This is probably the visit that we've been looking forward to the most. It gives us the chance to really see how our home is going to come together and to give it a touch of our own style. Amorette and I had the chance to walk through a couple of other Ryan Homes developments in our area a few weekends ago and one of those models was the Ellington in the Liberty Ridge Community in Williamsburg. After we got over the shock and awe at how absolutely massive and BEAUTIFUL that house was we spent a good bit of time walking through it and taking it all in. One of the things that we completely fell in love with were the gorgeous hardwood floors throughout the entire first level. We knew we had to have them in our house. When we got back home I did some research online and found what I expected to find, that hardwood is a level 3 upgrade and very expensive. So we went back and forth over it in the two weeks leading up to our flooring appointment and finally decided that this was going to be the house we'd always wanted and for it to be what we wanted it to be, it needed to have that floor.
When we were driving up to the studio at Advance Flooring and Design to meet with Aly we were discussing what we wanted to do and we had pretty much made our minds up that we wanted to do the hardwood in the foyer, hallway and dining room at the very least and perhaps the great room too if the budget would allow. We had read online that it was worthwhile to upgrade the padding in the basement at least, and that the carpet selections that were "included" left a bit to be desired. So knowing all that, we walked in with a pretty good idea of what we wanted to do and what we wanted to spend. We stuck to it pretty closely too!
Here we go!
Foyer, Hallway, Dining Room, Powder Room
Hardwood - 5" Handscraped American Nantucket (upgrade)
Great Room
Carpet - Greystone Seattle Mist (upgrade)
Padding - Tahoe (upgrade)
Stairs, Upstairs Hall, Bedrooms 2, 3, 4
Carpet - Greystone Seattle Mist (upgrade)
Padding - Tahoe (upgrade)
Hall Bathroom, Laundry Room
Vinyl - Station Square X2013 (upgrade)
Master Suite
Carpet - Greystone Seattle Mist (upgrade)
Padding - Tahoe (upgrade)
Master Bath
Tile - Sandalo Castillian Gray (upgrade)
Listello - MV20 Whimsical
Kitchen and Morning Room
Vinyl - Station Square X2013 (upgrade)
Basement
Carpet - Greystone Seattle Mist (upgrade)
Padding - Tahoe (upgrade)
Basement Bathroom
Vinyl - Station Square X2013 (upgrade)
I think that covers it all. We really wanted to do tile in the kitchen/morning room and the hardwood floor in the great room, but it just wasn't in our budget to do. We may add the tile in the kitchen and morning room down the road, but for now we are very happy with everything that we've chosen. We plan to paint most, if not all of the house once we get past our 10 month/ 1 year inspection and we really enjoy doing colors and accent walls so hopefully the choices we've made will go along with the colors we have planned.
Aly at Advanced Flooring and Design was an absolute pleasure to work with through all of this. Our total appointment took about an hour and she went through all of our choices and questions with a smile on her face and gave us a lot of useful insight as well as helping us choose wisely while staying within our budget. It was a very enjoyable experience all the way around.
Next up is my appointment with Steve at Structured Wiring of VA to pick out the cable/audio/data choices for the house. I'm going to this one alone as I've pretty much been given free reign to do what I'd like.
More to come soon!
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