Stairs to the Bonus Room

From just looking at the plans it's kind of hard to see how the stairs are to the bonus room.  I took a bunch of pictures for those wanting to know.

 view coming up the stairs

 view from the top of the stairs looking into the bonus room

 view from the top (on the bedroom side) looking into the bonus room

 View looking down.  You can see the "landing" area is actually two large steps

 View from the bonus room

Coming down the stairs, I am standing on the "upper landing" and yes, those are crayons on the stairs.  I have a 1 year old so there is always something somewhere :)

I hope these help those looking to add the bonus room.  Please let me know if you'd like a different view or angle. :)

The keys are ours!

 Dining room with added trim.  This is by far the best upgrade!  Large baseboards, crown moulding, & large door casings make this look and feel really custom. 

 Front entry look up to the second level.

 Textured ceiling (no love for them here but it's what they do here in Ohio).  This is the light you get when you add a light to a room.

 Cute baby in the entry way.

 I really like how the carpet and stair railings look together.

 Fireplace with to handsome boys and Bucks County Ledgstone.

 Kitchen with upgraded appliances.  Apparently I can roast a whole chicken in that microwave!

 Beautiful view from the windows in the Morning room.

 Here's the sectional I blogged about earlier.  Its huge and we love it!  There is enough room for everyone.

 The carpet is looking pink in these pictures but it's not.  I do however like the carpet on the stairs and upstairs better than this.  I'm regretting it now that I see how much I love the other color.  It's SO HARD choosing all the colors for stuff! You can also see where we had them "chop" off the corner and run wood flooring so there is a nice flow into the kitchen.

My hutch from my previous house looks so small now in this massive kitchen.

Vacation and House is done!

So we left for a 3 week vacation while the house was being finished.  I did not want to be gone during this phase.  We booked the trip before we found out the house was being delayed a month.  I asked our PM to please send me updates and especially photos of the outside BUT, he sent me nothing.  Super disapointing but, I know he's super busy too. 

I had a neighbor take this and send it to me.  I was dying to see what it looked like.  I like it but I'm not in LOVE with it.  It looks much better in person but not as grand as I was hoping for.  The house feels really big, open, and beautiful when you are inside but the outside, hmmm...?  Well, too late now, so I'm not going to dwell on it.  With landscaping and such I'm sure it will get better.

This photo was taken the first day we got back.  They were putting the finishing touches on before we closed.

Flooring Install

The wood floors were installed this past week and from what I can see, they are gorgeous!  We chose the Armstrong hand scraped Brown Bear wood

We also chose to have the wood run from the entry right into the kitchen.  This meant removing a corner of carpeting and placing wood there instead.  Our PM and I agreed upon a good angle for this but the wood floor installers forgot to do it.  SO, they had to come back and fix it.  I haven't seen it yet so I'm hoping it looks good and is what I had envisioned.

 This is the marked corner where the wood is going in place of carpet

Drywall is Done

Drywall is Done

Reader beware, tons of pictures ahead!

 Tons of pot lights in the kitchen.

 Coffered Ceiling in the Dining room.

 Front Entry

 View from the front door.  Little man wanted to be in every photo. LOL

 View from the Pantry looking into kitchen/morning room

 View from the kitchen sink

 Door in the morning room that leads to the backyard

 View from the kitchen/family room to the front door.

 View of the kitchen from the Morning Room

 Archway into mudroom and view of the powder room

 DH is checking out the light switch by the garage door.  The mudroom closet is big, I'm so excited about that!

 Mudroom Closet

 Window in the mudroom

 View from mudroom into office.  There is a "vent" type thing above all the doors.  It has something to do with airflow and energy efficiency

 The office

 Family Room (with the center window removed)

 View from the stairs looking into the living/dining room

 From the dining room looking at the stairs, basement door (L) and small closet (R)

 Tray ceiling in the master

 Looking into the master bedroom and door into the upgraded bathroom

 Master bedroom closet door (we made the 2 into 1 big one)

 Looking into the bathroom from the bedroom

Small linen closet in the bathroom (on the right)

 Jetted tub I can't wait to use!

 I love the windows over the tub, so pretty

 view from the top of the stairs into the Laundry Room.  Hall closet on the left.

 View into bedroom 4

 Bedroom 4 has the largest closet

 Upstairs looking into the entry way

 Bedroom 3

 Bedroom 3 (there is an added window and extra sq ft with the elevation we chose)

 Closet in bedroom 2 and view into added bathroom

 added bathroom in bedroom 2

 bonus room

Sloped ceiling in the bonus room

 Bonus room

Bonus room door to bedroom 2's bathroom on the left.  Door to bonus room from the stairs on the right.