House Progress 5

We have had some setbacks this week that have made our house progress a bit of a roller coaster.  We were very excited to have our marble kitchen countertops installed only to discover that they were going in polished instead of honed, so off they went.  The honed countertops will be going in today.

The biggest disappointment was our exterior color.  For all of my focus of overseeing the progress for mistakes like the one noted above, I made a major mistake in not arriving first thing in the morning to make sure the paint color was what I expected.

I arrived at the house in the early afternoon to find that the exterior was a very light shade of purplish/bluish/gray.  I was disappointed that they had not shown me a sample on the home as they had for the interior to approve.  Instead, by the time I arrived the whole house was painted!  We are back at square one and have a few samples on the exterior, so we can see it in person before going forward with the color change:

As for the positives, they installed the tile in our Master Bathroom.  This includes the floor to ceiling tiles in the walk in shower, the countertops, and the backsplash above the countertops (sinks are still nowhere to be found at this point):

They will lower the mirror frame so that the edge meets the backsplash.

Walk in Shower

Close up of Countertop and Backsplash

Alternate View of Bathroom

After they complete the plumbing, the same tile used for the backsplash will also be installed on the entire face of the tub.

They also installed the countertop in the powder bath along with our vessel sink:

Powder Bath

And the marble tile fireplace surround:

Fireplace

Currently they are completing the tile in the upstairs bathrooms and utility rooms.  After a scare that the tiles we had selected were back ordered way past our expected closing date, they ended up locating the tiles after all.  It has been a tumultuous week on the house front, but I know it always comes together in the end.

Have a great weekend!