tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43324854351913012102024-03-13T02:27:38.202-04:00Ryan Homes Take 2 - Rome Model 2012Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-70414171736623646252017-07-05T16:10:00.001-04:002017-07-05T16:10:37.668-04:00New Master Closet<br />UPDATE: We decided to finish off our master bedroom closet. Since we did not choose the option for the extra bathroom upstairs, we decided to eliminate the "L" shape that includes a sitting area. We used that space and the original walk-in closet to make a much larger master closet. <br />
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Here are our results:<br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-9432020811061154942014-01-19T11:44:00.000-05:002014-01-22T18:55:23.798-05:00Mud Room, Pantry, Main Hallway, Loft changes/updates<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have made a few adjustments in various places over the last few months. <br />We also have some ideas of things to put on our to-do list. <br />One is to change the 2nd closet in the master bedroom into a ROOM by adding a new wall where the closet would have been if we had that 3rd bathroom upstairs. With that wall installed, that closet will be almost the size of the guest bedroom! YEA! Only trouble is that the current closet wall has electric/plumbing and other things in it, so we might have to get creative in order to accomplish this.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But here are our most recent changes/updates in the form of pictures.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did some wainscoting down the main hallway and used twine to decorate with holiday cards this year (see "mud room" in the background).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our additional hanging places for jackets that are often used in the "mud room". This is really just a hallway. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bought a bunch of stacking shelves from </span><a href="http://www.walmart.com/ip/Mainstays-Wire-Stacking-Shelf-Long/17785629" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">WalMart</a><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and hung them upside down in the pantry to create smaller spaces/shelves.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is what our loft looks like at the moment. We now have an "art station" for the boys -- eventually we'd like to get rid of the 2 bookcases and make 2 desks for them. But for now, they have a place to draw, color, and create (while their train-table turned lego-table waits in the foreground).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next purcahse really needs to be a new couch. This one is about 14 years old and has been through a lot with 2 dogs and 2 kids. It is oh-so comfortable, but needs boards to keep in together. We are hoping to get some ideas from other Rome homes for configurations in the family room. We are not 100% set on anything in terms of sectional or not... chaise or not, lazy-boy or not...</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On to figure out the closet situation and furniture browse/shop. </span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-35219133141883052272013-11-30T20:58:00.003-05:002013-11-30T20:59:12.748-05:00Deck completion!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our deck is about 99% complete. It is just missing a few caps that needed to be ordered. But for the most part, it is done and we love it. It is very large and currently houses our old deck furniture AND patio furniture because there is SO much room! Here is a set of quick progression photos.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've also built a few walls to create our own yard. We have a large community-owned space next to us that the kids can run around in, but we wanted to have some flat land in our own yard, so we are working on walls and fences. You can see the beginning of the wall in this photo (it is huge to cover the large hill that used to be our back yard).</span><br />
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Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-31921186355895016752013-06-14T07:36:00.000-04:002013-11-30T20:38:24.159-05:00UPDATES and maybe going to build a deck<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are hoping to have a deck built before 4th of July this year! We've been in our house for over a year and have done a lot of planning but haven't really put any of those plans in motion because I returned to work this year (yikes!). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But it is now the first day of summer vacation and I am on a mission to do more things to our house!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the colors of the decking we plan to use.
