The Endgame

With just fifty or so hours before The Madame arrives at the homesite for the "dusty-shoe walkthrough," everything looks to be coming together. Even though we were just at the house on Wednesday morning (and Mr. and Mrs. Buckwalter The Elder drove by on Thursday morning), much has changed. The most notable change to the exterior is the addition and completion of roofing tiles, as you can see; The Madame is highlighting the fact that our house now has a number!


In this picture taken from the large window in the master bedroom, you can see a little more clearly that the tiles are a sort of dusty yellow-red. It makes a delightful combination with the exterior color coat.


Inside, there are two major changes: first that the parts of the house that were to have tile floors have been tiled. The tiles are large and are a little bit on the brown side of beige. They look outstanding in person. The picture above is taken from the living room landing and features the tiled entryway.


Here, you can see the other major interior change: the cabinetry has arrived! Although it's not pictured, all the lower cabinets feature built-in interior drawers for better organization.


Along with the kitchen cabinets, they installed the bathroom cabinets and our lower-level built-ins, both pictured above. I didn't think to take a picture of the built-in desk, but it's also been put into place.

The progress is remarkable, but we're curious to see if they can actually bring the home to completion by the end of work on Tuesday; the carpet needs to be put in, the exterior stone needs to be set, and the front-yard landscaping needs to go in. And, of course, we will also require a garage door, kitchen appliances, kitchen counters, and deadbolt locks for all the doors. Did I mention mini-blinds on the windows? Those too. We'll see what happens, but they've done such a fine job so far that I'm optimistic about the outcome on Wednesday. We'll let you know how all that turns out....