Upgrades and Color Choices
This page contains all of the changes we made to the house, including options and color choices.
Wall Changes
| Final First Floor Plan | See the numbered arrows for the changes |
| #1 Change entrance to Master Bedroom to be the plan above | Current plan has smaller nook for TV and nook type entrance to master bedroom |
| #2 Extend walls each side main entrance to 24" | It isn't much but this seems to separate the Dining/Entry/Formal Living rooms better. |
| #3 Reverse Double Oven & Refrigerator | This makes it easier to work in the kitchen with the fridge open and puts the fridge by the cabinet that we will put glasses in. We are also going to put glass fronts on the cabinets to the right of the fridge |
| #4 Utility sink placement in master garage | |
| #5 Extended patio |
Color Choices
| Brick | Arkansas Rose |
| Mortar | Standard Gray |
| Exterior Paint | Sea Shell (grayish white) |
| Interior Paint | New Hope (Paint Can) |
| Trim Paint |
White Chip Super-Kote Interior Latex Semi-Gloss Wall Trim Paint Jones Blair 338-531 |
| Front Door | FC860 8" medium stain |
| Carpet (1/2" pad) | Fascination 55105 Taupe, Back of Sample |
| Tile (Entry, Kitchen, Backsplash, Breakfast Nook & Utility room, Hearth) | PAC 05 13" Plata (Canvas grout) |
| Tile (Master Bathroom) | LFKH 308 12" Alabaster (Bone grout) |
| Tile (Guest Suite Bathroom) |
LFBE 331 12" Azure/Gray
(Delorean Gray grout) The Tile people goofed and switched the tile for the Guest Bath and the Jack 'n' Jill, we figured we would leave it be till we realized the Azure/Grey tile didn't work out. The sample was a 6"x6" tile, the actual tile was a 12" tile which didn't work well in such a small room. We had the builder remove the Azure/Grey (since they goofed and put the wrong tile in anyway) and install a white tile in the guest bath. |
| Tile (Jack 'n' Jill Bathroom) | BMG 804 13" Beige (White grout) |
| Tile (Powder bath) | PAC 05 13" Plata (Canvas grout) |
| Tile Shower (Jack 'n' Jill, Guest Suite) | 6" White Ice |
| Fireplace Mantle | TMS 36 (with legs) |
| Cabinets (Kitchen) | Tahoe Cherry, Cathedral Raise, Bordeaux stain |
| Cabinets (Bathrooms) | Clearbrook (White) |
| Kitchen Counter Tops | Corian Magna Rosetta |
Items added by the "Spring Special"
| Hand Trowel Kitchen & Master Bath Walls | This is a heavy wall texture treatment |
| Group 2 Tile in entry, Kitchen, Utility and all baths | |
| Group 2 Kitchen Tile Backsplash | |
| Group 3 Kitchen Cabinetry | |
| Group 3 Kitchen Appliances | |
| Round Corners to all impact areas | Basically all wall corners & intersections are rounded off |
| 3 rooms of crown molding (Bonus Includes Main Entry also) | Formal Living, Formal Dining, Master Bedroom |
| Brick front porch | |
| 8' solid core front door | |
| Recessed mirrors | All the bathroom mirrors are recessed about 1" into the wall |
| Jetted Spa in Master bath | |
| Textured & Painted garage walls | |
| Rain gutters to front of House | |
| Full yard of St. Augustine Grass | |
| Full Sprinkler System |
Items we added/upgraded
| Item: | Comments: |
| Full Gutters | Added gutters to remainder of house (only came with the front done) |
| Washed aggregate front walkway | Looks like Pebble Tec |
| Utility Sink (fiberglass) in 2 car garage | |
| TechShield Roof sheathing (See the errors page) | Foil backed sheathing for roof decking, can lower attic temperatures by 30 degrees |
| 4 additional 110 volt weather proof plugs with dedicated circuit & switch See the errors page, we wound up with 6. | Christmas lights, 2 plugs on eaves in back, 2 on ground in front, switch in garage. |
| 3 Double Flood lights | Light up front of house |
| 1 Extra 110 volt plug (single car garage) | Can never have too many plugs |
| 1 Extra 110 volt plug (double car garage) | |
| 20 amp circuit for freezer in utility room | |
| 3 Coach Lights | Light up the front door |
| 9 12" Keystones | Keystones for arches |
| Additional Gate in fence to front of house. | This way there is one on each side of the house |
| Pave out back patio to square off back of home (255 sq ft) | We changed our mind on this one. The foundation was too high for this to work well. We will do a deck later. |
| Natural gas drop to back patio | |
| Extra deep stainless steel Sink 33"x 22" x 8" Undermount | |
| One touch Faucet | With built in sprayer |
| Soap dispenser in counter by kitchen sink | Doing this now so they have to drill the Corian counter top not me :) |
| 7 Recessed Lights | Lots of light in the kitchen |
| Pre-wire ceiling fan between cooktop & island | |
| Glass Block (4x4 block) Wall in Master bath | |
| French Door (2-2-0) To Study | |
| 110 volt floor plug family room | |
| Pre-wire family room for surround sound | |
| Pre-wire Media room for surround sound | |
| Pre-wire 2 Speakers to Back patio | Terminate by TV nook, volume control by back door |
| OnQ Basic Wiring System |
CAT-5E (phone) and RG-6 (coax) to all Bedrooms, Study, Family Room DSS Wiring to Media room |
| Upgrade carpet entire house to group 4 Pinnacle | |
| 2 additional medicine cabinets (master and guest suite bathroom) | |
| Additional outside faucet | Study wall facing garage, for washing cars |
| Upgrade kitchen appliances to Group #9 (all GE) |
Radiant Cooktop Model JP350WC
WW Double Wall Oven Model JTP48WF WW Microwave/Vent (over cooktop) Model JVM1850 WF Dishwasher Model GSD5500G WW |
| AC Compressors |
Not an upgrade but I want them written down somewhere Model # CLJ60-1 (5 ton) Model # CLJ36-1A (3 ton) |
| Upgrade to group 2 Tile in common area | Between entry and kitchen |
| Upgrade all bathroom cabinets to Group #2 | |
| Upgrade master bedroom shower to same tile as floor | |
| Raise master bath cabinet so all counters even | The "female's" cabinets are always lower than the other cabinets for some reason. We want them all to be even. |