House Projects

[BriK]

I went through many of the same things recently so hopefully I can offer some considerations in attempt to be helpful (I know I welcomed tips when I was shopping).

- darker wood will more easily show dirt and scratches

- after shopping around a lot, we got all of our kitchen appliances at ApplianceSmart. We went with the whole suite of Frigidaire Gallery appliances in stainless steel. For fridge, micro, oven, and dishwasher, we paid as much as we would've for just the fridge and dishwasher somewhere else (ie, basically got the microwave and oven free)-- and that's even after updgrading to a french door refrigerator and double oven. And definitely spring for the french door refrigerator-- it makes a surprising difference.

- check out Steve's Blinds for window coverings-- best prices I've found and good quality

[turbotalon1g]

I see a fail in those plans, no NSX parking. :(

lol, looks good bman.

[Halon]

We both have bottom freezer fridges in our current homes and really like them, so thats what we will get. They come in regular and French, we will just get whatever we feel ends up being the best deal for us.
I definitely know about appliancesmart, its where I got my current washer and dryer from. Great prices. We will be checking out all of our options.
Thanks for your insight.

[Halon]

I see a fail in those plans, no NSX parking. :(

lol, looks good bman.
Gotta think in 3D man... under the Lexus :)

[turbotalon1g]

Gotta think in 3D man... under the Lexus :)

:PIMP:

[Halon]

Lot is staked!

[turbotalon1g]

I think I know where that is.

[A//// Guy]

Sweet website to get ideas from! http://www.houzz.com/

[Halon]

Closed on the lot yesterday. It's officially ours. Should start digging next week.

Decided on the Acacia flooring (the lighter one in the pics above). Went to ApplianceSmart and they didn't have anything for us unfortunately. We picked out the house exterior colors. Attached pic points out some of them.

- Rear and sides siding will be called sandalwood (shown in pic).
- Soffit, Facia on the whole house, and the trim on the front of the house will be Shell color (shown in pic).
- Windows will be white (shown in pic).
- Front of the house will be painted in Sherwin Williams Bungalow Beige (not shown).
- Stone of front of house will be Tuscan Villa - Florentine http://www.coronado.com/media/installs_residential/01-088-405_InstallR1.jpg

[Halon]

I went through many of the same things recently so hopefully I can offer some considerations in attempt to be helpful (I know I welcomed tips when I was shopping).

- darker wood will more easily show dirt and scratches

- after shopping around a lot, we got all of our kitchen appliances at ApplianceSmart. We went with the whole suite of Frigidaire Gallery appliances in stainless steel. For fridge, micro, oven, and dishwasher, we paid as much as we would've for just the fridge and dishwasher somewhere else (ie, basically got the microwave and oven free)-- and that's even after updgrading to a french door refrigerator and double oven. And definitely spring for the french door refrigerator-- it makes a surprising difference.

- check out Steve's Blinds for window coverings-- best prices I've found and good quality

You said you got Frigidaire Gallery appliances? That's pretty much exactly what we are looking for. They had a decent deal but we didn't want the side by side freezer/fridge. We want a bottom door style fridge. The one we want is more $$, but they wouldn't let us upgrade the fridge to a different one for that deal. So we're going to look elsewhere.