Exterior Paint & Interior Trim Details - Week 27, Monday

Moment of truth...The house is painted! I've been pretty nervous today because it's a big commitment to chose a house color. And I really hope I picked right :) 

The trim was painted first, a nice soft buttercream color, and next the siding, a dark steely gray. To be honest, the color isn't quite what I expected from the dark, warm gray swatch painted by the front door a few weeks ago, but I really like it! I can't wait to see what it looks like when the plastic is all off and you can see the contrast between the siding, trim & windows.

Still all taped up, but painted!

The siding color is not perfectly represented here. You can see some of the trim color around the windows and on the upper part of the columns.

Kind of a dark photo....

Back porch wearing it's smock.

Better glimpse of the siding color. It's not quite this dark in person though.

Back porch trim

Siding

 Inside the house there are a few new details since Sunday also!

Wainscoting in the dining room

Wainscoting detail

More dining room detail

Kitchen coffee bar with the cabinet fronts on (still waiting for it's drawer fronts though)

Upper cabinets & wine rack at the coffee bar

Built Ins, Trim, Cabinetry, & Exterior Paint - Week 26, Sunday

Today was a beautiful sunny Portland Sunday. Rare we can say that in April! With three days in a row of sun, it meant that the painters could do the exterior of the house! It was perfect weather to visit the house and I hope the sunshine made it a little easier for the guys working away their weekend there too! The team has been very busy and I greatly appreciate them working on the weekends to get us done on time.

Here are some new pictures of what they have been up to:

Walnut shells of the built-ins in the Living Room 

Kitchen bench - this will be nice for taking off shoes at the back door and it opens so you can store a few pairs inside!

Walnut Kitchen Island

Pantry Storage

More Pantry Storage - I'm pretty excited to have this space!

Kitchen Cabinets in process

More Kitchen Cabinets - Glass uppers

Dining/Living Room Built-ins

Don't you have a saw in your living room?

Brand New Dining Room Built-ins

Master Bathroom Bench with Openable Compartments

Master Bath Vanity (on the top back is the custom drawer for my hair dryer & curling iron. I saw it on Houzz and they recreated it for me. So cool!)

Master Bathroom behing the velvet rope, er, blue tape.

Beginnings of the basement bar

Basement Window - I was wondering how they would tackle this because the original outer foundation was not square with the framed walls. This looks like a pretty clean solution! You can see it better below.

Inside the uneven windowsill

Basement Cabinets - All the cabinets have soft close doors and drawers. It's such a nice feature and I didn't realize it would be on everything. A very nice surprise :)

Our "free" bookshelf in the basement :)

Laundry Room - I think this will be my favorite room in the house...

Landry Room - Custom built-in wall for wrapping paper, ribbons, fabric rolls, you name it!

Landry Room - again.

New crown moulding in the Living Room

More crown molding

Painted trim & garage door!

I think my little North Pole Apple Tree likes it here. These are it's best blooms in almost 3 years!

Painted trim

Painted trim & Garage door

Back of the house with the painted trim

Painting away!

Our soon to be gone willow tree

Basement window

Looking up

Front steps under wraps

Siding! More Plumbing, Electrical & HVAC - Week 16, Sunday

When we first got to the house this Sunday, we were a little disappointed that the front of the house had not changed much. It had been 5 days since our last visit and all we noticed was the new trim on the skirt. But, once we walked around the back, we saw that the back siding was underway!

Front with trim complete

Driveway (South) side trim

Front side

Garage with door closed

Detail of dining room window exterior

Here it is, our first glimpse of siding!

Sided & primed back of house!

North side of house

Trimmed, sided, primed & sealed window detail

After my family's last visit, my dad had some ideas for the front walk. The original front porch is cement with a impressed grid pattern. My dad's suggestion was to continue this same pattern through the front walk we are planning to add. It will come up the center of the lawn to steps directly in front of the front door. I think this plan will be a really nice addition to the house and make it much more inviting that walking up the driveway.

Front yard - future home of a center front walk

Front porch grid pattern

Here are some interior photos that show the final plumbing, electrical and HVAC details.

Master bath - tub

Master bath - shower (right) & toilet room (left)

Master bath - vanity plumbing for double sinks

Master bath - toilet room, or, the WC

HVAC, ceiling fan & can lighting in master bath

Upstairs bath

Washer & dryer plumbing in upstairs hall closet. This was a late add idea. Originally, we wanted to have a laundry shoot to the basement laundry room, but we realized there was no good home for it where it could function properly. This was an alternative solution that will allow us to add a washer and dryer upstairs at a later date if we get sick of the basement set-up.

Stairwell landing

Main level - front door

Close up of the fireplace built-in cabinet doors - these will be refinished at a later date

Close up of the dining room built-ins

Basement

Basement with bar plumbing