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We changed the sink in the kitchen. I decided that I didn't like the 6-inch depth on the standard sink. I also didn't like the 50/50 sink because a lot of my pans did not fit in that space. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our laminate in our living/dining room and foyer was not installed correctly or well (????). At our one-year inspection they agreed to fix it but I think it looks worse. There are gaps at a lot of seams AND many of the seams are peeling up. We paid extra money for this floor and flooring people say that it is a good product so it should not be doing this. We are going to try to get them to replace it with something else but I am sure that will take a while to happen. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Good thing I am home all summer and available for them to work! :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And since I haven't posted since June of 2012, here is what I did to the front of our house for Halloween in 2012.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-39577484583333260872012-06-07T21:27:00.001-04:002013-05-23T06:19:39.654-04:00Just gotta love the view!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We've been in the house over a month and even though we've accomplished a lot, there are still so many little things to do here and there. <br />This picture was just taken tonight and I had to share because I absolutely LOVE living in this new area -- so much more open and calm and I love it!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The next plan is to level out our back yard using a retaining wall and we are having some people give us quotes to do the work. Luckily for us, the developer of our neighborhood (the guy who did all the "set-up work" before Ryan Homes took over), is a good friend of a friend. So, he has all the paperwork and information readily available for us to design our necessary retaining wall. He has even been to our house twice already to help figure out some designs. I look forward to what they come up with, but, of course, am a bit frightened by the possible price. Also - we have a large area in the corner of our lot that is part of a "Water Resource Protection Easement" and we can not build on it... but there should be plenty of room for us to have a decent back yard working around that section. Before pictures will come soon!</span></div>
Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-79286515162655547862012-05-19T22:44:00.001-04:002012-05-19T22:50:11.535-04:00Changes here and there...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we chose the options for our house, we knew we'd be making some additional purchases and changes as immediately as possible. We had a budget and we stuck to it. Every option we chose was something we did not want to do ourselves and/or could not easily be changed down the road. <br />For example, we bought our own kitchen refrigerator rather than going with the ones offered. We opted for a "counter depth" refrigerator because I was not too thrilled with the idea of a fridge sticking out into the kitchen too far and to avoid the claustrophobic feeling (that I got) when opening the last cabinet by the wall. Here is what we ended up with and I am very happy with our choice!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">It is still a tight squeeze getting into that last cabinet, but thanks to Gina (a fellow Rome owner/blogger), we asked our PM to switch the door so that it opens away from the wall... otherwise you couldn't slide out the drawer inside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> We installed a new kitchen faucet -- at our last Ryan Home we paid for an upgraded faucet but we decided to save a little money and do it ourselves this time. (the smaller photo is the BEFORE)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We installed a ceiling fan in the family room -- this is actually the 2nd fan we have put in here because the first one was hanging too low. We opted for less fancy fans because we couldn't find any nicer ones that we liked that put out enough light for us.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are not too thrilled with the lack of space in the garage. We had a 4 foot extension in our garage at our last Ryan Home and we don't have that here....but there was this strange cement ledge that we decided to put our garage STUFF up onto maximizing the space for our extra fridge and freezer. It makes a huge different so that the cars can fit easier into the space AND you can open the doors to both appliances... this is an in-progress photo though because we plan to make our garage look neat with bins and such.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The basement area under the family room is going to serve as the man-cave. We had ALL of this stuff in our 4 foot extension in the garage at our last house, so we are working hard to get everything set up in the unfinished basement. Unfortunately that means adding some framing and nailing through cement -- something we have never done.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the kids side of the basement I decided to put the boys names on the wall. I did this in our old house with paint once we finished our basement, but since we are not finishing this basement too soon, I just put their names on the wall with duct tape.... not as nice, but will serve the same purpose and make them both smile.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new duct tape version -- just temporary and goes with the more "unfinished" look/decor.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our next project is our dining room - we plan to paint my grandmother's furniture, do some wainscoting, and replace the chandelier. Here is a before picture... not sure when I will have an "after" picture, but the chairs are being painted as I type this NOW. Yea!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another project will be to figure out what to do for our deck. We have some ideas but nothing planned just yet. Although anything will be better than our current "deck". ha ha. </span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-11546508870614120562012-05-14T14:11:00.003-04:002012-05-14T14:11:25.476-04:002 weeks post move-in = a work in progress!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are still working on unpacking and setting everything up in each room of the house. We have been here 2 weeks and there are so many things on our "to do" list, but overall we are happy with everything so far. We do have a running list of items to tell our PM about, but nothing major that needs to be addressed (YEA!).</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some updated pics, but PLEASE keep in mind that these are all IN PROGRESS shots, and therefore do not judge us on our lack of decorating skills (yet). We have plans to paint the rooms, but it took us a long time to paint our last house, so I'm not expecting it to happen too quickly here either. At least Ryan homes does a two-tone paint now so we aren't looking at stark-white throughout. :)</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The study - with temporary shelves - we want to make some built-ins at some point with doors to cover all the crap... but this is our solution for the time being so we have somewhere to put stuff (still more stuff to go here and go through that is not pictured!). A big THANK YOU to PAM for the desk because we had a card table before she gave us this desk!!!