Today was a very fun day for Jeremy and I. We both took the day off to meet with our builders to pick out a bunch of important details of our new house. We went over to Bloomington to several businesses to pick out things such as tile, cabinets, carpet, hardwood floors, etc. We got a lot accomplished today and feel good about our decisions. And the good thing is, we agreed on EVERYTHING! Our tour guide was Pam at Executive Homes, which she was very helpful and super nice!
The first stop was Creative Kitchen & Bath. There we picked out our kitchen cabinets which will be Maple with a Ginger colored stain. We also picked out how our cabinets will be laid out. We picked out our counter tops for our bathrooms which will be an Ivory color. Kitchen countertop will come later but we know we are getting a darker colored granite. We also still need to pick out the hardware for our cabinets, but we know what we want because our builders have a style we like at a house in Champaign we used for comparison in deciding the house plan we chose.
The next stop was Carpet Weavers. We chose our carpet for the entire house as well as hardwood floors for our formal dining room. It was funny because we were both drawn to the same hardwood instantly. Our hardwood is a thicker cut board and is considerend an Aspen Burch. Our carpet I believe is called Brownstone color and is the style of carpet that is popular right now in new houses (kind of like a shag). It is a neutral color that has hints of browns and grays in it. Again, we were both drawn to the carpet color as well.
The next stop was Keen Tile. (From the pic it looks like Ken Tile, but it is Keen tile:)) Here we chose our ceramic tile for the kitchen and all baths. The color of tile is hard to explain so everyone will have to see it when they come visit our new house. It is large square tile, however, around our whirlpool bath will be some smaller tiles with some mosiac design. If I had to try to describe it is a neutral beige color with hints of different colors throughout.
And lastly, Pam was so nice, she took us to lunch. After all those decisions we worked up an appetite. She was so personable, we loved hanging out with her for the day. We went to CJs at the old Bloomington Airport. It was nice to go to a place we had never been before...since we will be living halfway between Bloomington and Champaign, we will probably frequent Bloomington a lot more for a change of pace.
Some of our many decisions of the day.
On the way home, we stopped by 3 houses built by Executive Homes to compare our choices and get any other ideas we can for our house. We are both very excited about our new home and look forward to September 1st. (Our tentative closing date)
Check back for more details along the way and enjoy our journey in building our home.
And finally, we are happy with all our choices and decisions today! It was a great day!
The first stop was Creative Kitchen & Bath. There we picked out our kitchen cabinets which will be Maple with a Ginger colored stain. We also picked out how our cabinets will be laid out. We picked out our counter tops for our bathrooms which will be an Ivory color. Kitchen countertop will come later but we know we are getting a darker colored granite. We also still need to pick out the hardware for our cabinets, but we know what we want because our builders have a style we like at a house in Champaign we used for comparison in deciding the house plan we chose.
The next stop was Carpet Weavers. We chose our carpet for the entire house as well as hardwood floors for our formal dining room. It was funny because we were both drawn to the same hardwood instantly. Our hardwood is a thicker cut board and is considerend an Aspen Burch. Our carpet I believe is called Brownstone color and is the style of carpet that is popular right now in new houses (kind of like a shag). It is a neutral color that has hints of browns and grays in it. Again, we were both drawn to the carpet color as well.
The next stop was Keen Tile. (From the pic it looks like Ken Tile, but it is Keen tile:)) Here we chose our ceramic tile for the kitchen and all baths. The color of tile is hard to explain so everyone will have to see it when they come visit our new house. It is large square tile, however, around our whirlpool bath will be some smaller tiles with some mosiac design. If I had to try to describe it is a neutral beige color with hints of different colors throughout.
And lastly, Pam was so nice, she took us to lunch. After all those decisions we worked up an appetite. She was so personable, we loved hanging out with her for the day. We went to CJs at the old Bloomington Airport. It was nice to go to a place we had never been before...since we will be living halfway between Bloomington and Champaign, we will probably frequent Bloomington a lot more for a change of pace.
Some of our many decisions of the day.
On the way home, we stopped by 3 houses built by Executive Homes to compare our choices and get any other ideas we can for our house. We are both very excited about our new home and look forward to September 1st. (Our tentative closing date)
Check back for more details along the way and enjoy our journey in building our home.
And finally, we are happy with all our choices and decisions today! It was a great day!
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