Walking through: February 26, 2012

While I was in the neighbourhood shopping with my mom today, we decided to take a quick peek at this week's progress in the house. Since most of the focus had been made on the exterior these past few weeks, we weren't expecting to see much change done indoors. But it was a pretty great suprise to see our gorgeous banister in all it's glory!! I am so glad we chose to take the knee wall out because it really opens the upstairs hallway.


We had a couple styles of banister/railings to choose from, but this pick really worked in our favor. We were going for a modern chic look, and we got what we paid for. I love the detailing of the wood strip on the floor where the carpet would normally go. That extra detail really makes it look that much more spectacular. It completes the look really nicely!

I was also pretty excited to see the doors and baseboard materials waiting in the den. I have a feeling things are about to get done very quickly over the coming weeks. It's going to look ahhhhhmazing.  

Walking through - February 19, 2012

It's tile day!! We are so happy on how it turned out! We could have gone with some crazy modern tile but we wanted to keep it neutral and we are so glad we did. While keeping resale in mind, trying to find our perfect tile was quite the job. We've seen quite a few bathroom remodels that highlighted some very modern ‘fad’ tile selections and we didn't want to go that route. Call us boring, but wanted to keep it simple. With our choices, we can easily change the look of our bathrooms by giving it a fresh coat of paint or even buying a new set of towels instead of doing a total bathroom overhaul a few years down the road.

As a standard, the builder included tile in all wet areas. That was a huge bonus for us!
We now have tile in our entrance way, powder room, garage entryway, all bathrooms and upstairs laundry room. The only place we opted out of tile was the kitchen since we are having hardwood installed on a 45 degree angle through most of the main floor.

Here is a quick look at our brand new tile!

**to note: we did not upgrade the tile. All the tile included in our home was part of the standard selection**

Walking through - February 5, 2012

And just like that, the brick is on!! The big orange tarp was replaced with a big white one, but lots of progress was made on the outside facade and it's looking great! Nothing much has changed indoors, so I'll limit this to an outside post for now.