Day 107 - Tile Floors are in - but my deadline passed

So I didnt make it in 3 months...we have a 4 week delay thanks to the brick and now an on again off again week's delay due to my tile, interior doors and cabinet deliveries. I will need another 3-4 weeks before we can move back upstairs which will put me at 130-140 days about 5 weeks over schedule.  As for my budget - well better not to discuss that as - like every one of my clients - we have fallen prey to the "upcharges".  You start opening and tearing down walls and you start to want MORE and MORE>  it is like a serious drug addiction. With every piece of plaster and wood that came down I wanted MORE to follow!!  I can't make this house "new enough"!!  In my next life it is for sure ALL modern - new new and new!!

 Currently I am fixated on the fact that when we move upstairs to our ENTIRELY new space, the downstairs will feel that much older. Urgh and the money is running out....I am still trying to squeeze out a few wall changes and HOPEFULLY the bathroom gut and redo on the first floor.  The kitchen, well, let's just say if I dontt win the lottery (even 5th or 6th place) in the next 3 weeks, will have to remain the way it is and we will make due with what we have!!

This week, I introduced another person into our remodel mix - Marianno - a young hip interior designer who I am working with on another project. I needed some professional feedback that I am not off my rocker and the decision we have made thus far are okay, doable and re-sellable.  He LOVED it all and came back with some great ideas on how to tweak things and make them that much better.  I cant tell you how relieved I feel....We will work on colors next week, but he and I are sooo on the same page with furniture, rugs, everything!!  My new BFF :) 

My coolio tile guy started this week - he is a total "dude" and a really good friend of HGTV's Vern Yip who built all of the furniture in Vern's NYC urban oasis apartment showcased on HGTV this year - Matt Guston. He did Vern's tile at his house here in Atlanta so I got him to install mine and it looks bad a_s!!  Check it out.....     
The master bath floor - geometric Nova Blue (dark gray) Limestone....it has fossils in it!!

      See the brown fossils!  They are all over - LOVING it....

 Viola's tile that she picked out. Hard to tell but it looks like a gray/beige stone...neutral but sleek....

She loves it and so do I!!

My interior trim guy started today to hang all of the new doors - very modern flush front doors - pics to follow tomorrow.  He will be here all week doing all of the interior trim and doors.  Next week unfortunately we will have a break unless Tilo and I can come to agreement on exterior colors and get the house painted!  Maybe my cabinets will come in too!!  Week after next it is the rest of the tile (Matt - coolio dude has some other gigs to squeeze in for HGTV so I am on the back burner!!).  Then it is interior paint, final installs and the floors...I see the light....

Stay tuned....K