No pictures, but just wanted to share the excitement!  The cabinets are done, and teh wood looks so rich and beautiful!  Rich was a little stunned when he saw the cabinets that aren’t stained — the pantry cabinets are blue, and the laundry room ones are gun metal grey.  Love!  He looked at me sideways, but I reminded him he did not want to be involved in the process, so he wisely said they looked great, shut up and walked away.

The landscape proposals are awesome.  Do we go classic and linear, or fanciful and curvy?  I am looking for a way to merge the two plans.  Seriously went old-school paper dolls, and cut and pasted the two together.  Jeff from TOPO (the landscape company) will either be horrified or impressed.

The colored stucco is starting to go up.  I am a little concerned that it is not bright enough for my tastes.  The Brushmasters gals (hi Wendy!) steered me away from colors that turned me on, saying they would be too much in the log run.  Should I have listened to them or my instincts?  I guess we shall see!