Bathroom vanities

After looking around and going through all of the options within the budget, we've picked out our bathroom vanities.  Ann should be ordering them soon, today or tomorrow I believe, so it will soon be official.  Here's what we picked out:

Downstairs bath - from Lowes

Upstairs guest bath - from Costco

Master vanity (we will be selecting a granite or marble top separately) - from Lowes

Exterior paint colors

Another decision has been made....

This is what we're going for:

I'm in love with yellow doors now, and I love the dark gray (with a little bit of blue) with the yellow.  The colors we've picked are the same colors that were used on the that last picture:

Brick (Dark gray): Outerspace, Sherwin Williams

Trim (White): Toque White, Sherwin Williams

Door (Yellow): Showtime, Benjamin Moore

I'm excited to see what it is going to look like!  I'm feeling pretty bold...... 

Framing in progress...

On Friday, my parents and my brother came over to see the house and see the progress being made.  They've started framing (and they were also working yesterday and today - so they've probably made even more progress!).  Here are a few pictures of the progress.... (not the best quality - the sun was starting to set)

 The pantry

 Upstairs guest bath

The master closet and the dining area to the right of it

The entryway into the living areas.  To the left is a coat closet and to the right is the master closet

Kitchen area

Downstairs looking at the future garage and standing in the future bedrooms

More of the work downstairs - looking at the staircase that is staying to the far left

Looking at the master bedroom to the right (I think...)

Notice that the two large trees flanking the front are gone.  Also, the extra door has been moved and the front door we'll use has been relocated.  We also made the entryway porch a little smaller.

Updated demolition pics....

It's amazing how much they can get done in just a couple of days....

I just got back from the house and here are a few pictures of the updated progress:

Demolition begins!

Here are some shots of the demolition as of Sunday.  It's all starting to move really fast so we're going to be doing our best to keep up with it.

We passed!

Before demolition could begin on House #2, Arthur had to perform a lead paint test to ensure there was no lead paint in the house.  If there had been, it wouldn't have been a huge deal, but would have meant we'd have to spend more on safety procedures during demolition.  And we are all about saving money!  Here are the sites he performed the test and the results:

We passed!  Demolition has already started and I'll be back soon with pictures of the progress that's been made....

Entryway clean-up

Unfortunately, I'm home today with a fever.  I should be on my way to Nashville with some of my best friends to meet the newest baby in our group (2-month-old Wendy) but, alas, I can't put her in danger of catching what I have.  So I thought I would catch up with everything that has been going on at House #1 (the current house) and House #2 (the new house) by making a few blog posts.

Since it's already almost another weekend, I thought it was time for a quick update on what we worked on last weekend to spruce House #1 up:

I know it doesn't look like much but it definitely looks better.  We painted the black railings and painted the white trim around the door.  The railings were peeling pretty badly and you could pretty much see every single color they had ever been painted (blue, green, orange, and black of course).  Now, even if they still aren't perfectly smooth, they are all one color.  And it looks much better.  The white trim around the door was disgusting and could barely be called white anymore.  It was very dirty - but now it's bright and clean!  Our goal here isn't to make anyone think "Wow, I loved their entryway", but to make sure no one remembers the entryway for the WRONG reasons.  We don't want anyone leaving and thinking "man, that front door area was a mess".  Hopefully we've done our job!

We'll have a lot more updates after this weekend.  Kyle's brother is coming in town to help him get a lot done.  And we definitely still have a lot to do....