Oh the frustration...

So the missing shelves in the shower ... apparently our rep from Rite Rug is saying we declined getting them.  Which I know to be inaccurate because the main gripe I have about my current shower is lack of shelving for all our "products" ... so there is NO WAY I would ever say "forget it, don't even give me the shelf that is suppose to be standard!" especially when at one point we were debating between buying an extra 2 but then decided 3 shelves in that size shower may be overkill... and just decided to buy 1 extra, giving us 2 shelves.  So now we have 0!  And guess what, I'm sure we weren't given any kind of credit for the "included" shelf we didn't receive.  Ugh, I'm so irritated about this because now we will have to find someone to come and install some shelves for us after we close..
The moral to my venting is ... when you are asking for "non standards" make sure you keep a list of everything you are asking for, even the little stuff like shower shelves, and prior to signing anything double check your list.  Since you get answers about each item at different times, from different people, it gets hard to keep track of everything you asked for.  I will say though, our rep with Ryan Homes did excellent in keeping track of our requests and following up with our MANY requests!  Ok, I am done venting.

On another note, the remainder of our carpet is suppose to be installed, back splash fixed, and painting done this Thursday!  Which means Thursday night we will head over to check things out so hopefully I will have more pictures to post....

Complete Stone ✔, Backsplash ???

All the stonework is complete!!  It turned out great!  

And the backsplash updated pics ..... from afar it looks good ... up close that's another story.  When you start looking closely you can tell the installers were definitely not meticulous about their work.  There is some unevenness, some chipped tiles (from when they cut them) that were still installed, and it wasn't taken all he way to the cabinets because they apparently didn't want to take the time to cut more tile.  The husband is going to talk to our PM about this so hopefully it will be fixed quickly.   

you can see the pencil line where it should have been taken to......

Kitchen Backsplash

Just got back from our weekend trip to the house and the backsplash isn't complete yet but here is a look at what is up so far. Not much else to report other then the carpet was put down on the main level and upstairs so the basement is all that is left for that!  Looks like this coming week and beginning of next a lot of the odds and ends will be completed...

Nearing the finish line ...

We went over to the house last night and they have all the wood flooring down!  It's covered so I won't be able to take a picture to post, though, till after it's done I guess.  The back splash on the bar/kitchenette and kitchen have been started, we're hoping they will finish with it today so when we go over this weekend we can take some pics!  I am so in love with our choices, the kitchen looks fabulous!  In my opinion at least, lol.

So let's see, what is left ...

• put carpeting down in bedrooms, theater room, playroom, & offices
• put fixtures in powder room
• paint
• finish back splash tile work
• replace some interior doors and door hardware
• stain stairway and railings
• replace foyer window
• complete stonework on the exterior
• install utility sink
• complete coffered ceiling
• change out master granite
• clean

I think that is about it.  They were suppose to be complete next Friday (Feb 28) but it kinds seems to me it won't be till maybe the beginning part of the following week ... which is fine since it looks like we won't be closing till mid March, hopefully the 14th or 17th!

Here are a few more pics my husband took over the past week or so when he has gone over ... like I said he is OBSESSED!!  lol

Master bath progress pics....

Shower wall that will have shower head

of course there will be more of the white tile above the mosaic band

more of the mosaic band

the granite is incorrect, that will be changed this week

And, we have stone & electricity!!!!!

We went over to the house last night since we knew the lights and heat had been turned on in the house.  It was so nice finally getting to see it under normal lighting and not having to deal with the propane heater smell!  Looks like they should be finishing up the stone either today or tomorrow, it is coming along so nice.... I love how it is coming together!!  

As for the inside, our granite was installed!!  It looks so nice and I am so happy with the color choices and the sink looks awesome.  I plan to swap out the faucet ... I want a higher one which wasn't an option through Ryan and I figure we already pushed our limits with the "non-standard" requests and this is something that is easily changed out .... I hope.  I can't wait for our pendants to go up and complete the look in the kitchen... unfortunately I'll have to though since that is an "after we close" project.  The tile work in our bathroom is about halfway done although I figure I'll wait to post the pic of that till it's closer to being done so it can all be seen together... but I am very happy with our tile choices!!!

I Knew I wouldn't like the faucet but I plan to upgrade that after we close - BUT I LOVE the sink & Granite!!

My husband is obsessed!!!

My husband couldn't wait for our weekend drive over to the house, I actually think he goes over every other day, so he went over yesterday morning and then "twisted my arm" to go over last evening to take a peak.  While over there our NEW project manager stopped by to talk to us ... we were definitely caught off guard as we had NO clue our other project manager was leaving..  Since the ground breaking I think we had talked to our old project manager a total of maybe 3 times TOPS, and one of those being via e-mail and the other being the pre-construction meeting and not sure when then 3rd would have been so maybe just 2??!!  Notice, I didn't even add the pre-drywall meeting in there, yeah, that's because he couldn't make it that day (the day he pushed to schedule it for, I might add), instead we had his assistant.  So needless to say, we aren't that torn up about getting a new guy who would like to schedule weekly IN PERSON meetings with us at the house just to make sure everything is being done correctly and to our specifications!  He seemed very nice and involved in his projects so hopefully it will be a smooth transition and the completion date will remain the same.  He did mention though needing to change the way our coffers are laid out in the family room.  He discussed it briefly with us but as it was getting dark and we had our 2 little ones with us we still left with a few questions so he is going to touch base with the Mr. today to discuss it.

The basement wet bar cabinets were slated to be put in this am and as long as that happened, Troy Granite was slated to go out this afternoon to template for the granite.  I dropped my kitchen sink off to them yesterday, hopefully the color we picked will go well with the granite..  I guess we soon shall see...

We also noticed our stone has been delivered to the house so hopefully that will go on next week.  I wanted to open a box to take a peak but it was too darn cold out (0 and below temps here in western pa lately!brrrr!).  I can't wait to see how it comes together with the brick.  

UPDATE:  the 2 leaks we had seen before the drywall was hung were addressed and the "old" PM was aware of them and correcting the issue prior to me bringing them up to him so that was at least good.  

Our HUGE angle free island!!

kitchen view from the family room

dining room shadow boxing