top more, and I was told that gas makes the best stove top. I mean, when I want hot water for tea, I want it quick. I initially wanted a smooth top electric stove, as it would be much easier to clean. I am not a fan of cleaning uneven stove tops. I really like the Whirlpool Stove below. It's gas, yet the grate is even, easier to transfer pots and pans, and its only two pieces that can be easily removed and put in the dishwasher.

As for the other appliances, no decisions have been made yet. I am sure a decision will be made the day I need to order them. My next big choice is lighting. I need to buy two vanity lights, a wall sconce and one hanging light over my dining area. There are lots of crappy lights out there, so I have a some searching to do. Vanities are also on my shopping list. Decisions, decisions...

Sheetrock

Here are some pictures of the Sheetrock:

View of the Dinning Room:

View of the Kitchen:

View from the living room toward the kitchen:

Laundry Closet:

Pantry:

View into the living room:

View out the living room windows:

Hallway to the office, guest room and 2nd bathroom:

Hallway facing the office:

Hallway facing the guest room:

My closets & bathroom:

Pull down stair to the attic:

More Pictures

I had a request for more photos, so here are a few.

My Dad wanted to catch a shot of the smoke coming out of the heater the first night it was turned on. So excited to have warm floors!

The heating systems is such a great one. So small and quiet. You have to be right next to the machine and have no other noise to hear it doing its stuff.

Then he took a couple shots of the house in the dark.

Finished Roof

The roof is finished. The metal valleys are reflecting more light then I thought, but I will survive. It is the best way to do the roof!

The insulation is half done. It's already pretty warm inside and the heat isn't even turned on yet.

Heating, just in time!

It's really starting to look like a house inside. Forest Larrabee and his crew installed the 2nd tub today, and the heating system was put in, along with my front door!

Houle's Plumbing in Winslow is doing the heating installation. It looks good. The heater is small, perfect for my small house.

More Framing & Tub installation

Roofing has started, but I only took one picture at the beginning of the process. More to come...

During the heavy rain, we stepped inside to finish the framing and we did some insulating so we could place one of the tubs. The electrical is also 90% done. Cruising right along. Post more later, too beat to do more now!

Interior Framing

View from the living room through to the dinning room/back door:

View from master bedroom, through the closets to my private bathroom:

View out master bedroom door:

Porch Roof

Well, it turned out to be a great day and we were able to finish putting in the rest of the windows and covered the porch with advantech. Moving right along...

Windows

It was a very chilly day and our fingers were freezing, but we managed to almost complete the porch framing and get 6 windows in (4 to go). The windows are each sealed with silicone caulk then wrapped nicely with some new vycor bitchathane product, so no ladybugs will get in my house!! Looks like we might have bad weather tomorrow, but we will be back at it on Sunday at least...I hope!

More Details

Another great day. Most of the typar is on and we had one of the subcontractors come back to lay more gravel, and grass seed to define the landscaping a bit. The grass that was seeded just a month ago is almost ready to cut. After all that, I spent the late afternoon picking out my kitchen cabinets and counter top which will look great! One very productive day!