I'm so tired

Ok guys, we have now been in the construction phase for SIX months (but officially the foundation was dug out SEVEN months ago--but who's counting??).. And folks, I am just exhausted.

That's it. I am done with this process. DONE.

It is March (technically in a few hours), and the foundation was originally poured in September. Let me catalog the things that have happened since our shearwall inspection didn't pass 100% on January 26th. We met with the project managers on January 26th, who both confirmed that the delayed framing schedule did not change the completion date of May. (That's right--May 2018--61 days away.)

January 29th--our windows and front door were installed and the roof was completed.

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February 13th--the plumber did the rough-in plumbing, but he missed the utility sink, and the wrong shower was installed in our master bathroom. Oh, and the front door was taken off to allow big items to pass through.

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The crawlspace vapor barrier was installed.

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February 27th--the plumber installed the correct shower pan, but did not plumb the utility sink.

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That's right. That's it. One month, only one big step done. It did snow two days this month. I get that snow really does slow things down, but come on. I've seen other houses start after ours and are moving along at a faster pace.

We were promised:

framing fixes, plumbing rough-in, HVAC, electrician walkthrough and rough-in,
garage slab, and siding.

We got:

plumbing rough-in and the crawl space vapor barrier (which we didn't know about until 

after it was done).

We are waiting for (still):

plumbing fixes, shearwall/framing fixes, HVAC, siding, garage slab,
and electrical.

We've been waiting for the framers to come back for "small fixes", but nope.. and now, under unfortunate circumstances (sad story really), the same framers are unable to come back. So, they are getting an "in-house" team to come and do the framing (shearwall) fixes. This will be the third week in a row that we've been told that the framing fixes should be done. Let me say this again--they cannot start the siding until the fixes have been done and inspected. As of today, the shearwall re-inspection is not yet scheduled. If the siding isn't completed, the electrical work cannot be completely done either (you can't finish electrical prior to siding).

We were told in January that this work would be done in February.. And, February is gone and we are still waiting.

I'm tired of waiting.

I'm tired of worrying.

I'm tired of being angry.

I'm tired of stressing out.

I'm tired of paying over $1200 per month for the costs associated with building this house (yep--it's that and more).

Just yeah, I'm tired.

Our project manager has not yet updated our completion date.. so stay tuned.

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Master Bathroom Decisions

So, when we were planning our master bathroom initially, we had a couple of ideas and requests:

--Here is the custom layout.

--A separate makeup vanity for me to sit at in the mornings with adequate counter space.

--Tile in the shower (instead of all fiberglass) with vertical accent tile.

--Tile on the ground. We originally chose a 12 by 12 "greige" non-descript tile offered by Lexar like below.

--Tile surround above the bathtub.

--Subway tile counter-to-ceiling backsplash with a herringbone-ish style design.

--White cabinets in the bathrooms.

THEN, we decided.. NO, we are not going to settle for crappy floor tile. Nope. Too difficult to remove and change in 5 years.. So, we picked a tile company called Daltile that Lexar can use, and we spent an hour or so picking out tile we liked. I love love love tile that looks like fabric/linen, so we initially chose the following tiles:

Shower square 12 by 12 tiles

Moroccan tiles as one accent in shower and around bath.

Blue-ish fabric art linen-looking tile for the ground in 12 by 24. (I actually still love this tile.)

But then, we went to Daltile again, this time in Seattle, and my husband saw these 3 tiles together and he no longer wanted our previous tile choices.

We like taupe, what can we say? Honestly, I do like the chevron accent tile, but I'm afraid it's too trendy and will be out of style very quickly.. but, Graham held very strong opinions for it, so chevron tile it is.

So, these are our final choices:

Shower tile in 4 by 12, stacked horizontally in Chenille White Limestone.

Stone chevron tile accent with one vertical line in shower and horizontal tub surround in Fusion Gris.

 Floor tile in Exhibition Tweed 12 by 24.

We are still considering wall colors, such as a slate blue, or a taupe-gray or violet.. but we will probably take our sample tiles to match paint colors. Our master bedroom colors are gray, cream, with blue/purple-ish accents, so we are looking for a coordinating color. We will update later..

Update: Curious about our progress? Click on this link to see all of our home building updates, or check out my Instagram account.