Moving Along

Things are moving along with the plans for the house. It's starting to feel so real! We got a bunch of drawings today. Wanna see our gorgeous island??

I seriously can't wait to bake with the kids at this thing, or gather with loved ones around it during the holidays... :) The design was definitely a collaborative effort.  I really wanted the island to feel like a beautiful piece of furniture in our kitchen! It is going to be such a functional space for our family. We're excited to have a large area underneath for our appliances. Right now they are all shoved into a random cabinet, but it will be so convenient to have them all so easily accessible. Now the question is- keep it white to match the cabinets, go with a contrasting darker color, or paint it a subtle grey?? So many options!

Speaking of options, we've been discussing revamping the columns on the front of the house. Here's how it looks now:

Cute, but a little bit weak. We couldn't decide if we wanted to just make them thicker, or make them a little fancier and go with something tapered to match the more "craftsman" style of the home. Here's what our architect came up with:

We like the look of the tapered! We think it gives it a little more pizzaz and character. You may notice we also changed the look of the siding a bit. All around the house will be Hardieplank siding, with hardieshingles in the gables (the triangle parts of the roof :) )  We haven't decided the color scheme yet, but that's just one of a hundred decision we will have to make!