Within the last couple weeks the house has started looking more like a home more than ever. They are almost done with the brick as well as completely done with the sheet rock and mud. As we speak, they are working on the trim and cabinets.

There isn’t much to say on the sheet rock other than we decided to round all the sheet rock corners. This is pretty standard now days and looks really nice as compared to your standard square edges. We’re not  doing any fancy wall texturing or anything. We are just sticking to the standard spackle and then the knockdown on the ceilings. We felt that texturing ages the house too quick. If you look at houses that have some cool texturing in them from 10 years ago, it doesn’t look so cool now. It actually dates the house. That was just our personal opinion (no offense meant to people that have 10 year old wall texturing in their house).

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As far as the brick goes, we aren’t doing a whole lot there either. The whole house is going to be brick with a little stone work around the entry way. There will be some brick ledges under the windows and an outline around the front windows, but other than that, nothing special. We really like the brick color that we choose as it is the same brick that was on the last house my sister and brother-in-law had. It is a deep red with some darker black accents. We also chose to leave it unwashed so that the mortar stays on the bricks a little more and looks a little “sloppy”. I really like this look as it gives the brick texture.

Brick

Looking South

Looking West – The back of the house

Looking North

Hopefully they will finish up the brick this week or next and we will be able to see a completed exterior minus some lighting and finishing touches. Check back as this month will be jam packed with stuff. Hopefully this time next month, I’ll be posting about moving in!!!!!!!