More updates in new house
Sueb20
5 years ago
Painting is continuing at new house, and builder has been doing a few small projects. Powder room also in progress.
Old powder room.
Can’t see the floor but it was just 12” beige tiles. New floor is laid:
And new fixtures are on the way. Sink will be smaller but same style as shown.
And builder is adding bead board under existing chair rail, and adding molding to chair rail.
Turning weird shallow closet in dining room into a wine-glass/liquor closet:
He is beefing up the built-ins in the living room:
Before:
In progress:
Turning another weird little closet, in the stairway, into built-in shelving.
And the painters have been busy...
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Sueb20
5 years agoCouple more:
The painters haven’t reached the first floor yet, where the PO’s color choices were most horrendous, but will be finishing within the next few days.I have to say, it feels so luxurious to have work done on my house when I don’t have to be living there! I just pop over every day to see what’s happening, then go back to my clean house....
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5 years agoBTW the pink room is my office. I am not a girly girl. but for some reason I just had to have a pink office. My desk is black...got it already from PB when it was on sale.
And my rug has a bit of black in it, too.
The next piece of my office puzzle is finding a quilt for the twin bed that will be in the corner of the room (will be an extra bed for guests when needed).
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5 years agoSueb20
5 years agoThe painting continues...
foyer into sitting room and living room
Dining room in background isn’t painted yet.
Hall/foyer: Healing Aloe.
Sitting room (foreground) is Smokey Taupe and living room adjacent is Cedar Key.
In the dining room, they’ve stripped the terrible brownish-gray stain from the mantel. The rest of the trim and wainscoting is being painted white.
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