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Category Archives: Building
Backsplash
Once our countertops (sans the island) were installed, it was time for the backsplash. We love the view into the kitchen. It’s a huge wall with an arch that has become our building love language of sorts. (Workshopping the motto, … Continue reading
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A Tale of 2 Carraras
After the revelation yesterday that I’m a total drama queen when it comes to countertops, I figured I’d share more on that subject since I apparently love it so much. The countertops in the master are already installed. Not much … Continue reading
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Baby Mama Countertop Drama
Today I’ll be talking about the process of picking out countertops for the house. It’s been a long / arduous endeavor, but I’ll try and keep this post from growing to War and Peace lengths. Back in early September, we started the … Continue reading
Tagged As absolute black, building, calcutta, carrera, countertop
Design Decisions: Kitchen Cabinets Color + Stain
Once the cabinets were installed, it was time to decide how we wanted to finish them. We knew we wanted the cabinets painted from our initial meeting with the carpenter. Painted cabinets are less expensive than stained but not much. … Continue reading
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Design Decisions: Cabinets
I got a call the Saturday before I delivered Beckett that our cabinets were being dropped off!! I was super excited and rushed up to the house only to find out they couldn’t install the kitchen cabinets because the wood … Continue reading
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Building: Wood Floors
Feast your eyes on pure sexiness on a floor. Yep that’s right I’m getting all hot and bothered over our wood floors. We used the same contractor that did our floors in the last house because our last floors were … Continue reading
Tagged As installed wood floor, nail down hardwood floors, wood floor
Building: Appliance Selections
We had to pick our appliances before the carpenter could build the cabinets, so off to Texas Appliances we went one Saturday post ice skating lesson. We ordered all our appliances with them when we remodeled our last kitchen. We … Continue reading
Tagged As kitchenaid appliances, texas appliances, thermador, viking range
Building: Walls without texture
Yesterday Amber talked about the house getting drywall and subsequently texture. Today I’m talking about the few spots that we didn’t want them to put any texture on and why. One design strategy that we had going into this build was … Continue reading
Building: Drywall is Up
You’ve seen us walk through after framing, the tile roof go up, and the foam insulation sprayed in. Now the drywall is up! Yeah not really exciting stuff except it’s insanely exciting to see walls. I mean behold how dizzyingly tall the … Continue reading
Tagged As drywall, wall texture
Building: The Tile Roof
One of the biggest reasons we cut the upstairs was to free up enough money to get a tile roof. We longed for a cream house with a dark tile roof. We went to see our color options on the way to … Continue reading
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