Kitchen Pictures

It's been a couple of weeks since we moved in. We are loving our new home and have been very busy getting settled in. Hoping to have more pictures posted this weekend. And here is the Pièce de résistance - The Kitchen!

One and Half Weeks Until Move In

    Our contractor, Home Services Direct, has really been pushing the project along!!  Brief summary since the last post.

 Wood floors were installed & finished and will be polished/buffed prior to move in. 

Work has started on the interior doors and trim. The kitchen cabinets are almost all installed and the stone fabricator measured for the marble tops today and will be installing them on Friday.  Here are pictures of some of the progress:

 To ensure the project would be completed in time, Home Services Direct drove down to Kentucky, met the cabinet manufacturer and brought the cabinets back to Chicago on a Sunday for next day install.

The floors were covered for protection before I had a chance to take pictures, but here you can see the color of the wood.

Picture of the tile flooring in the master bathroom.  This will also be the floor tile in the guest bathroom.  It is a hexagon marble mosaic.  Gina likes it a lot.

Wood Floors Started Today - T Minus 3 Weeks Until Move In

Alot has been going on over the last week.  Tough to take good pictures when it is dark outside (not many wired lights in the house yet).  They finished the drywall and the walls have been primed.  Wood floors started today and are just about complete. The small bedroom and the stairs are all that is left.  They will start sanding them down tomorrow and hopefully start with the first layer of finish on them tomorrow as well.  Less than 3 weeks left until move in date.  Hopefully everything stays on schedule.   

View from front door

View from SE corner.

Dining area looking into kitchen

Kitchen & Powder Room

Powder Room looking into Kitchen

Stair landing looking at 2nd floor hallway

Looking into master bedroom

Master bathroom looking into master bedroom

Looking into Bedroom #2 and Bedroom #3

Here is a picture from today showing two different mockups the contractor did.  We are going with the color on the right, it is a Dark Walnut

Kitchen Countertops

Last night we picked out the marble slabs that will be used for the counter tops in the kitchen and master bath. It was so much fun looking all the beautiful stone, and in the end we decided to go with the Montclair Nuvolato Marble with a luster finish. It will give us the look of Carrara Marble, but is a much denser stone and doesn't scratch and stain like other marbles. Also, it is a domestic stone from Vermont, so it was MUCH cheaper than the Italian Marbles I had been dreaming about. So a WIN WIN - Cheaper and more durable! SUPER excited to see the end result!

Drywall Hung, Ready for Finishes

There has been a lot of progress in the last week.  The entire house was drywalled in just 2 days and we are starting to get a better feel for the rooms and what they will look like.  This upcoming week will involve drywall tapping and finishing, prime & paint of walls and storing the wood floor onsite to acclimate to the conditions inside.  Also, the front and back door should be installed at some point this week.  We are still hoping that we will be moving in before then end of February, even though there is still a lot of work to be done.

Standing at front door looking at dining area.

Standing at front door looking at dining area, kitchen and stairs to second floor.

Standing at front door looking upstairs.  

Standing in SW corner of living room looking towards kitchen.

Standing in SW corner of living room looking towards stairs.

Standing in kitchen looking towards living room.

North side of kitchen.  Exhaust vent to roof.

Washer, dryer  area and tankless water heater in powder room.  All of this will be in a cabinet.

Powder room

Standing in SE corner looking towards living room and front door.

Standing in SE corner looking towards living room and front door.

Standing at front door looking towards living room.

Standing at stair landing looking downstairs.

Ceiling above stairs

Second floor hallway viewfrom stairs.

Hallway looking into Bedroom #3

Hallway looking into Bedroom #2

Looking into guest bathroom.

Bedroom #3 closet

Bedroom #2 closet

In Hallway looking into Master Bedroom.  Big closet on the left (for Gina), smaller closet on right (for Andy).

Andy's closet

 Gina's closet.  It is alot bigger than it looks in this picture. 

Master Bedroom

Standing in Master Bedroom looking into Master Bathroom 

 Standing into Master Bathroom looking into Master Bedroom. 

Master Bathroom Vanity Area

Master Bathroom Linen Closet 

 Master Bathroom Shower

 Master Bathroom Shower Bench and Toilet

 Standing in Shower looking towards Master Bathroom Entry

  Back deck.  Hopefully all of that trash is gone next week so I can take a picture of the whole thing.