Flooring looks amazing, almost done!

It has obviously been a while since I've posted anything, but rather than drag you through the months of work I haven't updated, I will just give an overview of where we are at now.

So..  We are all framed, all the trades have been in and out, which means new electrical, new plumbing, and new HVAC.  We have a new furnace and we got it installed and working at just the right time. We are mostly painted, although there are many touch-ups to do and a few small areas that still need some TLC.  The wood that we took out of the house and spent much of the fall planing, is now installed back in the house, stained, and currently curing the final coat of polyurethane.  It looks amazing.  (Clay is Awesome!)

 During the staining process.

This is the floor before we applied any finish coats.  I will share some pictures of the finished floor as soon as I can get back on it again.

We were hoping to have enough flooring to finish all of our spaces, but ran out before we got the two small bedrooms done. I spent some time hunting down more wood and was able to find this beautiful 5" red oak at a decent price. Clay and I were able to get it laid in both rooms in just one day. 

Bedroom 1, See those built in shelves, that used to be the door to the bathroom.

Bedroom 2, that is the opening to the open closet.

Now... I've taken some heat on this next design choice, but here it is... I painted the new wood floors white and apparently laid the wood in the "wrong direction".  Everything I read said to lay the wood parallel to the longest wall, however, both of these rooms are so tiny that I wanted to make them feel wider and brighter.

I like the results, and when they are decorated they are going to be so cute!

 We layed the tile floor in the laundry room and the bathroom and I started tiling the tub.

 

 Love this tile by Stonepeak called Palazzo.  Perfect for this little laundry room.

A little hard to tell, but these are 1" hexagons.  This is what was in the original bathroom.

White subway tile and marble.  Love it!

(This is the original tub, it will get refinished when the plumbing is working again.)

When I talked to my cabinet shop at the begining of the month, they told me they couldn't install until the 28th, but I had a call from them on Friday, and they are going to be here this Tuesday, (so excited I took the day off).  I had a heck of a time finding my countertops.  I have had my heart set on soapstone.  I love it and think it is so beautiful and classic.  I have talked to several countertop installers and no one..NO ONE.. had soapstone.  However, I ran down to Salt Lake to pick up some of my tile and the show room had an indoor slab yard... and guess what.  They had a beautiful slab of soapstone that is now mine!  So, I can't wait.

Yeah... my soapstone!

This is a slab of beautiful honed Carara Marble.  This isn't my slab, but I'm getting a sister slab just like it for the island and the bathroom vanity.

Most of my lighting arrived this week.  I ordered quite of few of my fixtures online from Restoration Hardware and got them at a great price on sale.  I ordered the LED can light inserts from Costco, and they all arrived the same day.  I just need to pick up my ceiling fans and dining room light this week from a local lighting retailer.

Back in December, all of the soffit got finished and the porch looks so beautiful with the stained cedar planks on the ceiling.  So here are some photos of that project.

Porch finished with soffit wrap

Porch outside dining room

Love the contrast of white to wood.

Can't wait to share the kitchen as soon as the cabinets are installed.