Tile and Carpet, oh my!

We spent our Sunday morning at the Tile Showroom. Decisions, decisions! We picked out floor tile, kitchen backsplash, master bath/shower tile, and carpet in about an hour ~ with 2 kids in tow. Not too bad!!
TOP PHOTO: (ingore the granite that the tile in sitting on) On the far right is our kitchen backsplash. Bottom left is the floor tile for foyer, kitchen, hall, and bathrooms (16x16). Above the floor tile is the decorative tile that we will cut apart into 3 strips (so it's about 4" tall) and use that in our shower and around the bath. So pretty in real life. It's a combination of glass and stone.
MIDDLE PHOTO: Sample of the carpet for the craft room/office.
BOTTOM PHOTO: Sample of the carpet for living room, bedrooms, and upstairs.

We're hoping and praying to pour the basement slab and begin framing the remaining basement walls by the end of the week. Pics to follow...

Slowly, but surely...

The construction slowed down this week, but we're hoping and praying to get moving again on Monday. So far this week, the plumbers have done the rough plumbing for the basement - for a future bathroom and for the basement garage sink/floor drain.
Last Saturday, we picked out granite for the kitchen (New Caledonia) and bathrooms (Giallo Santacecilia and Giallo Ornamental). They put our name on huge slabs, so we know exactly which ones we're getting. Can't wait to see them in the house! ;)
This coming weekend, we hope to pick out tile for the floors (foyer, kitchen, laundry room, bathrooms) and back-splash for the kitchen. No hardwoods in this house, since the floor breaks in the house plan don't really allow for a good line between hardwood and tile. With as messy as we are in the kitchen, there's no way we could have hardwoods there.

The Basement Walls are Here Part 1

The precast basement walls were delivered and set today thanks to Ideal Precast. Monday is under slab plumbing followed Tuesday by the prep for the rest of the basement slab.

Stone

The stone shooters came out yesterday and sprayed stone - which will go under our basement walls (in lieu of footers). Basement walls are scheduled to be delivered and set up today. I'll post pics later.
Top Pic - Pile of dirt, that will eventually go in the front of the house
Bottom Pic - Stone Shooters
Middle Pics - Stone for basement walls to sit on

Basement Progress...

The grading crew is done digging the basement. The surveyor came out yesterday to re-pin the house corners. Stone will be brought in today for the under-slab. Basement walls are scheduled to be delivered tomorrow.

rain, rain, go away!

It was a rainy day here in NC, which put a temporary hold on digging the rest of the basement. We hope that it isn't too muddy tomorrow, so the graders can finish digging the basement. Can't wait to see the basement walls ~ hopefully Friday. We'll keep you posted...

Done Clearing, Digging Basement

(I can't remember how to make captions under each photo, so here's my best explanation. I was standing in the middle of the lot while I took these pics.)
1st PHOTO: future driveway to basement garage
2nd PHOTO: back right side of lot
3rd PHOTO: back left side of lot
4th PHOTO: future driveway to upper garage
5th PHOTO: standing in the middle of the lot, looking toward the front of the lot


The lot is cleared, although the logs still need to be hauled away. Silt fence is up to help prevent any erosion on the lots on either side of ours. We are hoping that the basement digging is completed by the end of today. Next week, stone will be brought in for the under-slab, and hopefully the basement walls will be delivered and set as well.