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not super thrilled about having the couch blocking the openness between these rooms, but our sectional can only be set up in one direction... We also will be replacing these lamps and hanging those pictures that are on the far wall.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought I was going to dislike the orange chairs in here, but they are OK especially considering a lot of our decor is the same color -- I plan to make new covers for dog cages (you can't see the 2nd one) so that they will match -- the cages were hidden in our last house so we may also eventually look at doing something down the road because we like our cages in this area.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Master Bedroom - it is huge and empty because we don't have much here. I plan to use the "sitting room" (not pictured) for my sewing area (need a table) and crafting supplies. I actually have a large wardrobe armoire over there now that has all my supplies in it because our closets are big enough for all our clothes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Loft - LOVE this area! It is the slightly neater area for the kids to play. We will more than likely get some sort of futon eventually so adults can sit in here, but for now there are 6 kid-level places to sit and hang out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Playroom - since the boys wanted to continue to share bedroom, we had extra space to create a playroom -- and this is where I decided to put all their more plastic-type toys (rather than in the loft)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love this large linen closet -- works great for me to fold and store in my OCD fashion. ha ha.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Boys bathroom - same decor from our old house. I plan to put a 2nd towel rack over the toilet because that is where it was in our old house and I liked it there better. We also put some hooks on the back of the door for the towels they actually use.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfinished basement -- MECCA of fun for the boys! There is too much construction going on outside on a regular basis so I don't feel comfortable having the boys run around and ride bikes outside, so this basement has been GREAT for the boys to let out their energy! I foresee this remaining unfinished for quite a few years.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">View of the basement from the other side.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Temporary wall of (empty!) boxes -- we plan to put a wall up here (a few feet back from here) to create a work room for Russ -- right now his tools are over there so this box wall serves as a way to keep the boys out.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mud room -not sure why this is termed a mud "room", because it is really just a small hallway. It works fine for us, but I would not refer to it as a room. I added our lower rod to the bottom for the boys jackets so we have more room for our stuff.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Love the pantry - I even had room for our large dog food container so we don't have to store our dog food out in the garage anymore! Actually there are a lot of things in here that used to be stored in the garage -- and I have yet to fill this thing up even though I've made many trips to warehouse stores and grocery stores. YEA!!!! </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's it for now. I hope that we will have more decorative photos to post in a few more weeks because we are planning a housewarming next month... yikes!</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-90621435202251172112012-04-22T14:40:00.001-04:002012-04-22T14:40:23.621-04:00Hello PURPLE door!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The door is actually called "winestone", but it is purple to me and I love it. <br /></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are on the home stretch. I will not be able to go to the final inspection so I went this weekend and took photos of the rooms I did not have on the blog. I was happily surprised to see almost all the little things have been done and CAN NOT wait until the work week is done! </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Standing in the morning room - looking towards the front of the house and family room</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Study with same carpet as family room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dining room and Living room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Standing in living room looking towards dining room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Master bedroom towards "sitting room" or whatever they call it</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Master bedroom looking towards hallway to the loft</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kitchen towards pantry</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Probably my only complaint - I don't like this outlet for LOTS of reasons - mostly function & safety (?).. . we were also uncertain about that piece of molding -- it seemed like a lazy way to avoid having to cut drywall there, but then they added the molding all the way around and I think that looks OK now (see next photo).</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our house from the other side of the street - the foundation of the house to the left is already in place, so we will have all that space you see now... and you can just see the edge of the house to the right... so this is will be our whole front-house view.</span></td></tr>
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-88660888491337761162012-04-18T13:22:00.002-04:002012-04-18T17:49:40.855-04:00Then and Now<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I came across this photo from our old Ryan Homes build, so I wanted to share since I am opening the EXACT SAME drawer in the photo. This is only photo of me opening a drawer in both houses under construction -- </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ha ha!</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-- notice the baby belly in the older photo -- I am at about about 23 weeks (twins). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's interesting to see the differences in the kitchen too... even though they are almost identical in layout (flipped) -- the Rome model just has a set of cabinets to the side of the fridge (not in the photos) AND we upgraded to the gourmet island this time.