Color Selections

Are you sick of house updates already?  If you are, sorry.  This whole process is so exciting to me that I can't help but share.  Also, I love this sort of thing.  I have looked at TONS of other blogs for color or decorating ideas even before I was ever married or considering building a house.  One of my favorite things to do is look at houses, so this is like a dream come true!  I love it!

We have picked out all of our color options for now.  I still keep going back and forth on the siding.  I thought last week was our lock-in date, but I think we still have a little longer.  Since choosing the outside was so difficult for me, I thought the inside would be the same way but it was a breeze!

Let me just stay on the outside selections a minute though.  We liked the darker colors, but kept going back and forth between grey or brown.  We kind of have to base our decision off of the stone since our options are limited.  The stone we wanted is used on the house across the street, so we are left with these 2 choices.  (There were other choices, but we liked these two the best.)

The style of this stone is the same as the one we like, but the colors are different.

After talking with our Agent, we ended up going with this one.  It looks more brownish/redish in this photo than it actually is.  These are the colors of the stone we like, just rounded.

I am just not in love with the round stone.  We ended up choosing it because we know the colors look good with our siding color choice.  My concern with the stone in the first photo is that the whole house would end up looking the same color where this one has more contrast.  I really need to get a more accurate picture of the color!

To give you a better idea, this is what the colors look like on a house.  Our stone won't go all the way up.  It is just a small wall like on the right of the picture by the garage.  What do you guys think?
While we are on this picture, our siding and shutters are the same as this picture.  (Pebble clay-shake, Sandy tan-siding, winestone-shutters)

 

Here is a random Ryan Home with the rounded stone.  What do you think?  Our house is the cottage style, so maybe it wouldn't be so bad?  I am just really struggling with this decision! Travis is also second guessing the decision thinking that maybe the browns look better on a one level house and greys on 2 stories.  I seriously would love to hear your opinion!

Ok, now we can move on to our other selections.  Last week we went to RiteRug to pick out flooring, counters, etc.  I was surprised at how fast we made decisions.  I think it was made a little easier by the selection.  For each option (carpet, tile, hardwood, laminate), it was grouped by price.  We knew our budget so we only looked at options in that area.  It made it a lot less overwhelming!

Let's start with the main level.  

Cabinets (kitchen and bathrooms):  Tahoe Cherry Bordeaux

Carpet (Great Room, Office):  Level 2-Capri

Laminate (Kitchen, Morning Room, Foyer, Mud Room and Powder Room):  Mahogany

Kitchen Counters: Laminate, Butterum

Carpet (Dining Room, 2nd floor):  Level 1-Rockport (I didn't get picture)

 Fireplace: Ubatuba with white mantel

 

Stairwell:  Metal Balusters with Black Cherry Stain

 

Laminate (Spare Bathroom and Laundry Room):  Level 1,  Initiator

 Tile (master bathroom):
Floor: 12x12 Fidenza Cafe
Shower Wall: 9x12 Fidenza Cafe
Listello: Universal

 Last but not least, a picture of our lot!  They just broke ground on the house being built next door to us.  It is going to be crazy with two houses going up about the same time!