Beachin It!!!

Snakes on a plane...this has nothing to do with the Tate Residence but in honor of our flight into to BTR I thought I'd give it a shout out. 

Here are some progress pictures of the Mudroom Powder Room, the front and side entry doors installed, window seat framing, master bath shower, bonus room...

While the Tate's are in FL for a week in the sun, beachin it...the house will still be speeding along. Plans for week of 6/23 include, but are not necessarily limited to: completion of plumbing and electrical rough ins, inspection by Township of these rough ins, upon approval insulation of walls and ceilings, and installation of drywall by the end of the week.  We are reviewing the final lighting fixture selections which Jennifer has worked so diligently to pull together. We will be making the final selections on the wood trim throughout the house. 

Tate Residence Update- big things happening

Rain rain go away come back...when our house is finished. The Tate Residence is moving; not a fast as we would like, but making progress daily. The roof is on and all windows and exterior doors (less front entry) are in. HVAC, plumbing, and electrical rough ins are well underway. For those that don't know what "rough in" means; rough in is the stage of the project where the HVAC (Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning), Plumbing, and Electrical distribution systems (i.e. Ductwork, Sanitary Sewer Piping, Vent Piping, Domestic Water Piping, Electrical Wiring) are installed into the walls, ceilings, attic and basement spaces - all the stuff you don't necessary see but need to live comfortably in your house. The Tyvek (Waterproofing) and Exterior Siding started yesterday with a quickness - should only take this new Amish crew a few days to wrap it. Preparation of the site for the site utilities (electrical, gas, and sanitary sewer service), driveway, and storm water rain garden will start next week. Good news: the Township has received verbal approval from the DEP to extend public sewer to our property. This was great news - we will no longer have to deal with the potential headache (cost) of a septic system.
Last week Jennifer had the pleasure (insert sarcasm) of walking the entire house and confirming the location of 50 light fixtures and the 100's of electrical devices (outlet, lights switches, etc). I'll let her elaborate on that below in addition to all the final selections on appliances and custom cabinetry...but first here are some progress pics.

So as Andy mentioned we have made some huge progress over the past few weeks.  All of our plumbing selections have been finalized, see pics below for some of the highlights!

This gorgeous faucet will be going in all of the bathrooms, master bath, jack and jill, princess, powder room 1 and powder room 2.  

Farmhouse apron front sink as shown above was picked for our kitchen!

We have also walked through the house with the electrician and confirmed where each light fixture would go and where every light switch and outlet would be.  It was a long meeting but I'm happy we were able to finalize it all.  Now I just need to pick out 49 light fixtures, ah!! Below are some of the fixtures we are considering, the most important ones being the center hall foyer chandelier and the kitchen island lighting...

Foyer chandelier option..lanterns seem very colonial to me

lanterns for over the island if we decide to go with this theme...

this one is really sparkly and pretty, would be a great statement piece for the foyer chandelier

I am also LOVING drum shades,  I cant get enough.  I have a feeling picking 49 light fixtures is going to get very old very fast, but for now I am having fun!!!

Also for those of you that have Instagram follow us @tateoftheunion (you can click the little camera on the top right hand corner of the blog and it will take you to our insta account) I will be adding daily progress pics and other fun tidbits!! There is so much happening so quickly, I can't document it all on the blog!!! Partly because I am horrible at getting around to posting.  Using a computer is so 2008.