The wood floors, which are a mix of 3", 4" and 5" planks, have been installed in the 'gathering room and the office is full of more wood awaiting its turn! They said it should take about 2 1/2 days to install the whole floor. We had a little last minute hiccup about the opening for the faux hearth. Our fireplace is gas so we don't really even need a hearth but we want it to look authentic! There was some confusion over
the dimensions/span of the floor tile but after a conversation with no less than 5 'experts-in-their-field' (and me), we got it figured out and only required a minor correction for the floor guys. An hour later it would have been a much bigger issue, so it's been really helpful to live close enough to run right over.We're also getting doors! The siding guys put forth a yeoman effort to carry them
all over the house for Alan (aka the trim guy) because we needed to get them off the main level so the floors could go in. This is the master bedroom door, and my little bookcase alcove. (Don't you love all the light? This was taken about 7:30 pm) Steve, the electrician, was also putting in all the canned lights and switches and plugs today and even that makes your heart beat a little faster. "Oh look, an outlet AND it has a plate cover!" It's like having an infant and you say things like "Oh look, he found his thumb! Ohhhh". It's the little things that keep you going through this long process of building (a house or a person!)The dining room is full of all the trim for the house. I guess that will get moved to the kitchen when they are ready to put the
floor in there. At first I thought it was the wrong trim and then I realized that I was looking at it upside down! Reason number 407 why someone else is in charge of building this house!I am hoping to meet with Rob, the tile guy, in the next day or two as the tile floors will go down after the wood is in. I've changed the tile selection for the master bath and the basement guest bath. What we had ended up being too pricey and more complicated to install than we'd planned so I went back to the drawing board. I found something that I think I like even better but I just need to talk through my design ideas with Rob and show him the accent tiles to make sure they are easy to work with. As with so many of our decisions, you don't have all the info you need to make a final decision until you've already gone pretty far down that road so it's a pain to start all over. But it's a process and I'm just keeping my fingers crossed that the inside will come together as well as the outside seems to be.
So things are happening fast and we're trying to stay on top of it all. I'll try and keep pix posted and maybe even try Brian's suggestion to be "a little less wordy" in my entries. Thanks for checking in. We love getting the feedback and emails.
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