Fun Picking Finishes

I am going to spare you the boring update on the garage, which is one step closer to being done this week after receiving cement footings. I will show updates once we get further along. More exciting updates come in the form of finishes. There were a few fun deliveries this week. First up, my new (vintage) rug. I wanted a vintage rug with a little visible wear so I ordered a vintage rug from esalerugs.com.

I don't know where it is ultimately going to live in the house, but the master bedroom, kitchen, or the upstairs den are options. I think it will be a nice addition to ensure the house does not feel too modern. The next item to be delivered was our upstair's powder room light fixture. I am a little torn on this purchase:

Obviously it will look better with light bulbs, but for some reason the exact color of the gold really bothers me. I didn't realize that I had a preference, but apparently I do. It would be a pain to return it and it does have bulbs on both top and bottom which will help light the vaulted ceilings (11 feet!) of the tiny bathroom. I am considering spray painting it with the same paint that I used for Michael's office light. Spray painting a new, Jonathan Adler no less, light fixture seems like a sin though....so I need to sleep on it.

We are also reaching a point where we need to decide on the flooring in the basement. After much deliberation, we have decided to go with carpet. Having carpet will allow the basement to still feel cosy during the winter months. We headed to R.C. Willey on Wednesday to pick up samples and schedule a time for them to measure the space. Here are the final round of samples:



Shown with floor sample. 2nd runner up is top left.



Current 1st choice is 2nd from bottom, middle row

We decided to go with a pattern to "spice it up". If we are going to do carpet, we want it to be special. I like the patterns in the first picture, but it is what I would consider the more traditional carpet type. It has a "pile?" and I am afraid that it will look trampled over time. The samples on the board are knotted and resemble something closer to a jute rug. This might wear a little better with the poodle than the other options. We were looking for an option that would also transition nicely from the stairs (wood) to the bathroom (tile). The tile varies A LOT but here is one shot of it:



It has browns and grays, but not as much brown as this picture would suggest.

In the wood flooring department, the flooring has been delivered with the exception of the herringbone portion. The wood guy is still working in his shop to pre-cut the herringbone planks before having it delivered.

You can see the top of the stack includes our new stairs. It is recommended that it sit in the house for at least three days. Done. Now get to work! It should start getting installed Monday. About time. In other wood related news, my carpenter stopped by this morning to show me samples from our table he is building. It was really cool because he made a few of the "ribs" and created a slider so that I could slide it over different stains that would ultimately be the base color. (See the Paloma table at Crate & Barrel if that was confusing).



Wood slider with "ribs"



Maybe my first choice for the base color?

Well, that is all my updates. The tile guy didn't show up today so no progress was made on the downstairs guest bathroom....or what Michael has taken to calling his bathroom. We have already had to fire our mudders and hire a new crew. They didn't show up when they were supposed to and it put us a week behind!  I hope the tile guy is not next. When people tell you that things can get delayed due to crews not showing up....they were right. YAY House Reno!