Timeline: Parade of homes deadline minus one week.
The craftsmen at the house today said they will finish in time as long as the builder stays away 😉
Mike-the-Builder has a really good report with them, and they have gone above and beyond when things have cropped up.
Such as instead of grouting the kitchen yesterday like planned they were cutting and installing more backsplash today.
Happy green =)
Also a first peek at the pendant lights over the kitchen island.
That BIG box is the dining table chandelier.
These even bigger boxes are the fridge and freezer, their trim kit is the long box on the floor. The dishwasher has the cooktop on top.
The right light in the wrong spot can also be seen here.
The laundry room boxes.
Speaking of lights, here is my favourite entry light turned on.
Sparkly and throwing cool shadows on the ceiling and walls.
And once again, I am so happy with how this turned out. I don’t think I will stencil these walls after all, the shadows are really neat.
The great room fireplace has been finished.
The master bedroom tray ceiling light in action.
Master bath has shiny new shower heads and controller thingies. Just missing the hand held.
The tub filler is still in its box, now in front of the tub.
Stained baseboard in place on the stair landing.
It looks so much better, or maybe I should say less ‘huh?’ than the white that was there previously.
Doug-The-Painter didn’t just stain the baseboard and continue the finish paint of the house. He also atomize sprayed the front mesh for our surround speakers, no more stark white rectangles on medium gray wall.
They look darker than the wall due to the black speaker behind, I can fix that and I think it looks much better already.
The checklist is now down to a few items.
One lighting fixture is in the wrong spot, and the one that should go where it hangs is still in its box.
The appliances are in cardboard boxes in their respective rooms, but we are waiting on the ovens.
The tub filler is still in its box in the master bathroom.
Mirrors, towel bars and tp holders are yet to be hung and shower doors installed.
Lastly, the built in bookshelf is being finished off site (funny!) but other than that, it looks pretty close to done!
*cartwheels*
Things look great outdoors as well.
Waiting on even more dirt to shallow out the front and west side swale, so that part has not been seeded yet.
Everywhere else the landscaping is in and ready for mulch and rocks. The backyard and east side future lawn areas are covered in a layer of straw, to help the grass seed germinate.
We also had a fence company out to measure and give us a quote for a 3 rail split rail fence.