Building a house instead of purchasing one that's already ready to move into involves LOTS of decisions. We have 21 days from the day of signing our contract to make almost every single design decision before they charge a hefty fee to change our minds about anything. This coming Thursday is our day of reckoning. (Time really does fly.)
So far we've decided on our brick, which will look like this:
(It's a deep red with black & white bricks scattered)
We also selected a very light colored stone to border around the bottom of the house, but I don't have a picture for you to see yet :( sorry.
We also decided on the color of cabinets (same in the kitchen and bathroom) but the floor tile and counter tops are different.
Here are the samples for what the kitchen will look like:
Deep green (almost black) granite for the counter tops, a warm brown for the cabinets, and then the tile for the floor.
The bathrooms will look like this:
Same color cabinets, but the counter tops are a lighter color and the tile is a little different (though it didn't make it into the picture)
In addition to the above, we also decided on:
- front door
- inside doors
- light fixtures
- flooring throughout the house (some wood, some tile, and some carpet)
- alarm systems (including smoke & carbon monoxide)
- blinds
- bathroom fixtures (shower, sinks, faucets, etc etc)
- railing for the stairs
- fireplace
- appliances in the kitchen
The list just keeps going!! Thursday evening we spent almost 4 hours at the Design Center making these decisions. They said we were actually pretty decisive compared to many couples and that they were thrilled to not have to play "marriage counselor" with us :)
Believe me, I'm glad too!
Next Thursday we go back and select the things we didn't have time for (there isn't too much left) and finalize the choices we made this past Thursday. It's pretty exciting stuff!! What's even more exciting is that once we get through this part, they start BUILDING the house - whoop!!
So far we've decided on our brick, which will look like this:
(It's a deep red with black & white bricks scattered)
We also selected a very light colored stone to border around the bottom of the house, but I don't have a picture for you to see yet :( sorry.
We also decided on the color of cabinets (same in the kitchen and bathroom) but the floor tile and counter tops are different.
Here are the samples for what the kitchen will look like:
Deep green (almost black) granite for the counter tops, a warm brown for the cabinets, and then the tile for the floor.
The bathrooms will look like this:
Same color cabinets, but the counter tops are a lighter color and the tile is a little different (though it didn't make it into the picture)
In addition to the above, we also decided on:
- front door
- inside doors
- light fixtures
- flooring throughout the house (some wood, some tile, and some carpet)
- alarm systems (including smoke & carbon monoxide)
- blinds
- bathroom fixtures (shower, sinks, faucets, etc etc)
- railing for the stairs
- fireplace
- appliances in the kitchen
The list just keeps going!! Thursday evening we spent almost 4 hours at the Design Center making these decisions. They said we were actually pretty decisive compared to many couples and that they were thrilled to not have to play "marriage counselor" with us :)
Believe me, I'm glad too!
Next Thursday we go back and select the things we didn't have time for (there isn't too much left) and finalize the choices we made this past Thursday. It's pretty exciting stuff!! What's even more exciting is that once we get through this part, they start BUILDING the house - whoop!!
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