The rain has found it's way back to the hills of Lynchburg. Blah and blah! However, the masons completed the rock fascia on the exterior of the house (covering the foundation block and the exterior of our chimney) last week just as the drizzle resumed. The focal point of both the exterior and interior of the house is the chimney, and the exterior looks gorgeous! The interior chimney rock fascia and hearth cannot be completed until the 'guts' of the chimney and fireplace are installed. We are not quite to that point yet. They have also progressed on the siding and exterior window trim on the house, which like the siding is a fiber-cement material. The siding and roof are complete on the garage. I might just gather Julie Andrews and the whole Von Trapp gang and frolic on the hills if/when they ever get the metal roof on the whole house. Doe a deer a female deer, ray a drop of golden sun... Oh, pardon me. Sometimes I get a bit carried away.
The clouds parted and a beam of light streamed down onto this chimney. That is just how spectacular it is. Or, maybe it was just a coincidence.
A closer look at my rack...oops...I mean rock.
A picture perfect window.
To ensure no leakage, all seams on the siding have been caulked.
Last week we had quite a productive day making more cabinet decisions. Henry's Cabinets created computer-generated layouts of our cabinets and cabinet door samples of the colors and styles we chose. Noel picked up the samples, and we had a night to rethink our color and style choices before meeting with the cabinet maker the next day to make some changes. An interior designer I am not. (Just in case anyone had their doubts.) The layout only required minimal tweaking, thankfully. Note: when building a house, get as many samples of materials as possible. Anything can look good when it's a 3"x3" sample. It's far different when it's an entire cabinet door. Hopefully, we've made much better choices this time.
We have tile on the brain. We have decided (unless we change our minds of course...ha!) to use vinyl tile in the utility room as opposed to porcelain tile. The cost savings is HUGE, and vinyl tile is durable and surprisingly looks very nice. In several years, we can rip it up and lay porcelain tile ourselves if we feel froggy. The master bathroom is the biggest tile decision we have to make.
What's up next?! Hopefully, completing that roof and insulating the house. (The windows are already wrapped on the interior anxiously awaiting the arrival of the foam insulation.)
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