I just posted this on someone else's thread but I wanted to say THANK YOU for helping me find my voice! And making progress! The granite guy came today and fixed the crack. You can't tell at all standing over it. I can see it when the sunlight is reflecting off of it, but also bc I was specifically looking for it. Anyone else would just see it as graining. Granite guy said it happened probably when the cabinet guy was hacking at the trim he had to remove bc it wasn't right. This I can live with. The cabinet guy showed up yesterday. The magnet he brought to fix door wasn't the right one. I started to show him which cabs had nails still sticking out and he said he'd check all of them. Then he said ok I'm done. I opened a cab and said the nails aren't finished, I thought you were going to finish them. He says,"Oh I didnt realize that you wanted me to do that." Really?Really? I guess he thought the splintered wood was fine? So then he says ok I'm done. I'm going to run to HD and get the magnet and be right back. Then I went to check his work. He missed cutting nails in 2 cab and didn't finish 3 others. Well...An 1 1/2 later he calls and says he got the battery but needed to go home and he'd come back tomorrow. I told him he missed more nails etc. And... he didn't come. But I do consider it a small victory he came at all. And lastly, I called the glass guy and said it was really driving me crazy everytime I look at it. He said he was going to call daltile to see if there was anything he could do, but if not, they would have to do it over bc it was their mistake. Yea! So I'll let everyone know how things turn out. I really don't expect to hear from cab guy. But, it's not the last he'll hear from me!

Okay because I tried a different look that is bolder but I personally prefer the one above. To me this new mockup just looks choppy in a different direction. My goal with the first mockup above was to get rid of some of the up and down confusion . In this new rendering I put a modern awning over the window closest to the garage. Maybe if I would have done the wood vertical on this I would like it more. On the first one I preferred the painted wood horizontal. Anyway, I'll post it for a "what not to do".

I am building and just had my black windows installed and they are beautiful. I will have silver travertine for brick work and pool. I can't decide on exterior color though,. White, light gray or a taupe as those colors are in the stone. I will have black stationary Bahamas shutters on the turret and black pool cage. Also a dark blackish gray roof tile. Look at silver travertine as they do have a brick stone as well as the pavers.

Pink Mountain, lol about my house being a prime example of needing foundation plantings! It's what we've been saying for months. We've only been here a year, got a lot of inside work done and now want to start on front. Little by little as budget allows. I'll definitely use these ideas.