Catching Up

Just a quick post to catch you up on a few things that have been happening with our home on the Lane.

First up, the cement for the basement, driveway and garage have all been poured.  The kids even wrote their names in the corners of the garage floor as a sweet little memento.

It's hard to see, but Marea wrote "Marea 7 '13! Sieger!"

Evan's is a little easier to read. "2013 Ev"

The fireplace has been installed.

We did our electrical walk-through with the head electrician to decide where all of the lights/outlets/switches will go. 

Eric the electrician with Eric the future homeowner:)

The wiring and plumbing rough ins are almost done, including the bathtub/shower in the kids bathroom.  Not super exciting, but very important!

Office

Laundry

Kids shower/bathtub

We chose our trim. Have I mentioned yet that our trim will be white, along with our cabinets and doors? This decision took some consideration on our part and we only had 4 options. 

Our 4 trim options--2 wide styles and 2 standard styles

Since the ceilings on the main level will be 9 feet tall, we were worried the standard sized trim might look a bit lost in the tall rooms. The scale of the trim with the tall rooms just didn't seem to match up.  Because of this, we were really leaning toward the wider trim,  and also the style of that trim just fit better with the style of our house. 

The 2 wide styles up close. We love the one on the left.

However, the cost of the wide trim vs. the standard trim very quickly made our decision for us.  Way too much money! So standard trim it will be.

But we ended up with the standard size trim. The style on the left is what will be in our home.

And I think that covers most of the things that have been happening lately.  It seems like recently things have slowed down, although in the last day or two they're showing signs of picking back up.  Today we had 3 phone calls from different subs and the builders about various questions.  In the last week or so, we've been emailing and calling back and forth with the plumber, electrician, cabinet maker (who happens to be my awesome brother-in-law!), interior designer for the light fixtures (update on that soon), and the builder.  Whew! So stayed tuned for lots more updates!