Through the past few months I haven’t slept much. Who knows maybe I’m being prepared for motherhood! You are constantly thinking about what you need to do or what you should have done. I’m mentally exhausted, but at the same time I get so much joy in seeing our vision come to life. Don says I’m nitpicky and I guess that I am. I pay way too much attention to every detail. I wish that I didn’t it gets really annoying but your house is a big deal. I have tried to sit back and relax and let it come together, but that’s very hard for me to do. As far as building on your marriage, the only testing times have been when the budget was involved 🙂 We have done an awesome job at sticking to it other than a couple of minor expenses. It’s very easy to go crazy and want to have everything upgraded and finished out, but those extra hundreds can add up and most projects can be done later. I’m very fortunate to have a husband that is pretty laid-back and has let me take ideas and run with them. (as long as we stay in budget!) I think it would be a lot harder having two people very opinionated on what they want. We each had a few things that were important to us, so we tried to compromise as much as possible! We are coming up on our 1 year anniversary next month, and the greatest gift we could receive is moving into our new house!
The porches are now dashing with their Gettysburg Gray! That paint and brick were just made for each other. All that is left on the outside is a little touch up paint, shutters and the garage! Oh… and bring in a lot of dirt & hopefully some grass 🙂
1st Coat of interior paint is up!
We lightened up the Adley Gray to 75% and I love it! It is the perfect mix of beige and gray! Since our floors with be the dark wood finish throughout, I wanted the walls to be light and airy. We did decide to use the LVT “wood” floors everywhere including the bathrooms! All of our trim will match our white cabinets so I think it’s going to look great!
This is the Olympus White in the Study & Laundry Room! It has a hint of blue and it’s neat to see how it changes throughout the day. It’s so soft and soothing!
The electrician has been busy putting plugs and switches in! I can’t wait to have some light!
I ordered all of the bathroom mirrors! I found the best mirrors in such a variety of sizes and styles at Kirkland’s! I would have never thought to look there. Luckily my best friend, Stephanie just built a house a few months ago and gave me the tip! I bought a cute pine wood finished mirror for fun to change up one of the guest baths! They should be in next week!
For trim around the doors and baseboards we are going super clean and classic. Speaking of doors they should be here any day!
Of course I picked out the most expensive granite you can find, so we are on the hunt for something different. We are looking at the Giallo Ornamental as close to white as possible. The search continues….
The Stacked Stone for the fireplace was delivered this week and the masons should start this weekend!
Next week we should see some big changes! Until then!
Simply Southern 