construction progress week 20

here's what's been happening around my new house this past week:

the cabinet boxes arrived. walking in and "seeing" the kitchen for the first time was pretty thrilling, i have to say!

once they are installed, the drawer and cabinet fronts will be added, and the crown molding will be put up.

the large tower to the right is the pantry. the open space next to it is where the fridge and freezer will be.

here is the cabinet box for the master bedroom...

doors and casings and trim started going up. this picture is of the cased opening going from the entry/living area into the master bedroom and powder room vestibule.

we (and by "we", i mean my husband and a friend of his!) installed the backer board for the tile.
this is the smaller upstairs bath....the bath that will mainly be used for my son.

this is the master bath...looking into the master bedroom.

here we are messing around with the tile layout for the master floor. i originally wanted to do  double herringbone, but we needed a tile that was longer than a 3" x 6", and it was going to blow our budget. instead, we will be using these 3 x 6 marble tiles from home depot that were much more affordable.

on the outside, the BIG news, of course, is that the house is PAINTED!!

here is the house with just the garage side painted... i was so surprised to see how quickly the house got painted! it really only took three days, including prep. 

here is the house the following day....everything is painted except the side of the house you cant see...


the concrete sill that goes between the siding and the stone started going up as well...

a peek at the back of the house. you can see the concrete sill really well here.
i am really happy with "white dove" from benjamin moore. it is just what i wanted...a nice, soft slightly creamy white.

a close up view of the entry.
there will be a light on each of the pilasters, and another light on the ceiling of the recessed entry.

and here she is all painted!
we will still be adding shutters, landscaping, front steps, and eventually a window box or two. (arent window boxes dripping with flowers the BEST?)
there will also be a small (around 3-4 feet high) retaining wall right at the front sidewalk.
we still have a LOT of work to do on the back retaining wall...but it is all really coming along!
thanks for following along!