Cabinets & Lighting

The past week has given us cabinets, countertops, and lighting.  We installed Sienna Manchester cabinets in the kitchen, the great room floating cabinets, as well as the wet bar on the third floor.  The cabinets were topped with Cherokee White Marble.  The vanities used in the remaining bathrooms were purchased from Lowes.

The lighting includes 4" cans with white trim (bronze trim in the basement).  We installed cable track lighting in the entryway, with a chandelier and pendant light from Restoration Hardware in the kitchen.  The bathroom vanity lights are from the Progressing Lighting Newport collection.

                                

Kitchen

Wet bar

Jack/Jill bathroom

 
                                                 

3rd floor bathroom

                                                 

Master bathroom

Craft room

Master bedroom

                                           

Entryway

Great room

Rooftop terrace

Three shades of gray

The interior painting has commenced.  We use Valspar Ultra Premium paint from Lowes.  Every wall throughout the house is painted a flat Coventry Gray by Benjamin Moore.  We plan to add accent colors once we get settled and see how the furnishings look.  The baseboard and trim is paint a semi-gloss Whirlpool by Benjamin Moore.  All interior doors are painted a semi-gloss Amherst gray, as well as the stair railings and risers.  This is the same gray paint that was used on the exterior siding.  Gray is a very good contemporary looking neutral color that allows you to coordinate with other pops of color.

Kitchen

3rd FLR stairwell

2nd FLR stairwell

Master

1st FLR stairwell

Master closet

Siding complete

In an earlier post we highlighted the Nichiha 4" lap siding that was installed and painted Amherst Gray.  Although the lap siding covers 75% of the house, the remaining portion has been sheathed with a Nichiha material called Empire Block.  Empire Block is a 5/8" thick cement board that comes in panels that measure 10' wide x 18" high.  They are a light gray color and are made to resemble limestone block.  We liked the industrial look of the material and thought it complemented the contemporary design.

The key to the material is accurately installing your starter track at the base of the house.  You then stack each corner piece, and next install the 10' panels on top of one another, until you reach the top.   You will have a vertical joint where the panels come together, which is filled with a special limestone colored caulk.  Nichiha has many other materials that look like stone, ledger stone, cedar, and even wood.  Take a look at their website for more information (www.nichiha.com).

Corner pieces go up first

Next are the 10' panels

This material will not be painted

Our helpers didn't show up so this is the freight driver and Chad (architect) about to hand me the 10' 50lb pack of two panels.  The three of us had to unload 32 packs.