Please hold…

This whole building process is already taking longer than I anticipated. Fortunately, life has kept me busy so I’m not stressing out about it…yet. We’ve signed the contract and handed over a 10% down payment. The architect (it’s a design/build firm, so they handle everything) sent over an initial set of plans but left out a few big details, and also eliminated the biggest natural light source in our already dark living room. If we acted on the first plan, it would be like living in a cave…also, I’m not a fan of the barn door/pocket door trend, so we had to eliminate those as well. 

We’ve sent over some suggestions and are waiting on version 2.0. Meanwhile, we decided not to break our lease, which means we will only have to live through the last few weeks of construction (as opposed to the whole 3-4 month process). This decision will definitely cost us more, but we’re thinking about it as part of the overall cost of the project.  We’ve chosen our internal and external color palette and are prepared to choose other fixtures and fittings soon. Tick tock…