Framing Done, Next: Uh oh!

The framers left about an hour ago and it's really cool to walk into the room. We can't go upstairs yet because the stairs are not in yet. The staircase, the front entry, and the electrician come next week...oh, look who is here, a large truck delivering the shingles, I'll be right back, I have to move my car!

I'm back.

The next stage should be interesting. While I expect the front entry to take 1-3 days of real inconvenience, when the kitchen wall is knocked down to greet the new family room, the builders will come through and begin gutting two of the main bathrooms. 

Meanwhile, I picked most of the lighting, 
This is the front door and mudroom door selection and the second is the main bathroom selection: 

http://lights.builderslightingllc.com/search_individual_result.asp?current=512250&page=9

 http://lights.builderslightingllc.com/search_individual_result.asp?current=572616&page=9

I still have to pick a ceiling fan for the new family room and the paint colors are..well, they were selected until I looked at them this morning in the light of a different room. (sigh)

Plan on Rainy Days

The crew isn't coming today. The forecast declared that. But it's okay cause...

I can still plan!

It's amazing when you can actually walk the architectural plans that you've been drooling over and living within in your head.

So I can put on my rain hat and measure and plan for:

key hooks, mail storage
mudroom coat closet organization:
storage room organization: http://lookiewhatidid.blogspot.ca/2013/06/a-well-organized-utility-closet.html
furniture placement
Kid toy bin

I've found some great websites and of course Houzz and Pinterest help!

Key Hooks/Mail

When carrying in backpacks, groceries, laptop bags, and other daily luggage, the keys and the mail are the first items that I need to be able to quickly put in a place where they'll be found when I need them. I can't tell you the endless amount of times that my keys, despite currenly (in the present house scheme) having a designated hook, end up on a kitchen counter, or on the island, or on a hook under a baseball cap.

Upon entering the mudroom there is a 24-30 inch space of wall. So I will buy (probably from Target or World Market) or make (depending on my DIY energy) a narrow but long rack on which to put keys and mail.

Mudroom Coat Closet Organization

We are a family of eight. Having all of our winter gear mixed up in one bin doesn't work. Been there, done that. So I need eight cubbies (two columns of four) in the middle of the 6' long coat closet with space for coats on either side and shoes at the bottom. This idea may shift depending on the measurements due to the fact that I need room for 2-3 coats per person. (similar to picture)

I don't have enough of a corner area in the mudroom to place a ball bin, however the mud porch has an overhang so I may just use a large plastic bin  with a top, to sit outside the mudroom door.

Some pins on my boards that I'm getting ideas from:
http://www.pinterest.com/tinacwebb/2014-reno-mudroom/

http://www.pinterest.com/tinacwebb/let-s-do-it/

I may make on a smaller scale
for all of the keys.

I like this too,
especially the names
above each hook. #mustdo

I've been saving my Altoids and
Trader Joes Green Tea mint containers.

end of last week

The 2nd story may be finished by the end of this week if the rain goes away.

Colors, Floors, and Faucets

In early December, my builder took me on a four hour dream: selecting finishes! I had actually gone to the flooring store a few days before because
1) it's always good to look at your potential flooring in the room it will be placed and look at the lighting hitting it at various times during the day and evening.
2) It takes me awhile to make a decision

I had gotten paint color samples for each room and I wanted to also look at those pairings.

These are not exact duplicates of what my final decisions were (some are) but most are pretty darn close!

Decking: 

http://www.pinterest.com/pin/140667188337375694/

Color: Island Mist

Master Bath Floor: The actual ceramic tile is a tad more stone grey than this.

Powder Room Vanity: Stain will be a dark cherry

New Front Entry: the bottoms of the columns will be stone of grey hues and the windows around the six panel door will be bigger. The mudroom entry (mud porch) will get the same columns. The door will be black. (Picture to come!)

Wall Colors: This is the general palette. I'm going with the grey tones. We are using Sherwin Williams

Family Room Addition, Kitchen and Entry Room Flooring: Engineered Hardwood. This picture is quite similar, except our selection has a bit more character (dark grain strands). Called Country French

Check out my PInterest Boards on the left column of this blog or my Houzz page (http://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/7918115/thumbs/webbfam8s-ideas)  for where I am getting my inspiration from. 

Follow me on Pinterest:
http://www.pinterest.com/tinacwebb/

The Plans

Showing the plans might be a good idea, huh?
Yeppers, just dawned on me.

Here they go. Done by a friend of the family.

Meanwhile it's a cold morning for this part of the country. Not sure if the framers are going to start this morning after all. C'est la vie!

Four months later....

If you could see me through this screen, then you'd see my head swollen from the number of times I hit it on my desk in frustration. 

I don't love paperwork
or delays.

But that is what renovation life is like and guess what, Happy New Year! It's 2015...do you see the date of my last post? September...yeah, right.

But waiting gives us the opportunity to grow the muscle named Patience, so c'est la vie.

Before Christmas, excavation finally happened, as did the footings and foundation. The framing begins tomorrow. Whew! Finally.

Meanwhile I had the homeowner's dream day when my builder took me around to pick:
flooring
bathroom hardware, toilet and sinks
vanities

And I have the paint colors picked, I'm 90% sure in the granite top for the new island and I just need to pick out ceiling fans and other lighting. 

Our wonderful builder said they will begin tomorrow and work non-stop until March. But I've watched enough HGTV shows to know that the weather can extend the timeline. I'm mentally prepared for this factor.

In my next post I'll show you some of the interior selections but feel free to go over to my Pinterest Boards and check out the smorgasbord of ideas that I have had.

Thanks for visiting!