Set Backs

They are frustrating.

And no one wants to have them during a build.

Especially not the ones who are doing the building.

It rained down south and snowed at home yesterday.

Weather is the WORST thing to cause a set back.

Well... that, and not having the kind of flooring you want.

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We met with the kitchen designer yesterday.

She will be forwarding her design to us later in the week.

I have a feeling there will be changes made.

Especially since we are still debating on flooring.

Weigh in on this, won't you?

Here are a couple flooring colors we are looking at choosing.



 

We would like wood throughout the first floor.

The second floor is only the FROG and will be carpeted.

Maybe you would not choose wood.

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What does your dream flooring look like?

{My}Curious mind wants to know.

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be blessed!

t

Clearing The Land

Let me start by saying I feel good about sharing things about the house with you, now.
We met with the builder on Friday when we went and saw this...



We left for a while, and came back to our meeting to find it staked out.

They will probably begin pouring cement this week if the permits come back by Wednesday and the weather holds out.

Next to our lot is one that hasn't been cleared away yet. That will be done this week, along with the digging out of the drainage area. The small trees that you can see in the back of our lot, will also be cleared away in order to ensure no issues with the septic tank.

We found out there are a lot of snakes in North Carolina; including copperheads, timber rattlesnakes, cotton mouths, and coral snakes. (It should make for an interesting first summer there!)

Thank you for coming along on this journey we are taking! I appreciate everyone's feedback, and we couldn't be more thrilled.

be blessed!

t

"The ornaments of our house will be the guests who frequent it." author unknown

I got the email yesterday afternoon that they had cleared the lot, and were going to stake out the land today. I hemmed and hawed about driving down to catch a photo before anything occured on the land. Finally when I decided, we had just an hour to get down to catch any last glimpse of sunlight we could.

Then... we got stuck in traffic, so I turned around. I knew that I wasn't going to catch anything.

As disappointed as I was last night, I know everything happens for a reason.

And if you know me at all, I whole heartedly believe that. Those aren't just words that I speak.

Instead of giving you a "beginning" shot, here is what our plat looks like.
 

I was "schooled" on the difference between plot and plat when I started to work for the high-end irrigation company. {sorry MOV for stealing that from you.} Don't ask... to me it's the same thing.

Unless staking occured early this morning, I would say it didn't occur at all. Our friend, Mr. Inclimate Weather, showed up today.

Does it look like a good placement?
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We are still in search of colors; nailing the interior down to one, for now, is harder than I thought. Cousin LEW has me swayed towards the greys. {Thank you for your input!} I have been using Houzz.com and Pinterest to view sample colors. You may find alot of "wall colors" on my board soon, as soon as I can link them up.
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Last, but not least, THANK YOU for all of your support through all of this. I know you have other things to do besides read my blog, and message me on facebook. Your input and ideas are fantastic, and are truly appreciated!

be blessed!

t

Pizza Love

A couple weekends ago, my darling husband made us the homemade pizza that he often does. He makes the dough from scratch using our Kitchen aid mixer he bought me for my birthday.

On this particular day, however, whilst throwing the dough in the air, like a real pizza-pie-man, it slipped away from him, and he caught it in his arms against his shirt. Below is the image that was left imprinted by the flour on his shirt.






My pizza was made with the shrimp that he had picked up for me earlier in the week. He cooked them up for some shrimp and pesto pizza for us. {I really don't like red sauce.}




Doesn't it look delish?! It is probably my favorite because it is made with Pizza Love.

What is your favorite pizza? Do you make homemade pizza? We are always looking for new ideas, so leave me a note if you have a favorite!

be blessed,

t

Final Price: Arms & Legs Still Attached

Yesterday, I posted, here, a photo of the look that I was possibly wanting to do in our master suite's bathroom. I told you that the mirror was on sale at Home Depot for only $60!! {That price was on sale from Thanksgiving weekend when they were a low $100 each} We did not pick them up Thursday when we were there.

After I dropped O off at a birthday party last night, I ran to HD to get some paint samples and check out their shower/tubs.

I happened to walk by where the mirrors were, {okay, face it, I was checking dimensions of the mirrors to see if they would even fit} and low and behold...

THEY WERE ON SALE FOR $25 EACH!!!

It's 79" X 33 1/2".

And regardless if it fits exactly where I am wanting it to go, it was such a steal, I couldn't pass it up. It may go in the walk-in closet.

At least one purchase for the new home will leave us with our limbs still attached.

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Have a great weekend!

be blessed

t

Nothing a long hot soak couldn't cure

Boyd Residence in Completed Projects

That's the kind of bathtub I would like to have.

(I will beg for forgiveness for no photo credit because there was none given. I hope a link to the site, is sufficient.)

As I said in this post, we have made a lot of changes to the floor plans.
This means our bathroom design has changed.
It isn't just our bathroom.
It is also our walk-in closet area.
It's approximately 15x11ish.
And with so many ideas out there pinned to Pinterest, it's really hard to decide what to go with and stay on budget at the same time.
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photo credit: Lori Shaffer



I love the placement of the vanities along with the long mirror, which we found at Home Depot yesterday.

I am pretty sure that the shower, however, is not in our budget. (The mirror was only $60!!)

And because there will probably only be one window in the bathroom, I think this would lend to enlongating the space.

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photo credit: Sherry Petersik

This little water-closet would be perfect for what we are trying to accomplish by separating the "toilet" area from the rest of the bathroom.

Who wants to be relaxing in the bath and have your significant other come do an unmentionable in the same area as you?

(Yes, there will be other bathrooms in the house. But you catch my drift, don't you?)

So a loo and a basin; it's what I am going for.

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photo credit: Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn



We are throwing around just adding a half wall with no door. Personally I think this would leave our space open.

I really am not too keen on having closed off spaces.

I'm a little claustrophobic like that.

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I am accepting bathroom blueprints if you want to have a go at it.

Who knows... maybe we will use some of your ideas.

 

Enjoy your weekend! (It's 79 here, and supposed to get down to 34 by morning)

 

be blessed,

 

t