Saturday, January 26, 2013

Belated blog....we're in!!!

This is a much overdue update.  We moved in the week before Christmas.  Everything has been a whirlwind until now.  Things are finally settling down and we are completely moved in.  We are still waiting for some furniture that we have ordered, but have almost every room unpacked.  We're trying to work on cabinets/desk for the office.  Hopefully we can get all of that ordered soon.  Here are some updated pics now that we are moved in.  I put a lot on here so you can get the full effect.  There is always an open invitation for anyone that wants to come visit.  We have more than enough room.  We hope to have a big open house soon!!

 Looking out the master bedroom window.
 Barnwood with reading lights.
 Antique vanity and hutch with walk in shower and antique claw foot tub.
 Kirk can catch up on the games while in the shower.
 Walk in closet in master.
 Curved railing in the great room.
 See through fireplace in great room/Kirk's office.  Handmade mantel by Jesse Benedict.
 View of the great room from the dining room.  Patiently waiting for our slate gray leather couch to arrive.
 Dining room with the outside porch/outside fireplace place in the background.  We found a dining room table that has been in Kirk's family for years that needs to be stripped and brought back to it's original beauty.  We hope to start working on it soon!
 View of the kitchen from the dining room.
 Outside porch with wood burning fireplace.
 Kitchen with built in table in island/
 Kirk made me the chalkboard for our kitchen.
 View of the kitchen from the foyer hallway.
 Custom made butcher block top by Jesse Benedict.  All it has is a coating of beeswax.  Beautiful!
 Mudroom.
 Barn door that closes off mudroom from kitchen.  Barn door made by Jesse Benedict.
 Doggie shower, already has been put to good use!
 Powder room, vanity made by Jesse Benedict.
 Powder room
 Staircase leading to downstairs entertaining area.
 Barn wood on foyer wall.
 View from great room, looking at foyer.
 Our new area rug arrived...now we just need our furniture to get here!
 Kaleb's room with his one of a kind blue hardwood flooring.
 Kaleb's room shares a loft with the other kids' room.  No access yet, but will have it someday.
 Kaleb's bathroom.
 Kaleb's shower.
 Future kids' bathroom, right now just an extra bathroom.
 Stairwell with antique barn wood.
 These pictures don't do the barn wood justice.
 One of my favorite aspects of the house.
 Media room downstairs...minus furniture. 
 Other side of media room.  Hopefully we will have a bar someday.  The door leads to Kirk's gun room.
 Kaleb's play room.  He loves it!
 Downstairs powder room.
 Guest bathroom.
 Guestroom.
 Downstairs fireplace with handmade mantel.
 Guest shower.
 The bread and butter of the house...the theater room.
 Hopefully our power recliners will be here before the Superbowl.
 View of the curved opening/railing.
 Kitchen.
Another view of the master.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

No move in yet...maybe next weekend??

 Custom powder room vanity made by Jesse Benedict, our builder

 Our bedroom furniture has arrived!
 Our shower door finally came and was installed this week. 
 Shower door installed by Foster & Sons Contracting.
 Back deck...trex composite decking and trex railing
 Screened porch (my father-in-laws future deerstand...or so he thinks!)
 Stone on the outside of kids' bathroom/bedrooms.
 Stone on outside of Kaleb's room and master bathroom.  White door is access to maintenance room.
 Stone on back of house
 Stone on guest bedroom.
 They finished the stone on the chimney for the wood burning fireplace.


Unfortunately, we haven't moved in yet.  The inspector is scheduled to come this Thursday, the 13th.  Then hopefully we can move in next weekend.  We are definitely starting to get impatient to move into our beautiful home!