Tile and counters - or at least most of them.

I went to the house yesterday afternoon - "The Tile Guys" were tiling the master bathroom shower floor and toilet room (there must be a better name?). With the exception of the rest of the bathroom floor, all of the tile in the house is installed.

Lanai (aka screened-in porch)

Guest bath

 Pantry

Today we met with Kate at 'Concrete Solutions' to pick out the base and accent colors for the patio, plus the designs of the concrete and the patio. The 'winning' design is Royal Slate in Hilltop Tan with dark gray accent. It's better looking than it sounds. Now we have to design the design. 

After some down time (hah!) at home, we went to Custom Furniture to be sure the new bedroom furniture is ordered and to look at dining room chairs and barstools. So far we like this design for both the barstools and the dining table side chairs - simple and a good brown/black color.  Jeff wants comfy chairs for both ends of the table so they are TBD at a later date.

As if we haven't had enough designing for the day, we went to a carpet store to look at area rugs. We need three - one for the dining area, one for the living area, and one for the den. Because you can see all three from both corners of the house, they have to, at least, not clash. It's a very nice store, owned locally, and they try to use US made carpets if possible. So far we like the following:

The design of the living area and the small sample for the dining area. Trust me - they both look much better in person!

For Jeff's study we like the one below. Our furniture is black and the cabinetry is both black and natural.

Any and all are more than welcome to weigh in on our choices. We have very broad shoulders and not a lot of design sense.

When we got to the house, we were surprised to see the granite company truck. We thought our "Cabinet Guy", Guy would be there working on the dog's house under the island. Instead "The Granite/Quartz Guys" were installing the granite in the kitchen, pantry and lanai, and the quartz in the MB. They were supposed to install quartz in the guest bath, but they didn't like some marks on the edges and decided to get a new piece. How great is that??

Our good friend, Barb Clouse, who also built in Motts, had some words to live by in making choices for their house and then seeing them in place. She said that there are things she loves, things she likes, and nothing she hates, and that's really good. We're OK with the granite - don't love it and don't hate it. One of the problems with building a house in our kind of development, is that you don't get a lot of time to choose, and often you choose from such small samples. Good news again, we think it will be a good look with the subway tile.

Pantry

Master bath - the template was on top of the quartz, and we couldn't walk on the newly laid tile, so we'll all be surprised by how it looks!

The lanai counter with our original granite choice.

"The Tile Guys" also finished our bathroom floor - luckily after "The Granite/Quartz Guys" finished installing. It really does bring out the 'glow-in-the-dark' yellow walls!

Jeff and I spent the next couple of hours laying out the design of the patio. Unfortunately, it got too dark for a good photo, but it's basically trapezoidal with a curve around a tree and a sort of pointy part at the other end. You get the picture, right? Actually, that is what it is.

Our guess is that they will grout the MB tomorrow, Guy will work on the dog bed area under the center island, and who knows what else will happen. To be continued ...