Just a quick update .....

Well it's almost time ... we are only a few days away from closing!  Closing is scheduled for Wednesday morning as of right now so hopefully nothing will change to delay that.  Since we are using an outside mortgage & title company we're hoping we get the keys Wednesday.  If we do we will use that evening to paint the kiddos rooms and the playroom and then we have Thursday set as MOVING DAY!!  Boxes are packed ... well most at least, movers are scheduled, bedroom lighting is purchased, & appliances are ordered!  We went over to the house this weekend and everything is looking good ... no pictures to post though, not really anything new to show and the house hadn't been cleaned yet so I figured I'd old off on those till closing day and take some "Before" pics to post.  I guess that is about all for now ... I will try to post the "Before" pics by the weekend...

Paint has started ... again ...

Well after painting a majority of the house in the standard Ryan Homes yellowish cream in error, the painters have started the painting again, in the correct color!  I love how the paint color makes the white molding and trim "pop".  The remainder of the carpet was also finally installed......

Playroom - can't really tell but the carpet is a blueish gray

Media Room - lighting rough ins on wall are for sconces

The coffers finished!!! -- and my munchkins loving the house and getting into things .....

Close Up!!

And our paint color.....

master bath painted & with the correct granite installed :)

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