Beach House Update - Upstairs Interior

Our builder is standing firm on his finish date of mid-April but I can't help but start to get anxious...This cramped apt feels like the walls are closing in and I still have 4 months to survive!  I think I can...I think I can...

I went over to the house for a bit by myself.  It was a peaceful time to plan, dream, imagine...

I also took some panorama shots with my phone - it's so hard to get good interior pics without our lights installed.  Everything is dark, even in the middle of the day.  FYI - If you click on the picture, it will enlarge and make it easier to see!

Here you can see they finally took down the scaffolding from the front of the house.  They need to finish the upstairs front porch railing.

Here is Riley's room in panorama.  His closet and bathroom are before you actually "enter" his room.  The bathroom is behind the wall on the right of the picture and his closet window is the one pictured above on the front porch.    The door to the left goes out to the front porch.

This is the window seat in his room.  He's excited to be able to sit here and read books.  I'm going to have to make him a cushion for it once his new bedding gets decided on for his dirt bike themed room.

This is a peek into Kendall's room.  She has double doors that lead out to the front porch.  I think that will make her room feel so bright and she's going to love it.  We've been planning a beach/surfer girl theme like her nursery.  She's very excited!  Her closet is to the right and her bathroom is the door on the far left of the picture.  Her room is probably slightly smaller than Riley's and she's got the most furniture, but I've always felt this room spoke her name.

This is our master bedroom.  We've been fortunate to have had rather large master bedrooms in the past and this is no exception.  I'm standing in the doorway and the 3 windows in the back overlook the backyard/driveway/garage/pool area.

 

I know this is going to sound silly, but I'm so excited about the way this master bath is turning out.  I can't wait to see the cabinet, granite, tub and fixtures installed!  I requested the board & batten in this room.  I'm thinking of a light sea glass color for the walls.  My big stand alone tub will go in front of that big double window with a beautiful light fixture above it!  The toilet is on the far right, the closet straight ahead and the shower is to the right of the windows.  

The master bath shower...The floor of the shower (as well as both kids) have an awesome pebble tile.  It has a real "beachy" feel to it.  There will be 3 adjustable body sprayers with a shower head above it.  On the right will be our adjustable hand held shower head.  I can't wait to actually USE it!  Although, what I'm really looking forward to is taking a long, hot tubby - something I've not done since we moved from Utah...

This is an attempt to show our closet.  We've had built in shelving before, and I highly recommend it over those wire Closet Maid shelving systems, but this was custom.  We got to decide what and where everything got built in all of our closets.  What a treat!  We'll be putting in a few double bar racks and saving a small section for my long dresses, etc.  We even have shoe racks!  I feel so lucky!

This is my attempt to showcase the upstairs hallway.  The far right of the picture is coming up the stairs.  It will be getting a rail at some point.  The paneling from the downstairs continues up through the staircase.  The hallway in the middle of the picture goes to the laundry and Riley's room.  Kendall's room is the doorway to the left.  Directly across from her room is the guest room/craft room.  This room also has it's own bathroom.  My mom sounded excited to not have to share a bathroom with my kids during her visits anymore!  I am standing in front of my doorway and the hall linen closet.  

I spent the better part of today online picking out the bathroom hardware - towel bars, toilet paper holders, etc.  I also nailed down our door knobs and worked on some paint ideas for our master bedroom and bathroom.  Our lighting was ordered last week so that should be coming in and installed soon.  The carpenter was starting on the fireplace mantel today and is looking to start our mudroom bench and building a door behind our stairs for storage. 

I am praying daily for patience as we wait for our new home to be completed.  I think once the kids head back to school tomorrow, it will be much easier to keep myself busy and occupied so that it doesn't overwhelm me living here.  I keep reminding myself how blessed we are to be able to afford this dream house and that this is going to be so appreciated by every member of our family after spending over a year in this apt. It will completely be worth the very long wait.