A Brazilian Beauty

On Saturday we went and picked out the granite for the kitchen counters.  Here is the main slab that we chose.

We decided to go with a Brazilian granite.  Sounds exotic eh?  We thought so also until we were told that roughly 80% of granite comes from Brazil.  So that's like saying we went with a "German Volkswagen" just to sound posh.  On our way home we worked on channeling our New Englander snob - "Yes, but is your granite from Brazil?"  Think of Louis Winthorpe III when saying it and you'll get it just right.

 

We're happy with the choice.  It's a neutral color and provides for flexibility with the accent colors.  So now we're done with selections and await the house to be completed.  The plumbing is in right now and we're expecting electrical soon.  Then we sign off on the electrical before the sheet rock is hung.  This should all happen by the end of the month.

The roof is also on for the most part.  This is good since there is a storm forecast for early this coming week.  Having the roof on will hopefully prevent loss of work days.  I was very pleased to see them working on Saturday to get the roof on.  Here's a photo from earlier in the week of the tiles getting loaded to the roof.

We hope to close before the end of the year and realize it will be close. We have nothing but good to say so far about the builder and the process.  This is our 2nd home we built and the 5th one we've bought and it's been the best experience - from the realtors to the construction crews to the suppliers. As things progress we get more excited to move in.