[sassycat]

Wow, how exciting, your new home looks so gorgeous! Can't wait to see how it all turns out. I also enjoyed reading Phoebe and Archer's old blog... my twins just turned 12 months and it was good to see some of the fun times in store for us. I feel like too much of the time up till now has been all about survival... it has gone by way too fast.

-Robin

[catmom23]

Dana,

I did the same thing with the stupid Domsjo base cabinet... onlywe didn't get the sink until way after we put the cabs together, so I didn't realizemy erroruntil after I had the base installed (i.e., screwed together) with all the other base cabs... what a PITA to take apart... and a little frightening, too! But it worked out OK.

Everything looks AWESOME in your house. We're finally moved into ours (the log house, if you recall)... one of these days, I SWEAR I will get my act together and get pix up... We are loving our Fagerland kitchen. Love love love those pull-out pantries!!

Love your floors -- we did random-width wide pine, too. There is just nothing like that look! Beautiful!

Liz

[dtlyme]

Hi Robin! I sent you a private message with Phoebe & Archer's new blog and password etc; to view it. Happy belated birthday to your two!

Liz - Can't wait to see photos of your house all done. It really is gorgeous. What was the first night like sleeping in it?? I can't wait!!!! I just got back from staining our back deck where the outside fireplace will be. So much blood sweat and tears have gone into this house!

Still have to try the new door color on my fagerland door. Hopefully I will do it this weekend.

[jenswrens]

dtlyme wrote:

So much blood sweat and tears have gone into this house!

Yes, but this IS your dream house, isn't it? That has to be so rewarding! (It's my dream house and I don't even get to live there...wahhh!!!)

Everything is looking so nice! When do you think you'll be moving in?

[catmom23]

Hi Dana!

It's funny -- moving into and sleeping inthe house felt just like "coming home." We'd spent so much time there -- and essentially, I'd lived there in my head for so long -- that it just felt totally right and comfortable -- no transition period, really. I'm sure it will be the same for you. Just like "ah, finally -- we're HOME!"

We actually moved out of our apartment, crammed all our stuff in the storage container we have on-site,and slept in our camper for 2 weeks for two weeks prior to actually getting our occupancy permit. The cats got to live in the house that whole time without us (except for inspections when they were unceremoniously stuffed in carriers and plopped in the camper)! So it was a very gradual moving in process...

And really we haven't fully moved in at all. Still have to finish up a few things inside (closet shelving, closet doors, a little bit of trim, tiling one shower)... and a lot outside (window trim, cleaning and then sealing the WHOLE outside... ugh).... The funny thing is, it's so nice in there without much furniture to clutter the place up, it makes me not really want to move most of my stuff in! Makes you realize how much of your stuff is truly "extra."

Do you have a projected move-in date yet, Dana? (I know, I hated that question, but it's also nice when you actually reach a point where you can answer it!)

:-) Liz

p.s. -- I am putting POST HOUSE PHOTOS ONLINE on my to-do list for this week. If it's not on the list, there's no chance of it happening. If it's on the list, there's at least a glimmer of hope!

[dtlyme]

So we are STILL not done with the house. I thought for sure we would be in by now. ARGH! I am so sick of this all!

So I have decided I need to do some wall cabinets on the stove wall. And I have a design issue I need help with. We are taking our GE Profile spacemaker over the range microwave with us to the new house. It's black and should look fine over the Aga Six-Four as the top of the stove is black. But the stove is 38 1/2 inches wide and the microwave is 30 inches wide. Will that look funny?? The base cabinets on either side of the stove are 18" wide.

Anyway - attached are photos of the layout and the microwave and stove. Any creative insight into this would be appreciated!

-Dana

[DesignDiva]

Dana, you could go ahead and do a couple filler strips on either side of the micro, it would be fine. Or use something from that microtrim.com website. Or get a 36" wide OTR micro.

[dtlyme]

Thank you Eva! That trim site is great. I am being cheap and would like to just hold onto our microwave for now and try to make the 30" work.

I am off to play with the planner. joy.

[Moon_child]

I haven't gone back to look at your floorplan, so excuse my lack of knowledge: could you locate it someplace other than over the stove? I was just thinking that it might look less "funny" if it weren't related to the stove at all. I don't think it will necessarily look "funny," but I like to explore all possible ideas.

[kmcg]

Dana - Is there any way to hide the micro in a cabinet? I'd try to avoid any major appliance that competes with the Aga for visual attention Your house is looking so great! And the Aga is a perfect choice for the look.
Kathy