Yesterday was kind of a bonus day, if you missed it, check it out, we put up our rural 911 sign. Today, we'll visit the master bedroom.
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
MASTER BEDROOM NEW HOUSE TEASER
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
9-1-1 SIGN PUT UP
We will probably have the new house teaser tomorrow, it's been crazy busy and I didn't finish the post.
But in the spirit of updates on the new house, here is one of the recent things we had to do; we had to get an address sign put up. Not just any address sigh, we have our number on both sides of our mailbox...but this is something different:
We must have a 9-1-1 sign to be exact.
Since we are rural, the emergency services for our county wants all homes to have a reflective sign posted at the entrance to their property. It's highly reflective and can be seen during the day and at night in the event of police/fire/medical emergency. Our builder, and indeed all subcontractors, also require it to be put up in case of an emergency on the site.
Sunday, October 6, 2024
GOOD FOOD AND HOBART SUNDAY
Another week has flown by and it's still hot here. Come on Fall, we are ready and waiting! This heat is slowing down packing up the house.
The other night, we had roasted chicken. We took the leftover meat off the bones and the next day, 2nd Man made this...
Thursday, October 3, 2024
NEW STAKES ON THE PROPERTY
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
GUEST BATHROOM NEW HOUSE TEASER
Well, last week we posted about the master bathroom. We'll have two baths in the house and this is the second one. The house is split so that the master bedroom and master bath are on one side and the guest rooms and bath are on the other side of the house.
This is the bathroom that will have our only bathtub. It is a bathtub shower combo of course, with a single sink vanity and elongated toilet.
This is a photo of our floor plan's actual guest bathroom. We'll have different colors but this is what the layout will look like. Our mirror will be framed (like the master bathroom) in the same color as the cabinetry and we'll have a different light fixture. Also, our tile in the tub/shower will go all the way to the ceiling (again, to reflect the master bath).
Monday, September 30, 2024
LET THE PACKING BEGIN
It was a busy weekend.
Thankfully, the weather cooperated and my mowing last weekend worked out great because...
Sunday, September 29, 2024
GOOD FOOD AND HOBART SUNDAY
Almost October! Where DOES the time go? Today is time for some good food and some Hobart!
I found this at the store the other day:
And here is Hobart...sometimes he sleeps in the chair on his afghan and sometimes he sleeps on the floor next to it. Cats are like that, choosing wherever they feel comfortable. And of course we let him, because...
#notspoiled
Saturday, September 28, 2024
OFF TO THE FARM FOR PACKING
We dodged the bullet with Helene but wow, what a horrible storm for those in the path. Sending our thoughts to everyone affected.
Today, it's off to the farm to get started on sorting through things. No mowing, since no rain this week and best of all, COOLER WEATHER! We'll open the windows and let the breeze blow through. Should be a nice day for that. We got our storage unit and it's time to put Bill the Farm Truck to work! The goal today is to get all the pictures and wall art we are keeping, moved into storage as well as all the soft products (pillows, quilts, blankets, etc). We may be back out tomorrow to start boxing up more stuff.
As always, we are hoping you all have a great start to your weekend!
Thursday, September 26, 2024
PUTTING UP NECTARINES
Nothing like some plump, juicy, fresh nectarines!
We had a half dozen, and you know me, since they were super ripe, my first instinct was to put them up for future use!
First, I pitted them and sliced them up.
Then I put them in the freezer overnight (on parchment so they wouldn't be stuck to the pan) and popped them off the next morning.
Then I vacuum sealed them and put them back in the freezer, ready for the next time.
Nectarine cobbler? Anyone have something cool to do with nectarines or do you just use them as you might if you had peaces?
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
MASTER BATHROOM NEW HOUSE TEASER
OK so last week we promised to move inside. Of course, we know a lot of you are waiting to see kitchen choices, ha, but that will require two or three posts alone (and don't even get us started on our pantry!).
Until we have actual construction pics to share, we figure this is a good way to stretch that waiting time out and we'll share different rooms of the house.
It will look similar to this but with some changes. It will be 6 feet long and 4 feet wide and it will go up to the 9 foot ceiling.
And like this in the shower itself. We also changed the plans to have this tile go all the way to the ceiling. Normally, it stops around the top of the window height. As the designer said, doing it all the way up gives a lot of drama for just a little more money. We did the same in the guest bath (though it's a tub/shower combo more on that in another post).
The shower floor will have this tile...
Now the standard shower has a corner seat exactly like this. Let's be honest, does this look like something that would be comfortable to sit on? LOL!
So we are having a full length bench put across one end (the end opposite the shower head). It'll be nice to sit down in a hot shower and just let the water run, but I told 2nd Man, no sleeping in the shower!
And if you are going to sit down, it might be nice to have a handheld faucet, so we had the regular shower head changed to a dual use like this. That way, we can use the handheld portion to make it easier. Heck, who knows, we might be washing a dog in there someday and a handheld faucet would be one of those moments where we say "We wish we had done this..."
And speaking of "we wish we had done this..."
We are doing this: who doesn't want to stand in the rain?! We are having a rain shower head installed above the shower! We will be able to turn on a separate faucet and have water fall down like a rain. It will be center mounted, between two lights. It's been one of our dreams for a long time and while it was a splurge (due to having extra plumbing run overhead) it is one we hope is worth it.
We are going with the gray and this design. We didn't want brown wood tones, so we opted for this slightly more modern feel with clean (Shaker) lines. this picture looks darker, it's a lighter gray. The hardware will be slightly different as well.
For countertops (in the bathrooms only), we chose this color and texture. It's made to mimic soapstone. It's called 'concrete gray' but it's more like a dark, charcoal gray/closer to black, well, like soapstone!
That's about it for the master bath. We chose brushed nickel/stainless for fixtures, we got the elongated toilet instead of the smaller one and chose to have cabinets above the toilet, again for all important storage.