</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-78969350255621824802012-04-16T16:30:00.003-04:002012-04-16T21:52:42.944-04:00Updated Pics - floors and landscaping DONE<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have less than 2 weeks left for our final walk through (scheduled for Thursday 4/26) and things are certainly coming along! </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the most recent photos from this weekend with all the floors installed, the first cleaning service complete, the landscaping done in the front, and many blue-tape marks to be fixed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This photo shows the 2-tone paint that I actually really like -- much more than our old Ryan Home that was ALL white.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We did not upgrade our kitchen faucet, but plan to get one on our own very soon after moving in.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Plan to get some shutter-style window coverings for the bathroom... luckily this bathroom is in the BACK of the house, we had a window like this in our old house but it was on the FRONT!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right bedroom - we THINK this will be the toy storage room, but I have to figure out which of the front bedrooms is smaller</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Left bedroom - more than likely this will be the boys bedroom and I really hope both beds and both dressers will fit!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laundry room! Yea!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hallway going down to and through the loft</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hallway/Landing light - happy to have a landing again -- we had one in our townhouse and I missed it at our last home.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Power Room - we are thinking of completely redoing this after moving in - possibly a vessel sink, more interesting mirror, and DIY wainscoting on the walls.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Family room and Kitchen - with my mom</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Me hanging on our "porch", "stoop", or mini-whatever you want to call it.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Front landscaping -- good enough for now but will DEFINITELY be changed as we live here!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Anyone who has been to our old house - notice our driveway is almost a carbon-copy of our last one -- just flipped.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I forgot to take photos of our living room and dining room - the floor is a laminate (cumberland jatoba) and I REALLY like it. You can see it slightly in the photo of the powder room, but I will need to be sure to get some better photos to put on here later.</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-22909454666691908442012-04-10T20:49:00.000-04:002012-04-10T20:49:14.541-04:00Ordered our non-Ryan Home appliances...<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This weekend we took advantage of a "Buy More, Save More" sale at Sears and purchased our refrigerator:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_04672049000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kenmore Elite 25 cu ft French Door Counter Depth Bottom Freezer in Black</span></a></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And our freezer (to hopefully go in the garage if there is enough room OR in the basement):</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And our washer and dryer:</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02635142000P?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1">LG 3.7 cu ft Top Load HE Washer </a>&<a href="http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_12605_02665142000P?mv=rr"> LG 7.1 cu ft dryer</a></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are set up to be delivered the day after our settlement. <br />We have a moving company set up to get all our stuff out of storage the day after settlement. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AND we have a trailer on reserve to move all our stuff that is currently with us to the new house RIGHT after the settlement.<br />I sure hope everything works out on time!!!!</span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-10748451878987438132012-04-09T10:36:00.002-04:002012-04-09T10:47:08.856-04:00Photos of inside so far...<div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are some photos of what we saw this weekend. I think our kitchen floor is quite a bit darker than what I wanted, but I am still happy with it. Luckily our cabinets are light in color AND our table in the morning room is also a light colored wood. One thing I need to ask is what flooring is supposed to go into the pantry -- it was supposed to be the same vinyl, but it looks like they did not do that and I am hoping they don't make an ugly seam if they throw an additional piece in that hallway and pantry... we will wait and see because they are finishing the floors this week!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kitchen with the island installed (dishwasher is in the walkway)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kitchen Island - countertops are BUTTERUM GRANITE (formica)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Looking over the sink into the morning room</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Dishwasher to be installed</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pantry! Yea! - but the floor will be (????)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Banister - the stain is a little darker than we thought, but it should match/coordinate with our laminate floor in the main hallway.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Master bathroom - similar to floor downstairs but a lighter color... not sure I am a fan of this, but it can always be changed later. I do like the tile, but we thought the accent glass tiles were going to be much bigger than this.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Drywell installed means the yard to the right has been slightly graded. Notice our air conditioner is in place -- on that side like we requested.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> And here is the house from the front -- I wish they would move that white gas thing in the front... maybe it will be gone by the next visit! </span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-75049290855707120242012-04-06T13:50:00.000-04:002012-04-06T13:51:14.478-04:00Lots of updates! YEA!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We just got the following email from our project manager:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"><span style="color: #783f04;">I wanted to give you a brief update on our progress. This week we installed your drywell, exterior concrete, driveway, resilient flooring, installed your tile in the bathrooms, set your island cabinet, and touched up the paint. Next week we are going to be installing light fixtures, plumbing fixtures, and finish floors.</span> </span></span></blockquote>
