Cabinets and Fireplace, Trim and Insulation

It is quickly looking like the house is coming together. On Wednesday, I took the boys to storytime at the library and of course went past the house on the way in to town. An insulation truck was there with this big white tube coming out of it and snaking its way up to the rafters. The tube was hopping around as the truck was blowing insulation up into the attic. I think the number of it is an R-50, and considering that we hardly had any in our old house (and discovered that we had none above our window in the living room), we are going to be mighty snug this winter in our new house.

The brick guys were also finishing the ledge and the brick under the front door. They ran out of brick last week, so had to wait until more was delivered. Looks cool, can't wait until the front step is poured :)

While I was at storytime, Jeff was meeting with Tina to make a plan for the deck. We are going to have a 12 x 14 with the landing for the steps extending out 3 feet and the steps coming down the front of the deck to the side where there will be a patio area that has a curved side to it. Can't wait to see it!

After storytime, we ran back to the house to pick up some lights that I had chosen wrong (sorry Tina!) and return them to Home Depot. I traded them in for the right ones and got a flood light for the back of the house that we had forgotten to get earlier. Then back to the house where Jeff met me and took the kids home for their nap. I met with the trim guy, Tony, to pick out where the shelving in the closets will go. I snapped a ton of pictures of everything going on in the house.

The cabinet guys are installing all the cabinets and got all the wall ones installed. They look fabulous! The color of our wood is Burnt Sugar which is a pretty medium color. We had 70's dark walnut in our older house so didn't want to go too dark and deal with totally outdated wood in 20 years. And we thought light woodwork would show all the dirt and scratches we will be putting into it more than a darker color. There is one special thing we had done in the main bath. I got the idea from our builder's house in the spring showcase. We have a step stool under the sink instead of having the fake front drawer. The cabinet guy, Ryan Harrill, will redo the step into a drawer whenever we are done needing a step stool. We have little drawers in the master bath in the same pattern. I can't wait for the kids to use the step stool! We'll see if they remember to push it back in though. Hopefully this design turns out to be a good idea. I have a feeling that we will never get around to having the step made into a drawer, but oh well, then it will be ready for grandchildren someday!

The masons were also busy working on the fireplace and they actually finished by the end of the day. I can't believe how fast they were and how super awesome it looks. They are literally cutting the stones and hammering them broken in certain ways so it all comes together. It's amazing how perfectly straight they can get the sides and top. I came back on my way out of town about 5 and they were just scraping the extra mortar from the stones. I took a bunch of pictures. I still haven't decided which beam to use and how to make it work. I will be talking to the trim guy to brainstorm, since that is something he has experience with. I really want to use Dad's cedar beam from the cottage, though the old barn beam might look better with the stone.

The trim guys were there putting the trim on the house and putting the door frames on. It's so cool how putting trim around the windows makes the room seem complete. They finished some of the doors too. Carson's room got the closet doors put on. It doesn't tone down the blue at all, but it looks sharp! Enjoy the show!