It was a gorgeous lovely Fall type of day today. This is what I saw when I pulled up to meet with the flooring company about the final stain color choice at 11 am.
This photo is just as it was taken, no enhancements! Lovely!
Then I went inside to meet with Randee, owner of Carolina Flooring & Carpet. She has been very responsive to my questions, priced fairly, and was my contractor’s recomendation. She met with us earlier to show us a color of the stain (Special Walnut) and we liked it but felt it might be just a bit dull. So, Mike, our contractor, put down some English Chestnut and it was great! She wanted to be certain that was the color we liked best, so we met today to do a final consult. The floor team was there working on filling cracks and pushing nails down, and sanding. Talk about a LOUD machine!
The English Chestnut was gorgeous! They even put a coat of the satin poly on top so I could see the slight ambering of the color when it is on. I had taken my cabinet sample with me to test it with the floor to make sure it wasn’t matchy-matchy and that it also didn’t clash. It was a winner!
This picture just doesn’t do it justice! It will be gorgeous without being too red or too gold. Actually, the kitchen cabinet color is the darkest shade of the grain in the floor.
The electricians were there working outside again and they were able to get many of the exterior lights in place. They continued to work on the electricity for the gate and landscaping too.
See the new lights? The criss cross pattern was based on the original light that was hanging in the front. I will get a picture of it next week.
I spent some time prepping the Pool Bathroom cabinets for painting and then painted the first coat of Dover White. Sherwin Williams has the best paint! The coverage is superb. I painted the hall bathroom cabinets the final coat today. Probably didn’t need it, but since I have been painting in the dark, I felt it was better safe than sorry. I am also planning on adding another coat if it needs it when we have light again. I just love that Brevity Brown! Looks just like chocolate.
I stopped by to pick up the paint for the Pool Bathroom cabinets. I have been working with the Selwyn Ave. location of Sherwin Williams. I wanted to tell the folks who have been working with me there how much I love using it! The coverage was amazing! I thought I might need a couple of quarts for the hall bathroom cabinets because I was going from white to dark brown. Nope, two would have done it. Plus, I used only half a quart. Mind boggling. This paint was so thick and creamy.
Pictures soon, it is just hard without lights. Speaking of lights, I asked when we’d get some turned back on. They are all in place in the ceilings but no bulbs. Dave, the electrician, said that it would be after they paint the ceilings. Argh….
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