Um, I've fallen a bit behind with the blogging. I really have nothing to say for myself except that it must have something to do with a computer that will not cooperate. Or the fact that I have had 67 house decisions to make every single day. Or that I have spent nearly all of my free time in home stores or plumbing warehouses or on the road somewhere in between. Or that I went from walking over each evening and finding nothing to report to finding lots and lots of progress and feeling overwhelmed about what to photograph first in the quickly fading light of day.
Or this sweet baby I am making. (Second trimester!)
Or a particularly exciting recent development.
Or that school is out and glorious summer is here.
But I am not complaining just explaining. I am thrilled to death with the house and things have been going so well - house building and baby growing.
Here's some of the latest:
The house is white and I love it!
The roof is nearly complete. They had to stop there near the middle to wait for the stone to arrive so that they could bring the chimney through the roof before laying the tin around it.
And finally,
it is here and waiting. Rumor has it they will start laying it on Wednesday.
Picture above: pantry entrance
Picture above: pantry looking left The same shelves are on the right .
Picture above: Here are the tile I chose for the kitchen and pantry floors after a very, very long search. They are made to resemble the clay tiles in old Italian farmhouses. The tile felt right but I could not for the life of me decide between the light or dark. Then I had an idea. I have always loved the old black and white checkered tile kitchens but would never be THAT bold but I could checker these two colors on the diagonal and have a similar, more subtle effect. I will use the 3x6 wall tile for the back splash.
Picture above: the dining room ceiling, still to be painted Beautiful.
Picture above: master bedroom ceiling
Picture above: laundry room
Picture above: Master Bath In real life the paint isn't the least bit green (It's a really light cream) and the wallpaper is breathtaking and not at all pink (more gold). I just couldn't capture it, Becca. So sad.
Frank, however, is exactly like that in real life.
Picture above: view into water closet The floors are perfect. I love them so. I have decided to put them in the laundry room, too.
Picture above: wallpaper detail So sweet. This wallpaper is the most delightful thing I have come over to find yet. I am already regretting that I didn't have the time to find more wallpaper for Jack and Ava's bedrooms.
Picture above: vanity wall
I can't believe we have come this far.
Wow Kitten you have been crackn the whip.The wall paper is great.
Posted by: JD | June 06, 2009 at 10:34 PM
Yea, a post! When Karen and I walked into her bathroom the first time we both gasped. The creamy walls, the tile, combined with that amazing wallpaper was just so beautiful.
The camera does not capture the ways the colors blend together and how luminous they are.
P.S. love the "clay" tile!
Posted by: Becca | June 07, 2009 at 11:53 AM
I am loving it!! That wallpaper is to die for! I must know where you found it!!! And the tile, bathroom and kitchen, is fabulous. The ceilings! The pantry! The laundry room! The white stain outside! Did I miss anything? It is all so gorgeous!
Posted by: Shannon | June 07, 2009 at 02:43 PM
JD, no whip. I think they are just spending so much less time shootin' the breeze with you!
Shannon, Thank you! The wall paper is from the York book Hand Painted II.
http://www.swdecorating.com/default.asp?fm=/wallpaper_home.asp|
I ordered it from Sherwin Williams because they are one of the only sources available to me where you can actually look through the books. So important - wallpaper varies SO MUCH from online to real life!
Posted by: Karen | June 08, 2009 at 08:17 AM
Shootin the breeze! I was telling them what they needed to be doing. Honest.
Posted by: JD | June 09, 2009 at 12:49 AM
I'm a bit in awe! It's really coming together beautifully! The decisions drove me crazy. At first it was fun, then a pain. Can't imagine doing an entire house! And you're pregnant too? What a lady!
Love the window in your pantry! Third time I've seen that application ... great idea!
Posted by: Cindy | June 13, 2009 at 10:19 AM
Thank you Cindy!
"Fun, then a pain." - SO TRUE!
Posted by: Karen | June 13, 2009 at 06:18 PM
What about me having to agree or disagree?
Posted by: JD | June 16, 2009 at 06:02 PM