We were out to the house again last night and I am excited to finally have a pretty decent exterior shot to share! The siding has been slow, but it is just about done now and it looks beautiful. I can’t wait to see the finished product with the stonework around the base of the garage.
Our current house has what is called a “cheater ensuite”. We have access to it from our master bedroom, but there is also a door into it from the hallway and it serves as the main bathroom for everyone. It has been working fine since the kids are still small, but as they grow it is going to be nice to have our own separate bathroom spaces and a bit more privacy. A true ensuite is one of the few things I feel is really lacking from our current house and I am very excited to be getting an incredible ensuite with a jetted soaker tub and multi-jet shower just for us adults to use.
I absolutely love the steps up to our ensuite and the built in shelves we added beside the soaker tub. The shower will be on the other wall, but I will get to that once tile is started.
Our new house has three full bathrooms vs. the one and a half bath we currently have. We made the decision to add a tub to the main floor bathroom to have a space for overnight guests and, more importantly, a place to bath dirty dogs. We currently have to pack our 70lb and 40lb dogs all the way upstairs when they are muddy and need a bath. It will save a lot of backache to have the bath/shower unit on the main floor. The kids are also still young so I foresee them bathing their in the evenings when I have work to do in the kitchen or if it is a messy spaghetti night where they need to go straight from table to tub.
The actual tub we chose for the kids and main floor bathroom is a little larger then your standard tub. I have had to give up a bit of counter space, but I think the nice, round tub will be great for bathing kids and dogs in.
The bathrooms cabinets are the same natural maple we have gone with in the kitchen. There is a bank of drawers for each kid in their bathroom and the open shelf on the bottom will hold extra towels.
I was also excited to see the bathroom cabinets had the drawer hardware already on. They are clean and simple, just the way we like it!
And finally, a picture to show the progress happening in the kitchen. They seem to have been working at a pretty good pace and have already gotten one wall of upper cabinets installed.
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