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Our upstairs hallway leading to the kids lounge/pl

Our upstairs hallway leading to the kids lounge/playroom has this big plain wall that is visible from the family room below.

We had planned on just having can lights here but the HVAC design wouldn't allow it so our electrician suggested wall sconces and I am so thrilled because I hadn't even considered them.

I now plan to make this a feature wall with a huge family portrait hung between the two sconces but should we add shiplap behind to the wall or no? Tell me your thoughts in the comments.

I stopped by the house last night... the whole hou

I stopped by the house last night... the whole house is primed and some electrical work was done.

Here's a view from the master bath looking into the master bedroom. I am so loving all the windows in here!!

Right now, we're delayed on interior doors. They have been pushed another 2 weeks and our builder won't move forward until doors are in :(

Other than Home Depot and Lowes, who has in stock doors that we can go purchase? I just need something there to get us moving again.

🏡🏠I just can't get enough of the open floor

🏡🏠I just can't get enough of the open floor plan on our main level! Doors and trim should be happening next week!
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Happy middle of the week friends! We are making ou

Happy middle of the week friends! We are making our way through this week nicely - I feel a lot more calm these last few days and it definitely helps the mood in the house!

Today's update on #housemanorva:
- We are still waiting on 2 windows. In the original shipment, they lost one and broke the other. We're told they will be here next week (again).
- The painters were on-site on Monday priming the walls for our BM Gray Owl interior walls!

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This pretty floral book is the new "Beautiful Word

This pretty floral book is the new "Beautiful Word Coloring Bible for Teen Girls" that I got for our oldest daughter.

I purchased new bibles for each of our kids this week so we can start this year fresh with some new daily family bible study time. I also ordered chapter tabs for each of them and spent some idle time today figuring out how to put them on!

"In my distress, I called to the LORD and He answered me." Jonah 2:2
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Sharing some drywall photos for you to enjoy from

Sharing some drywall photos for you to enjoy from today.

1. Laundry/Mudroom: We'll have 7 lockers/cubbies with USB outlets in each for charging phones/laptops
2. Library: On the right side will be an antique mantel that matches the one that'll be in family room. Eventually we will do built-ins and install an electric fireplace
3. Master Bathroom: Perspective from the master closet. On the left is the toilet room, straight ahead is where my free standing tub will be and on the right is the shower.
4. Laundry/Mudroom on the left and Pantry on the right. In the pantry, we will have a whole wall of shelves on the right wall and an extra fridge on the back wall.
5. Study Nook: Perspective from the pantry. We will install a butcher block desktop in here.

One of our must haves for the new house is a Study

One of our must haves for the new house is a Study Nook -- or pocket office -- a place for the main computer, printer, filing cabinet and the mail + bill catchall.

The Study Nook is a 6x6 space carved into the hallway that leads from the garage to the kitchen and it has a little 2x3 window to provide some natural light as well as a can light over head.

Do you have a space like this in your home?

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Happy Friday friends! A little update... we're wai

Happy Friday friends! A little update... we're waiting on interior doors to be delivered. They've been delayed, seems to he the story of our build.

Tile was delivered Wednesday and the poor delivery driver got stuck in our driveway.

Cabinets should be here in a little over a week!

Hoping our flooring gets installed soon, can't wait to see that in place!

Meanwhile, I finished my first book of the year, Firefly Lane, and posted my review on the blog at JandLOnline:
http://jandlonline.com/book-review-firefly-lane-by-kristin-hannah/

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Question: Is it the general contractor's responsib

Question: Is it the general contractor's responsibility to be on site to accept deliveries related to a home build (flooring, tile, doors etc)?

I get more and more frustrated at the number of things we are doing ourselves for the build.

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Happy Saturday! I hope everyone's new year has go

Happy Saturday!

I hope everyone's new year has gotten off to a great start! I've been enjoying a new book, relaxing, cooking up some new banana bread recipes and looking forward to the new phase we're moving into on the build of #housemanorva

Tonight, we're going to plan out some of our landscaping for the front yard. Our builder is just going to seed and straw so we'll have a blank slate to go from once we move in. What are some of your favorite plants that you'd suggest for landscaping near the porch and garage?

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Happy New Year! Stopped by the house today to chec

Happy New Year! Stopped by the house today to check out the progress that happened over the past week.

Tape and mudding done, power connected to the meter and flooring was delivered!

Here's a shot of my library! Along the right wall will be future built-in shelves flanking an antique mantel.

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Are you reading any good books right now? I just f

Are you reading any good books right now?
I just finished A Breath of Snow and Ashes, book 6 of the Outlander series. But since the rest of the series is in storage til the house is done, I decided to start one of the books I got for Christmas: Firefly Lane.
Super different than my normal read but I'm enjoying it so far.

What books are on your list?

Today we picked out kitchen cabinet hardware and f

Today we picked out kitchen cabinet hardware and found out we have power connected at the house!!

I picked up these cute rugs for our front porch and I can't wait to see it all come together!

What is one thing you're looking forward to in the new year?

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I wanted to share a few more drywall photos. We me

I wanted to share a few more drywall photos. We met with our contractor yesterday to go over colors, fireplace and closet shelf details and while we were there, the power company showed up to start work!!

The drywallers saw extra drywall and finished out what was supposed to be our unfinished future kid's lounge/playroom. Positive note: it's one less thing for us to do later but Negative note: we hadn't run electric yet other than one outlet, cable and ceiling fan pre-wires. So James will have to cut a strip out to run electric later and fix it.

I'm super excited about the openness of the Floorplan and I can't wait to see my laundry/mudroom finished with a full wall of cubbies/lockers on the left and laundry on the right!

Next up: interior doors and trim work I think with flooring and tile. We'll be ordering our cabinets today.

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This happened this week! @housemanorva got drywall

This happened this week! @housemanorva got drywall for Christmas! 2 Story family room with a fireplace, starting to look cozy :)

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Merry Christmas friends with love and blessings fr

Merry Christmas friends with love and blessings from the House family.

I'm just enjoying a quiet morning before all the kids get up. Hope your day is beautiful!

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Our DIY Indoor Snowman craft was the perfect activ

Our DIY Indoor Snowman craft was the perfect activity for a rainy winter day!

This thrifty kid's craft only cost us $4 and has provided hours of play. Check out the details on JandLOnline: http://jandlonline.com/diy-indoor-snowman-craft/

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Trying to decide what to make for Christmas mornin

Trying to decide what to make for Christmas morning breakfast? Make this Gingerbread Baked Oatmeal the night before and store in the fridge for those early risers!
Recipe at JandLOnline: http://jandlonline.com/gingerbread-cookie-baked-oatmeal/

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Pretty excited about my clearance tile score from

Pretty excited about my clearance tile score from today! The original tile I wanted for my laundry/mudroom from Floor & Decor went out of stock everywhere before we could order so I was bummed and went back to the drawing table.

I was going to place our tile order today with a different selection but we decided to hit Lowes to check out their tile before I hit submit.

The tile in the photo above is so similar to my original selection and was on clearance for $.38/piece saving us about $300 on our laundry room! So we bought all 11 boxes they had on the shelf to make sure we had plenty of extra! Can't wait for the upcoming couple of weeks of progress now. Insulation inspection is scheduled for tomorrow with drywall installation starting this week and then tile and hardwood following by the end of the year!

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More windows being installed today. Finally starti

More windows being installed today. Finally starting to look good!

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