It's Possible

We had our first meeting with the builder rep for the new house today and we were asked to make some very big decisions:

• Exterior paint colors
• Exterior stonework style & color
• Garage door style
• Front door size, style, and finish
• Interior paint color (millwork & walls)
• Granite for kitchen
• Countertop for master bathroom
• Countertop for downstairs bathroom
• Finish of kitchen cabinets
• Placement of microwave (needed to be moved to make room for a double oven)
• Stonework on fireplace

It was awesome! We know enough now what we like and don't like and thankfully Justin and I pretty much share the same opinions. So instead of being a stressful experience it was fun and overall really easy.

Still tons of decisions to make, but it's a huge relief to know that we are actually capable of making them.

Here are a few snapshots of some of our choices:

This is the exterior of the home. The paint color on the far right is the main body color. The color in the middle is the trim and the color on the far left is the darker contrasting color used in here and there on the front of the house. We are getting a different door style than pictured which we are really excited about – dark wood, 8 feet high – beautiful.

This is an idea of the color scheme in the kitchen although the coloring in the photo is a little off. The granite we choose is called Giallo St. Cecillia. The color sample to the right of it is the color of the millwork in the house (antique white) and the color on the far right is the paint color for the entire house (it’s not this yellow in real life). Justin will eventually paint the kids rooms a different color, but they wanted $400 per room to do anything differently - yikes. The cabinet pictured is the stain we are going with although this is not the door style – ours is more similar to the door front in the picture below this one.

This is the marble being used in both the main floor bathroom and the master bathroom – I really dislike tile countertops so solid surface countertops was an upgrade we asked for in our contract. The cabinet sample was the only option for the downstairs bath, but thankfully we LOVE it and would have chosen it anyhow.

We also received news that they started working on the foundation this morning. Construction has finally begun and we are so excited to see everything come together over the next several months.