Progress Report...

This House is Going to look great when we finish.. I just know it.


For exterior paint, we chose Pony Tail as the base color and Crescent Moon for the Trim, from Olympic Paint. Painting will start @ December 15th for the exterior.

The ceilings are finished!
Here are pictures while work was going on:

The walls have been repaired and re-textured for painting, thanks to Jimmy Watkins drywall. Jimmy also rounded all of the corners and scraped the ceilings; he did an excellent job and gave us a warranty on his work. We chose a smooth hand texture for the ceilings and a smooth orange peel for the walls (though we would have loved the re-texture with the hand trowel, it's a costly job).

This is the granite we looked at having installed. For $2,000 we can have the whole kitchen in granite with a 6" backsplash... Still a bit pricey, we may need to just do the island in granite and the other countertops wood OR vice versa. I personally think it is better to get good cabinets over flashy countertops, though the kitchen does need some eye appeal. The GRANITE we like is in the 3rd row (middle) and the second from the left-hand side. Its called Santa Cecilia and it's warm and nice looking. We also like the one at the bottom right corner, Baltic Brown.


We are working right along, now needing to get the termites and windows taken care of, which requires paperwork. My Terminex rep is really slacking, which is annoying me. I think I will get another quote while I wait for him to get his act together; he is not following up fast enough for my timeline...


Choosing a Kitchen Design...
White Cabinetry with Stainless Steel creates a tidy look...

...Or MIX white cabinets with a dark walnut-stained island to give dimension and add warmth to an all-white kitchen.






...Or go with all dark-stained cabinets with
Stainless Steel and solid surface like white laminate or sandstone (a softer stone).

I really like the walnut stained cabinets, perhaps I can find some unfinished cabinets and treat them with a dark color to save money...