Last week, Jason and I went back to Nu Way Floor Fashions for our follow-up meeting regarding our flooring, countertops and tile selections. We actually ended up changing our minds on a couple of the original decisions we'd made about the backsplash and the tile in the bathrooms. Anyway, this first photo shows our countertop colour (the little colour chip), our linoleum for the bathrooms and laundry room, and the paint colours we've chosen for our walls. The darker colour is called Wind Mill and is what we've decided to paint our walls with, and the lighter colour is called Summer Suede, and it's the colour we're going to paint all the trim and baseboards, as well as the window casings.



We're going for a very neutral, warm feeling once inside our home, and we really felt that these colours accomplished both.

This next photo is the page we chose our paint colours off of. The two colours in the middle are those we decided on. We're also considering doing a feature wall in a burgundy, but made no final decisions about that at that meeting. Maybe our dads will help us with that. :-)



We're drawing nearer to both our wedding and our possession date, and as was expected, things just seem to be getting busier and busier! My midterm exams at school are coming at me full force, I have projects due like crazy, and Jason's working madly at finishing one book, while preparing himself to write at least one more! We're having a lot of fun doing everything though, and we're learning A LOT about just how important budgeting is! It's no wonder people think we're crazy to be getting married and building a brand new home within two months of each other!

We also visited our cabinet supplier this past week, Prestique Kitchens, and for the first time since all our interior decisions have started, were nicely surprised to find that the cabinets we like are not an upgrade! Everything else is, so it felt very nice hearing Wade tell us our choices were standard ones! We did, however, upgrade to two big drawers for pots and pans, as well as increasing the height of our cabinets as our ceilings are being heightened to 9 feet.

And, the final place we went to last week was Coast Appliances, where we chose our appliances, obviously! Unlike our cabinets, everything here was, again, an upgrade. Brandon, the gentleman who helped us, was incredibly helpful though. Very honest and very informative. Thanks Brandon!

One thing we did notice when returning to Nu Way, and when we went to Prestique, was that despite the fact that we had booked appointments with Connie from Nu Way, and Wade from Prestique, at least a week in advance, many of the questions regarding costs of upgrades, weren't completed until we were there. We found it a little frustrating to have to sit and wait for people to figure out numbers when we had been told everything like that was going to be completed upon our meeting time. But, despite the minor frustrations, both Connie and Wade were extremely helpful, knowledgeable and friendly. We definitely could not have asked for more pleasant experiences at either location. Thanks Connie and Wade!