<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I CAN NOT wait to go see and take pictures tomorrow morning!!!!</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-5969192538236711592012-03-30T20:10:00.002-04:002012-03-30T20:14:38.489-04:00Stone and Cabinets!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our stone is up! I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE the way the stone turned out! I also am in love with our shutters and siding against the stone. YEA!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is house with the shutters (almost all) in place.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is a close up of the stone so you can see WHY we liked the "winestone" shutters & doors... notice the purple stones mixed in with the other colors!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now I am starting to visualize my grand-scheme idea of extending the garage roof over to the right in order to create a larger cover for the front door area. Our thoughts are to create a column with the bottom half covered in the stone... can you "see" it?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things are going on in the inside as well - it looks like we have some cabinets, counters, banisters, trim, and paint!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the living room and dining room. The dining room has the ONLY window that faces our too-close neighbors house. BUT, their house has NO windows that face our window. YEA!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is the "foyer"... or really just the long hallway that leads to the back of the house. Notice the banisters are installed!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here are the kitchen cabinets and counter under cover - we choose Fairfield Maple Spice Timberlake with Butterum Granite Formica. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is our attempt at a photo while lifting the plastic cover... you get the general idea. They are basically the same color as our old house, but with a simpler design on the front-- which we both REALLY like much more!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our island is sitting in the family room at the moment... waiting to be installed.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another look at the banister from the upstairs .. I think it is still going to be stained.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I just had an idea to maybe build or buy a tiny shed/organizer and put it right in this little "nook" for the lawnmower and power washer. We'd rather keep everything out of the garage because we both did not like how the garage at our old house looked AND the shed we had there is WAY too big for any empty space on the new lot.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will not be visiting the house for another whole week, so I am excited to see what happens over these next 7 days?????</span></div>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-53814681986589070702012-03-25T20:56:00.004-04:002012-03-25T21:00:43.777-04:00Siding & Shutters - no stone yet<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The stone is not up yet, but the siding and shutters were up -- so here is a photo. I really like the colors so far -- but I am sure we will like it even more with the stone.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Siding is ISLAND PEARL and shutters are WINESTONE</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Right now, the drywall is up but we didn't take any photos because there really isn't much to see except a bunch of white walls. We will more than likely not go back again until 2 weeks from now, so I have a feeling we will have a TON of photos then (or I hope so!). </span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-75950940212935544832012-03-19T21:39:00.004-04:002012-03-19T21:39:51.215-04:00Pre-Drywall DONE and Settlement Set<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We had our pre-drywall meeting last Thursday (3/15) and our settlement is set for April 27th!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Prior to the meeting, we verbally requested our air conditioning unit (and any utility units) to be placed on the right side of the house </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">since we have that big open space on the left and would like to make use of the bigger part of our yard without any obstacles (like a big and ugly air conditioner). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We will more than likely never use the yard on the RIGHT side of the house and/or do much landscaping because our neighbor is so close, so we asked if it could be placed on that side. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we drove by the house one day, the cables were all sticking out of the wrong side of the house... but our project manger quickly fixed that for us and we were VERY happy to see the cables sticking out of the correct side of the house at the pre-drywall meeting!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">This is the big open space that I keep mentioning -- this shows where our yard stops (the outer black barrier) and the long straight space that is common, but not easily accessible to any lot but ours.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;">This is the corner of our lot up to the 2nd black barrier (the first one is just a run-off barrier during construction)... it looks like a decent amount of space, but it is deceivingly downhill. :( </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we are just on the count-down to settlement and excited to see all the options we choose start to come to life. This week is drywall, stone & siding, and shutter. I will hopefully have some great pictures this Saturday when we visit!</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-45178699042098893112012-03-12T11:21:00.002-04:002012-03-12T11:23:27.888-04:00Site Plan and neighbors<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we picked our lot, we loved that it backed to preserved land AND we loved that there was open space to one side. We knew that the house to our right (facing the house lot #328) would be close... but, of course, it is a bit closer than we really want to even think about. It is just so crazy how they organized that lot and I just hope we will like those neighbors. :)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In the space just above this text is a flat, open field of grass. GREAT - almost private - space for our boys to play!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This shows the open area to the left of our house and that open space down on the side of the fenced-in storm water pond. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">You can see the foundation on the house to our right -- and how close they are to us. At least they are building a different model (the Milan) and hopefully it will be a different color too.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our pre-dry wall meeting is on Thursday, so after that we will be on an official count-down to settlement! woo hoo! I am already on an un-official count down considering we are living with the in-laws (although we certainly appreciate them taking us in during all of this!).