Excitement is Building!

Where does the time go!?  I cannot believe all that has happened since I last gave y'all an update on the house.  And not only has a lot changed with the house, but we've also had a few life changing events too.  But more on that in another posting...

In chronological order, here's some photos of the past several weeks:

beams in the family room

matching cabinets in the family room

kitchen cabinets and island

fridge nook and butler's pantry

laundry room

finished outdoor fireplace and prepping for the stamped concrete patio

stone being delivered

one of my favorite "things" in the house; love how the light casts such a beautiful shadow!

hot tub deck and more patio prep work

 

view from above of almost finished patio

another shot of the butler's pantry

another of my favorite things....the laundry room door! mounted on a track like a barn door

For those of you following along with our build, I don't think I'll be posting many more updates here.  If you want periodic snippets you'll have to join my Facebook page.  Just click on the button in the right margin.  I will post random pictures there.  And you can also follow Travelin' GRITS to receive notification of new postings. 

Instead, I will be posting about some other life events, as well as some projects I'll start working on that will find their permanent place at the house.  I'm guessing the next and final few weeks of the build will be full of lots of changes....... and I can't wait!!!  :)

Until then....

The Stencil Project, Finished

So after several weeks of working on this project, it is finally complete, and we couldn't be more pleased!  Even TravelinBRITS is happy with how everything turned out!  But because the risers still aren't attached to the stairs, I don't have a photo of the "finished" project.  Hopefully by the end of September the staircase will be complete and everything will be in place.

before

 

A little background history: 

We’ve spent many years living in various places around the world due to my husband’s active duty military assignments.   Our most recent overseas assignment had us in Morocco for 3 years.  We fell in love with Moroccan patterns, design and colors, but most interestingly we started collecting antique hand-carved wooden doors with the intention of incorporating them into our home construction as functional doors, which is super exciting to see them being brought to life again as they are hung in the doorways around the house!  We also collected a wide variety of beautiful Moroccan lanterns that will be hung around our home as functional lighting, but also as accent pieces.

 

Stenciling the stair risers was an idea I had while following the beautiful blog of Maryam Montague, My Marrakesh, and seeing one of the finished projects at Peacock Pavilion in Marrakesh.  The amazing stencil designs and projects were developed by Melanie Royal of Royal Design Studio. 

My husband and I wanted the final result of our project to be subtle due to all the other patterns greeting guests ranging from the old doors, to the lanterns, to the iron balustrades. So I chose contrasting finishes (matte and semi-gloss) of the same color paint, Valspar Sunset Nude, to achieve the look, and am completely blown away with how much I love it!!!

 

Because of the heavy influence of Moroccan design throughout our home, I chose three Royal Design Studio stencils from their Moroccan collection (choosing WAS NOT easy!): 

Small Eastern Lattice

 

 

Small Moorish Trellis

 

 

Small Camel Bone Weave (my fav!)

 

What a great way to give our home a unique, hand-painted look!  I can definitely see more stencil projects in our future for making dramatic statements wherever we choose!

And while this isn't the final look, it makes me giddy with anticipation of what our staircase will really look like when it is complete!