Forward Thinking

As a motivating effort, we've hung photos of finished rooms/facets of rooms throughout the house which are inspiring our renovations. This makes it easier for us to see an eventual end and for our friends to see that we do actually have an end goal in mind. Here are a couple highlights:

The staircase:


The inspiration shot came from O magazine I believe. These built-ins are going to be awesome and really show off those carpentry skills that Craig's been honing over the years. This one came from Better Homes & Gardens (thanks for the subscription Mom, it's really not filled with all old lady stuff).

The main room:


Craig is installing special backing and conduits to eventually hang a flat screen with all wires hidden behind the wall. I really like the silhouette pictures too. The wall color is probably darker then what we're going to go for but you get the overall idea.

The bathroom:



In our downstairs bathroom, the sink is set back further then the toilet. Similar to the magazine shot (BH&G again), we're toying with the idea of extending the recessed wall to make it even with the toilet wall and then cutting out the 'built-in' shelves on both sides of the sink.

The end is in sight! Even if we sill need a telescope to see it...