I am 47, single, no kids. I am a health care professional. I feel that I'm generally a very good saver and a not so good budgeter - hence the credit card debt payoff I worked through in 2020.I hate when I write a long blog & lose it! Ugh. 😩
So the inspection & walk-through on Monday & Tuesday were postponed until today due to the builder delays. There was no kitchen appliances, a missing fan, and no garage door. Today looking at the full slab of my countertops I finally saw the color variation that I was told about, but couldn't see in the sample. It was a little thing, but made me happy.
Today the fan was picked up, but not installed. The kitchen appliances & garage door were installed. The garage door was not painted yet. The builder told me to be picky on punch items & I definitely was. I wanted every little paint blemish touched up. Seems like it would be easier for them to just do another coat of paint everywhere rather than look at all my blue tape markings. But what do I know?
I do know that I love all of my design selections. You spend so much time second guessing every selection that it's very satisfying to walk through & think that you wouldn't change a thing. It all turned out just how I envisioned. I'm happy with the choices I made & that I went against popular opinion on some things. Today looking at the full slab of my countertops I finally saw the color variation that I was told about, but couldn't see in the sample. It was a little thing, but made me happy.
I spent weeks pouring over all the information I could find about quartz vs granite countertops, pure white vs extra white paint on trim, agreeable gray vs repose gray paint on walls, best paint colors for stucco, looking at brick colors & textures on different homes, weighing door colors, debating whether to paint my lower kitchen cabinets & island a different color, looking at flooring options, cabinet hardware, kitchen backsplash, fireplace tile, lighting fixtures. I think I exhausted my mom just talking about it.
And next week is finally closing day. It's been a fun process. A little frustrating & stressful at times, but mostly exciting.
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