Not in time.

We will not be in our new home by our 1 year wedding anniversary. Bummed isn't even good enough to describe how I feel about that. 

We headed to visit the house sundy night at about 11:30. My Architectural Salvage find was hung finally and when we stood back to take in just how cool it looked The Hubs asked me how could I describe our style... It took me a second but I figured it out we are Modern and Contemporary mixed with an Eclectic, Industrial feel. Yea, I don't know either. I feel like I just can't commit to one style!

Thankfully this light ended up being just the right size for this area! I was so very worried about it looking small! We lucked out so much by getting this light for a steal of $150! Looking through catalogs from actual lighting places this would normally start at double that price! 

Heading inside.... 

Counter tops are in!!!

They are stunning! (Drawer pulls are wrong in this shot, all but one drawer had to be replaced because of this) 

Yes that's a black sink! Not being a fan of stainless steel sinks or even white sinks for that matter (I had a rental with a white sink we were not friends) we went with a black sink made of stone! Woop! It doesn't stain, scratch, and is heat resistant! Bailey proof! Ha! 

I haven't given my cabinetry much love on here since the drawer pulls went on wrong... Much more has gone wrong with them but since it's CLOSE to being fixed now on its 5th time I'll be easy on that subject. This kitchen has been the main focus since day one of planning (a year and two months ago) and I guess being that important it is only necessary to have problems with it. 

These cuties are in! I want so bad to unwrap them and make dinner and dessert at the same time!!! 

We have had the electricians in every few days now starting to install the lighting... 

Right before he got to work on the island lights we threatened him with his life not to mess these up.... 

Luckily for him he got it right! I guess we still arent in the clear yet... We did have a causality already with our dining fixture. 

I have shared the following picture with some of our close friends and family but I am finally ready to just put it out there. I know the kitchen still isn't done but it is my favorite thing to look at right now. 

This doesn't include all of the cabinets and this was before the top set was moved over about 2 inches to where it should have been.... I painted the island black as you can see, the counter top just didn't stand out when it was still white and I even tried the color that we will be painting the main room in but black is the color that did the trick. We decided to box these cabinets in for a couple of reasons, first the cost was lower to use drywall instead of finished backs on the cabinets, and the second is when kids (or some adults) will be sitting up here you know they are going to kick the wall and let's be honest fixing paint is going to be way easier than replacing a back! The island as big as it is now was shortened by two feet making it possible to have just once single slab! We did cut it super close and one mistake on an edge we would have had to scrap the whole piece. We also have a generous over hang for the barstools we will have here as well! 

This creepy photo shows the nice little light that the top glassed cabinets give off :) I think it's going to be a nice glow for movie night or when we have guests over who might need a midnight snack ha! 

Moving over to where our second room of counter tops were installed...

Master bathroom! 

Black granite is super hard to photograph! This is called Angola Black. We were able to save some money on these guys by getting what we needed from what our installer had on their lot. 

Our shower started to take shape as well.... 

Late nights got it this far... 

Nice corner bench, no there will not be any shampoo bottles, soap, or razors on this... We fixed that by adding 2 hidden in wall shelving in the half wall. 

I met with the glass and mirror guy while I was finishing up painting in the master bedroom... He asked me if I designed and decorated houses for a living! What a huge compliment :) it was just the pick me up I needed to not pull my hair out right now!  

Of course my chandy was hung in here.... 

But only two bulbs were working. Womp womp womp. Fix dis right now. 

I have been to mars and back trying to figure out a great way to cover this window and still have it look sexy. Thankfully my wonderful husband bought me a sewing machine for our anniversary and now since I can't find anything I can just make something for here! 

Moving into the master bedroom, we had to paint in here before carpet was installed. I found this inspiration photo:

I was hell bent on doing this in my bedroom! The photo above was made from sticking white duct tape to the wallsa me I only found this out after reading the site (ain't nobody got time for instructions) So my mom and I got to work!

Doing this with paint was a lot more involved and this wall alone took a whole day. We measured out our diamonds the same as the original photo 15" apart and 30" high. Once our chalk lines were figured out we headed on to taping. 

We had some issues with the white paint that has been painted all over the house so this made the project 10x harder than it should have been... We couldn't fully stick down the tape like it should have been and ended up with blurred lines

After rolling on the grey and peeling back the tape I then had to take an entire day and go over each and every line by hand. Yep. Full 8 hours on lines, my head hurt from staring at this all day. 

With this room almost finished they installed the chandy for over the bed. You know your husband loves you when he gives up his fan for crystals. :) The review for this chandelier was that it was hard to put together and too gaudy... Well Gaudy is my middle name so you betta believe I had to have it. 

This is how it came. Yea, it took an hour and a half for me to get it almost together, there was some wiring involved and I left that to the electricians. It took another half hour to get all 115 strands of crystals on this beast. 

Worth it. 

As of tonight our guest bathrooms have been completely tiled....

I am loving subway tile right now so of course I had to have it in at least one bathroom. 

This guy has been transformed

Chrome spray paint and some more hard work made this mirror just pop! 

My mermaid bathroom tile was also completed

She's super pretty! 

Another big change has happened in the back yard...

What used to look like that now looks like this:

Yep my fur babies get just under half and acre of brand new grass to poop on! 

The fence, thanks to my husband, father, brother in law, and mechanic is COMPLETE! 

Pizza was provided for both Sundays it took to complete it.

The caps for the wall also came in!

(Lowes should probably pay me for these photos of its lights haha) 

I'm sure I am missing a few other details that have happened since my last post but for now this is all I got :) trying to keep my head up even though I have officially reached 'Over-it' status.