Details: Cabinets, Tile and Paint

Over the last couple weeks work has continued on the house and with the closing date looming each day brings the project closer to completion.  I've been faithfully visiting the house to check on progress and can happily report that the cabinets are in and look even better than we expected.  Tile work continues and looks great so far.  On one of the warm stretches in Denver the exterior of the whole house was painted.  Progress has been made in the details making the whole house come alive again. Now for the pictures...

In the kitchen and powder bath we chose maple cabinets with a stained finish called Winter.  The color changes a bit with the light, but no matter what time of day you look at them they are a statement. The step down in the lower cabinets is for the slide-in range and the break in the cabinets above is for the hood.

The dining room is starting to take shape and will have good light from the transom window. The big hole in the cabinet is for the double oven.

This perspective shows me standing in the walk in closet off of the master bath.  We joke that the closet is larger than some bedrooms we saw in NY.  

A closer look at the small tile that runs the length of the floor.  

We have the same tile in the poured pan in the shower. It seems to change color with the light, but Lynne remains adamant it's not forest green. 

The wall tile in the walk-in shower is Lynne's favorite of the project.  I can't wait for the glass doors to be installed. We matched the grout color very closely so you can't even see the vertical tile breaks.

The Jack & Jill bath has simpler tile with an accent strip that runs behind the faucet.

The painting process was intense.  They taped off all the windows, molding and limestone then started spraying. Thank goodness for the recent nearly 60 degree days, we know it will set well in those temps.

Ladders, ladders and more ladders. 

You can see the wood detail under the canopy and how great the finished paint job looks. Also our front steps were re-poured and are now the correct five foot width. 

Next step on the exterior will be the backyard fence and later in spring they'll lay sod and plant the gardens! We chose a mix of peonies, forsythia and a number of wild grasses.

I love the little details...

Lynne, Astrid and I will be watching the progress and will have another update soon.  We are looking forward to interior paint, appliance,counter tops and railing all to be installed this week. More to come --Matthew