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my husband and i were out of town last week, and so nothing happened on the INSIDE of the house, but the OUTSIDE was totally transformed!
the stone mason continued the lay stone on the base of the house, and the siding crew was hard at work installing the siding, soffit and fascia.

we made a few changes from the original architects rendering...the original elevation had only one "column" (these flat columns are actually called pilasters) around the entry, but we felt that the scale of the pediment required two columns/pilasters on each side to balance it out.
i did a little mock-up of the changes before we finalized the measurements:


a cement cap will be placed between the stone and the siding.

 all done! it was so neat to come back from our trip and see the house all sided!
(thank you to our siding sub for sending us daily update pictures!)

here is what has been happening at the cabinet shop:
(we used millbrook cabinet design in north salt lake)

the kitchen doors are being sprayed with benjamin moore's swiss coffee.



the vanity and kitchen cabinet boxes are ready to be delivered.
this was soo exciting to see, by the way! i was so excited i almost started to dance. thank goodness the guys that the shop didn't have to see that!

a look at the custom hood...it's upside down, in case you couldn't already tell...


the master vanity drawer fronts.

gentlemans gray for the girls vanity.
swiss coffee for the kitchen.
pecan stain over walnut in the master bathroom.

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there will be two bathrooms upstairs, and one will be mainly for my two daughters. i imagine this bathroom to be crisp and simple, with a few details that make it just a little whimsical. i used this vanity to show my cabinet fabricator what i was interested in:
he came back with these drawings, which i loved, because of the single door underneath the sink, and the fact that each girl gets her own set of drawers. (sorry the image is a little wonky)


i decided to go with shaker style cabinets in this bathroom because i like the simple lines and clean look. at first, i wanted to keep the color simple and go with a white or grey, but then i thought...why not have a little FUN? i have always loved deep, saturated blue tones and i thought that this would be the perfect place for a little color!

i am imagining a single, large pull in each of the cabinet doors...
maybe something like this:

(via)


this one is so classic and timeless! my vanity will be a lot darker. i will share the colors i am considering soon....

(1, 2, 3, 4, 5,6)


oh, and speaking of blue....look at the skies that i woke up to today (and yesterday)....

i am in palm springs with my husband, who is attending a conference for work. it is a much needed break from the snow! its been so long since i have seen flowers and trees with leaves! hard to believe it is just a 90 minute plane ride from salt lake.