Lights, Camera, Action!

It's been a busy week for decisions and it's an awfully good feeling to move so many things over into the 'completed' column! Brian and I finalized the lights for the house this morning. T the right is a picture of the exterior light. There will be 7 of them altogether. They are black with white opaque glass, which means we can use the energy saving light bulbs since you won't be able to see them. (I know they are better for the environment but they are kind of ugly). The interior lights on the main level are all also wrought iron with white globes, but I don't have pictures so you'll have to wait for them to be installed. In the baths, the fixtures are satin nickle to coordinate with the chrome faucet, but it's a softer look than the bright, bright chrome would be. We also picked out fans & light kits for all the bedrooms and the front porch.

Similarly, when I picked out the doorknobs earlier this week, we ended up with satin chrome (more silvery than the satin nickel) standard round knobs for the upstairs and the basement to coordinate with the bathroom hardware. The main level hardware is all black, however. The Wilshire handle to the left is for the front door. It seems kind of massive, but the door is 8' and extra-wide so it needs something sturdy looking and the square lines match up well with the lights. The interior knob is actually a lever and that's what will be on all the doors on the main level (see Milano lever below right). We had planned to do the french doors in levers so it just seemed to make sense to be consistent. There aren't that many doors on the first level anyway. I am ordering the same kitchen knobs I had in Vienna in black and all the exterior knobs are black to coordinate with the lights.

Other decisions include the 'accent' color for the house. This will be on three attic vents and the window box by the garage for sure. Once we see how bold it is we'll decide if we're also going to paint the side porch door and the 2 garage access doors the same color. I'm leaning toward yes and Brian is reserving judgment until he sees it. The color is another Benjamin Moore Historic Color called Yorktowne Green. In some lights it looks pretty green and in others it has more of a blue cast. I have seen red houses use both green or blue, so it's almost like I didn't have to choose! I get both.
Yorktowne Green
HC-133

I've got to run out and sign the paperwork to order the cabinets, so I will do another post later on those decisions. Next week, it's time to finalize the tile choices (big GULP!). But it's all good!