Getting Close to Move In!

We plan on having the appraisal done tomorrow, Monday, and closing by the end of the week. The only things left are the glass for the kitchen cabinet doors, mirrors in the Master bath, and the shower door for the master bath. Here are some of the picts:

Master shower- I am so proud with how this turned out.

Master bedroom

Addison's side of the jack-n-jill bath

The cook top

The kid's nook in the entry from the garage

We cooked dinner out at the house tonight. It was fun. I decorated the Christmas tree, with Addison's help! Talk about giving up some control! There are a few ornaments just stuck in the tree! We have moved some stuff out there already and are so ready to be out there permanently!

Green and Brown and Purple! Oh My!

The past few days have been a lot about colors. (I don't know why the underlining is here) Last night Addison and I went into Little Rock. Gigi, my sister-in-law, met us at Bed Bath & Beyond. We looked at shower curtains and bedspreads. I am so overwhelmed and under decided! We ate dinner at the Purple Cow and we all enjoyed the purple milkshake!





At first she wasn't to excited about sharing and would say "Put it down, Mommy!" when I would take a drink. Then when we put 2 straws in there, she wanted me to drink every time she did...so I did!
When she first tasted it she wouldn't stop drinking. We were afraid she would get a brain freeze. Yesterday morning, Addison and I went to Sherwin Williams and bought several paint samples. So today we packed our picnic basket and took lunch to the house. Grant was already out there. After we ate, Addison and I began putting sample colors in different rooms. This is brown in our Master. It may be too dark...
This green is in the kitchen. Addison said she made a caterpillar! May do this in the bathroom instead... We are using a neutral gold tone in most of the house, a red in the dining room, lime green in Addison's bathroom, and turquoise in Addison's room.
This is the completed mantel and my little painter wanting to paint some more. I think I am happy with the mantel. We were a little disappointed with how some of our trim turned out. It was our fault because we didn't communicate what we wanted very well. We then felt awkward about saying something to the man. The guys that we should've used came by today and are going to redo some of it. Now I see how budgets are blown! They are also going to do do the hearth like I wanted (using a different material) but was told it couldn't be done, our painting, and probably the tile. I really want a tile shower...we will see!

You've come a long way baby! Especially this month

I intended this post to be about the house, but I had to post this picture! She loves her babies! And no, none of the babies have on clothes-go figure!

Guess I should've gone in reverse order, but I wanted to show how the house has progressed. This was taken of the great room 9/26. I am so proud of the hearth. I found a picture I liked and our wonderful framers built it! Grant and I like different and custom things!
Roof on, windows in and framing complete! Taken 9/12.
Framing begins..8/28. Our framers were incredible to watch. Of course, we couldn't understand them, but they worked so well together and worked fast which we really liked!
This is the safe room/Grant's closet. Thanks to my friend Kristi who suggested this. They are expensive to build, but you will do whatever to protect your baby! We followed FEMA specifications so hopefully we will get some money back on it.
Foundation poured finally and the rebar (not sure how to spell that) was drilled into place where the safe room would be built. This was taken on 8/26. Please note the framing progress 2 days later.

So it has come along way in the past month! We are proud of the progress!

My dilemma

I really think I obsess about things too much. My current dilemma is a perfect example. I have to make a decision on our lighting soon! I had lighting for the kitchen picked out, but then I began over analyzing. So, I need opinions please! We are using a medium to dark cherry stain on the cabinets, a black stain on the island, stainless steel appliances, and black hardware (to pull the black stain from the island). We are using the oil rubbed bronzed hardware throughout the rest of the house (door knobs, plumbing, and light fixtures) The lighting for the kitchen I picked out has the oil rubbed bronze finish. So is this going to clash with the stainless? I don't think I want to go with a nickel finish, but I can't really find a black finish either that doesn't look like it belongs in farm house! The kitchen will have light over the island and 3 mini pendents over the bar. Please give me your opinion!