wanna see more house pictures?

Okay, here you go.

This is the railing that I'm absolutely in love with. When you brush off the inch of dust it looks fabulous. You can also see the slightly "warmish" paint color in the background.

Next is the fireplace with the tile surround. I agonized over what tile to put around it but I'm happy I ultimately ended up going with a dark tile.

And here we have the kitchen tile. Just try to look past the grout residue (he'd just barely finished when we stopped by) and the many footprints. We did the big 20" tiles on a diagonal and the guy who laid it said it was one of the hardest jobs he's done because the tiles were too big for his saw. I felt bad but I'm very pleased with how it turned out. I really wanted to put the same hardwood as is in the entry in the kitchen but we decided against it because 1) it was dang expensive and 2) tile is a little more durable with kids.

I don't think I ever posted a picture of the back of the house so here it is. I'm excited about the covered patio but we have to figure something else out for the steps. Since our house sits up so high they had to put a landing and four steps coming out the back that take up too much room on the patio. I'm thinking of having the steps just go straight out from the house instead of to the side. What do you think? We've talked to the builder and they're just waiting to here from us on what to do.

And finally here's another picture of the front (they still have to paint the garage and front door). The color is a little bit better but it's still hard to see because it's in the shade.

Finally, in other news, my car hit 100,000 miles the other day! And yes, I took a picture (don't worry you can see here I was stopped but apparently not wearing my seat belt, don't tell Danny). It's been a great car so far and I'm planning on driving it another 100,000!