House Update

The Windows are in!

They have the roof on and the cedar shakes in the eves

And the bat and board

The electrical and duct work are in as well. I can hardly wait until walls go up and the cabinets, flooring, countertops...all the stuff you actually see.

It was a lot harder than I thought picking out the colors of everything.  They give you the standard colors of tile, carpet, countertops, granite, and flooring then the next steps up are upgrades you have to pay for. It was a little difficult finding things to match with the standard options. We did pay for a few upgrades but we tried to keep the costs down. I'm happy with what we picked...I hope. It's hard to match a tiny two inch sample of countertop to match a tile for the backsplash that is glued to a giant board with other tiles. Or match the granite, that's glued to a board with other granite, with the 5 inch color of cabinet, and the tile glued to the board. Needless to say, it was a little stressful. I can see something and know I like it, but to start from scratch with tiny pieces of things and trying to picture where it will go was a little harder than I thought. Fun...but anxious to see the end product and see if what I did is really pleasing to myself because there's a slight possibility that after it's all done I might think I should have gone with a different color of something. I hope not!