</span></div>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-76092258401508534242012-03-02T12:34:00.002-05:002012-03-02T20:25:14.655-05:00Inside Framing Pics & other appliance choices<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Russ went to the house yesterday and took TONS of pictures inside. The framing of the walls makes it much easier to figure out, BUT it is still hard because our layout is flipped from all the plans and model home. Check it out and hopefully I will get the captions right!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is standing in the morning room looking through the kitchen, pantry, powder room, dining room , and then living room.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is the family room -- we didn't get the windows on the side like our last house and we aren't 100% sure if we are happy with that decision... the view on that side of the house is almost all trees...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Standing in the dining room looking into the garage and mud room (not really a room, just a small hallway with a closet at the end)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are still a bit worried that our yard is going to by absolutely teeny... but at least there is a common area just next to our yard that we can let the boys run around and play in.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are starting to make some decisions about stuff to go in the house because Ryan homes doesn't provide a washer/dryer or refrigerator. We *THINK* these are what we are going to go with:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Samsung Counter-Depth French Door <span style="color: #282828;">Refrigerator </span></b><a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_337054-149-RFG237AABP_0__?productId=3432368"><span style="color: #282828; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px;">Model #: </span><span id="ModelNumber" style="color: #282828; font-size: 11px; line-height: 13px;">RFG237AABP</span></a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #282828;">I am not a big fan of a fridge hanging out too far into the space of the kitchen. At our old house, the fridge was next to the wall so it wasn't too obvious that it was hanging out. In the Rome layout, there is a small section of counter/cabinets that make it a little more of an issue for me. We already have an extra refrigerator that will be in the garage (to fit all my diet cokes - ha ha), so I think I am willing to give up some cubic feet in our main fridge so it comes out to just the counter depth. In the model, they had a HUGE fridge that just looked silly to me - hanging out into the kitchen by about 8 inches, so that sealed the deal that I wanted to search for counter depth instead.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At our old house, we had an upstairs laundry room -- but it was supposed to be a closet that was converted into a laundry room (by Ryan Homes - an option). We got an HE front-loader washer and dryer and I was never able to use anything but the LOW spin setting because even that would shake the house like crazy. From that experience (and the discovery of that mildew problem), I have decided to not get front-loaders. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we are going with the following:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LG </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">4.3 cu. ft. Large Capacity Top Load Washer <a href="http://www.appliancesconnection.com/i205647-lg-wt4801cw.html"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Model #WT4801CW</span></a></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">LG </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">7.1 cu. ft. Large Capacity Electric Dryer</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.appliancesconnection.com/i205713-lg-dle4801w.html">Model #DLE4801W</a></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;">And we are also getting an additional freezer for the garage - I just would rather have a separate freezer so we don't have any issues with stuff piled on top of stuff in that bottom freezer. :)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Danby 16.0 cu. ft. Upright Freezer </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="http://www.appliancesconnection.com/i173512-danby-dufm454wdb.html">Model #DUFM454WDB</a></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now we just wait to see how things progress. Russ asked the PM to add some wood into the framing in various places so he can eventually hang things without being confined to where there is a stud. He plans to take much more detailed photos than the ones in this post so that he can use them for future house projects and KNOW where load-bearing walls and studs can be found. :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Some things on our current list of thoughts are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) Will we be able to put a pull-out trash container in one of the cabinets?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2) Will we be able to find some way to make use of the extra space on either side of the fridge?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) Are we going to have any decent yard behind our house... or will it be straight down... possibly even worse than our old house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) Where will we put the dog cages?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5) What will we do to organize the "study" -- the boys call it the "computer room"?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) How will we set up shelves in the garage... there is apparently a pretty large ledge that sticks out on the side where the stairs are (the only space for shelves)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7) Will our color choices look OK????????? I hope so.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-23288070336325881872012-03-01T08:56:00.000-05:002012-03-01T08:56:01.615-05:00Shingles!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our project manager sent this photo yesterday so I assume they will be putting on the shingles today. Yea! Hopefully the rain we had yesterday didn't ruin anything -- Russ is going today at lunch to check it out.</span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-55025374011249113752012-02-28T21:02:00.003-05:002012-02-28T21:02:28.306-05:00Roof, some Windows and Doors<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Our project manager said we would have a roof by Tuesday. My mom went out to show our house to my Grandma and they saw a lot more than any of us expected! Yea!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It looks like they even slightly graded the front yard and where the driveway will eventually be.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now Russ & I can't wait to actually go in and see everything! We are dying to figure out all the details -- especially since our layout is flipped from the floor plan and the decorated model (which, by the way, we have visited twice even though it is a LONG drive!).