Sampler Platter

The work in the house is almost done.  So close, so close.  Below are some samples of what's going on and going in.

Here's the floor stain.  It wasn't what I would have picked but the finish that I've seen and liked is a multi-step process (or so I hear).  Coffee Brown is what I chose one day when I walked in the house and saw two stain samples on the floor.  It was right before I was heading out of town for work for a week and I thought the stain color decision should be made quickly. Of the two colors this is the one I preferred.  I like dark brown floors although you see them everywhere.  So the choice wasn't very original but it's secretly what I've really wanted all along.

The true color is near the bottom of the picture where the sun isn't casting a glare.  I like the amount of grain that shows through, it gives the floors a lot of life.

This is the marble for the upstairs bathroom.  The trip to the fabricator went well yesterday, she taped off parts of the stones that I liked.  The bottom part of this slab will be the front of the tub.  Above the tape is the portion that will be used for the tub deck. There will be lots of leftovers from this piece of marble, I'm having a cheese board made.  Anything too large will be super heavy and there's not tons of storage in the kitchen so I passed on getting a cutting / pastry board.

Here's the slab for the kitchen island.  This particular stone has lots of variations.  There was a piece from a different lot that had a bunch of speckles in it.  The stone I originally saw in the stone store didn't have as much vertical white veining.  But this is what I ended up with and I hope I'll like it.

Here's a different piece that will be used for the kitchen counter.  

And here's the tile design for the downstairs bathroom.  The layout is almost the same as the upstairs bath with just minor height and design differences. The floors in the downstairs bath are hardwood.  Now that they've been stained I think the tile guy can hop back to it and tile the downstairs bathroom and finish tiling in the upstairs bath. Countertops, fireplace and bathroom stones go in at the end of the week.  Sinks, faucets and toilets need to be installed.  Gates and fencing and...that's about it.  So close.