Labor Day was definitely a LABOR intensive day

Whew, we spent two days straight at the new house figuring out our lighting plan. Nothing drives us more crazy than a light switch put in upside down or in the wrong order. You know you will always go for the switch that SHOULD turn on the light, have to back up and do it again to get the right switch, if it is not done right.

So, instead of hiring an architect to design our lighting plan, we decided to do it ourselves using the handy post it method. You know, those slightly sticky yellow post it notes?

This seems to work really well and so far, our electrician has been quite pleased with it. The problem we ran into was that we ended up having to actually figure out where the furniture would be placed so we put the lights in the proper location on the wall or ceiling. Then,  we had to figure out what made the most sense for placement of the switches.

In the end, we felt really happy with the design and it was exciting to see the start of the wiring yesterday. Of course, last night we decided to change our entire home theater system concept, and will need to add one more switch. Thankfully, our builder is quite flexible when we do this kind of thing!

We also were thrilled to see the start of the tray ceiling in the kitchen!

You can really get a sense of the room this way. The left side of the tray looks a little skinny right now because of the temporary support wall.  The steel beam is scheduled to be delivered on Tuesday or Wednesday of next week, it will be installed, then the additional level of the tray will be built. Quite an improvement over our initial plan, thanks to MICHELLE!

 

Here are a few more pictures of canned lights going into the ceiling of the study. See, we are calling it a study now instead of gameroom!  I really like the placement over the boys’ desks which will be in front of the windows. We had them center the ceiling fan, which for some odd reason, was not centered, remove the hanging pendant in the far right corner, and add a few more cans. Guess we better find some ceiling fans for the home quickly!

Smote detectors are scheduled for this room and also the florescent lights were removed in the two offices. We’ll re-use the florescent in a closet being green.

Ok, watch for the next post to be about brick! You know how much I dislike it. Well, I am about ready to tackle that project.

Our New Kitchen Ceiling Came Down!

It was planned, honestly!  We decided to re-work how our tray ceiling was going to actually be in the space after our fantastic interior designer pushed us to consider doing a double tray ceiling. Below is an example of what we are shooting for.

Previously, we were simply going to do a single boxed out tray that mimicked the dimensions of the island. However, we felt it might feel too much like a long skinny bowling alley, and called Michelle. She confirmed our suspicion and we started planning the new one right away.  Here is what we were thinking about doing, minus the skylight in the middle.

We got it all figured out and the builder couldn’t be more pleased! We are thrilled to get a much more interesting ceiling too. Thanks to Michelle!

Once we decided that we were building a more extensive tray, Mike, the builder, completed removing the ceiling.

Here is what it looked like today when we left.

Tomorrow is “Meet the Home Automation Specialist” and we’ll be doing a “security session” on Saturday.

The ceiling is open!

88 days to go.

Stopped by this afternoon, as promised, and here are some pictures! The first sign there was excitement happening was the new dumpster in the back parking area. I was wondering where they would place it.

Then I walked inside and saw this!

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