Days 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, and 57 - Deliveries, Lot Grading, Painting

Sorry for the sporadic updates!  I've had a lot going on lately.  Some very exciting yet badly timed news is that I will be traveling to Poland for work soon for 5 weeks!  It was shocking news, to say the least.  But it's also a little disappointing.  I won't get to spend any time in my new home before I leave. 

So onto the house progress.  We've made some big strides but I'm beginning to worry it wont be finished on time, at least not at the quality I expect.  There is still so much to do!

First, maybe second coat of white paint

Not sure if you can see it here, but we have a pattern ceiling :(

Our hardwoods went in this week!

We got lots of deliveries

I can't believe the number of doors we'll have LOL!

The brick is all finished

Some more rough grading - it still SUCKS!

Flooring - Example Photos

I'm obsessed!! Just dreaming about our flooring :)

Upgraded Padding

Initially when we made our flooring selection I convinced myself that I wanted to upgrade the carpet padding in the basement and the upper floor (the main floor will have no carpeting) but I'm starting to reconsider.  Perhaps it's not needed?  We didn't upgrade to the fullest padding - we went with the 8lb admiral.  The included is 5lb.  How many of you wonderful blogger pals upgraded your padding?  What were your reasons?  If your build is done, do you regret your decision?
 

I'm beginning to feel so wishwashy!  I'm just trying to squeeze things into the budget or out of it lol.  I'm wondering how many change orders are too many?  Our SR hates me, I just know it!  :(

Where's the off switch? :-S

I am currently following quite a few fellow Ryan Homes blogs and I just love reading everyone's updates and selections, ups and downs, and experiences.  I absolutely LOVE the photos.

But I wonder - am I going to regret the items I passed on because of budget?  I hope not.  I know we all have our own priority list but (and this is hard to admit) I sometimes feel jealous! Oh my gosh, I wish we had an unlimited budget!  LOL!!  I wish that we could afford the hardwood floors!  I wish we could afford to upgrade owner's bath, the bathroom cabinets, the faucets, the lighting, and I could go on and on and on!  But, wow, we've already added quite a bit but you look at it and say only $150 more to upgrade blah and blah.  It adds up and fast!

I would have never imagined it would be this difficult to make these types of decisions before this process started.  There's so much to consider when making selections.  And even now that most of our selections are done I still can't stop second guessing and wanting to change things!  Oye, where's the off switch?!

 


~Update 13-APR-13~
I managed to distance myself for a few days because I started getting on my own nerves.  I'm becoming obsessive!  LOL.  I'm a dweller... I'm dwelling!

Samples - Wow, I'm spending how much and you wont give me a simple sample?

I'm slightly agitated.  The amount of money I'm spending on flooring upgrades you think it would be easy to get a tiny sample for furniture shopping?  EEEE - Negative!

$15 dollars to get a sample of my laminate.  What?  Seriously?  Ok - wait $15 for a sample of my vinyl?  Ok, that's a little ridiculous!

I also reached out to our siding supplier for a teeny tiny sample of our two colors to assist with deck color selection - EEEEEE - No response - At All!

I'm not asking for full pieces of my selections, just tiny little swatches to help me furnish a home I'm spending the rest of my life paying for.  I'm not shopping for floors here folks, I've made my selections.  It's not like I'm asking for 5 of each type of everything you have!  Maybe I am asking for too much?  Maybe I'm expecting too much?  Even a color print out that is accurate would do!  EEEEE - Negative!

Maybe I'm just in a "Monday" foul mood.  Tomorrow this probably wont be a big deal, but it is a little sad, not even a paper print out.  :(

~Update 13-APR-13~
I'm still having problems getting samples and it disappoints me.  I can't seem to find any in-stores and reaching out to the suppliers have referred me to my SR for RH and RR who in turn referred me to the suppliers.  It is a small thing in the scheme of things but then on the other hand it's not.  This is my home, the most expensive thing I will purchase in my life, and I don't want to wait until the finished product to begin budgeting and planning to furnish it.

Rite Rug Appointment

We've just finished our appointment with Rite Rug for our flooring selections.  We're pretty happy with the selections we've made.  I would expect a few more posts about how pleased we are as I progress through our decorating plans and our selections next to the cabinets we select.

Our SR, Kim, knew before hand what our initial cabinet and granite selections were so this made the appointment go very quickly.  Much more quickly than I anticipated.  Kim was all business and was very efficient with moving us through our options/colors.  She told us what was popular and what was trending and she only offered an opinion when we asked and I'm glad she did.  Some people hesitate to give their own opinion, so I was pleased when she had.  All the selections we made were not a part of any model we viewed so that is a bit scary - but we're pretty confident that the choices are beautiful and go well together.

First, Kim pulled out our initial cabinet selections.  There were 2 initially selected.  I had her pull out 2 others for us to look at.  We haven't made our final selections on cabinets but picked our flooring to match all of the options we're considering.  Although, due to seeing our flooring we've already decided to upgrade our cabinets to a higher level.  We mainly stayed within the A level items for floors aside from the main floor because of our budget.  We tried not to look at any of the higher levels to avoid tempation.