<br />Russ will be going later this week to check out the inside -- so I'm sure I'll have photos of all that to share very soon!</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-2690131799853953092012-02-25T20:58:00.003-05:002012-02-27T14:48:10.157-05:00Framing has begun!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The wood was delivered and framing began yesterday (Friday) AND they continued to work today (Saturday). woo hoo! NOW our house is starting to look like a house. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is the family room, the study (window), and the garage (left to right):</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">This is the morning room (will be a sliding glass door), the back of the family room, and the opening for the walk-out basement:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">This shows the 3 windows in the back of the morning room:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Here is the other side of the house -- from left to right is the living room, dining room (window), kitchen, and then the morning room:</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">More second floor stuff -- from L to R on the 2nd floor, you are looking at the boys playroom, the loft, and then their bedroom (currently open area):</span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">And here are just a couple more showing the whole thing... I was trying to do that funny camera trick where it looks like you are "holding" the building, but obviously we did not create that effect (AT ALL). Oh well- next time we'll do it right.</span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-27746486036147051102012-02-13T20:30:00.001-05:002012-02-26T18:05:13.689-05:00Foundation DONE!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The foundation is in! woo hoo! Apparently they are also "<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969);">installing the waterproofing / drain tile system, and install the plumbing ground works for the house"... I don't know what all that means, but that is what the project manager emailed to us for the "to be done" list today. </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We are a little concerned about the lack of level back yard, but are crossing our fingers that we will have at least a little space that we can create some cool landscaping with steps to a bottom area or something like that down the road. The lot is much bigger than our previous house, so we know we will be able to make it work for us.</span>Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-84878324466725390432012-02-07T14:38:00.000-05:002012-02-26T18:16:16.128-05:00Day Number ONE!<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And it begins!!!! It looks a little spooky and completely something the boys wish they could play in!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here is what it looked like BEFORE they dug the hole:</span><br />
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<br />Kimmiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01074487212104483234noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332485435191301210.post-82543391855286132012-01-31T21:40:00.000-05:002012-02-01T21:00:27.667-05:00Colors and Such<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are so many things to decide with such teeny-tiny little samples to work with. But here are our choices and we are crossing our fingers that everything will work out with our furniture and our taste. :)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flooring: Foyer, Front Hall, Mudroom, Powder room, and Dining room = Laminate hardwood</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flooring Family Room & Study - Sandswept</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flooring Master Bath - shown in a kitchen- Vinyl - Armstrong Pinnacle Peak Burnt Henna (very similar to our kitchen vinyl color choice, but lighter)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Master Bath tile - custom brixton sand 12x12, saddle 5/8x5/8</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Boys Bathroom - Vinyl Armstrong Painter's Path - Painters Pigment (Canyon Creek)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Flooring - Bedrooms -- all the same "winter milk" base carpet</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen Countertops - Butterum Granite (Formica)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen Cabinets - fairfield maple spice timberlake</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen & Morning Room - Vinyl - Armstrong Pinnacle Peak Caviar Toast</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kitchen Appliances - black GE - we will still need to buy a refrigerator (and a washer/dryer)</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Siding - Island Pearl & Door/Shutters - Winestone</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>THIS IS NOT OUR HOUSE</b> -- THIS IS JUST THE SAME EXACT CHOICES FOR siding, doors/shutters, AND stone!</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Elevation C - with partial stone - Bucks County Rubble</span></td><td><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">AND it looks like something might happen soon on site!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We have had MANY changes in terms of options we want, then we don't want, then we change and go back and forth over. We have finally come up with the FINAL list of options that we will hopefully be signing off on very soon! We are waiting to hear back from our Ryan Homes rep on the final cost of all our "stuff". We feel pretty confident with our choices because we already knew some of the things on our "must have" list based on our already building with Ryan. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Elevation C with Partial Stone Veneer Front</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sliding Glass Door Walkout Basement</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3-piece plumbing rough-in basement</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morning Room </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kitchen Gourmet Island</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Kitchen Fairfield Maple Spice Timberlake cabinets and vanities</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Feature II Freestanding Range and MicrowaveSatin Nickel hardware on cabinets, vanity, and owners bath </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Owners Bathroom Type E with soaking tub and alternate layout (bench) with custom tile</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Double bowl vanity in both bathrooms</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 ceiling fan rough-ins (morning room & family room)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5 prewire for ceiling lights (can easily be converted for ceiling fans through attic access)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laminate in foyer, mudroom, powder room, and dining room</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Laundry tub in basement</span></div>
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