***The final step we were waiting to clear for the new site has been completed. I have been told the site will go live very late tonight/early tomorrow morning. And this time I mean it:) ***

Hello and happy Wednesday afternoon!  Last time I penned a chapter  on the “Bluff Diaries”, it was telling you about how Hurricane Matthew derailed our plans to break ground and obtain permits, it was a bummer but out of our control. I am very pleased to say fast forward a few weeks, we have not only gotten our permits but broken ground! It is full steam ahead now.

They are pouring concrete as we speak and here is how things look as of a few days ago-

 

Believe it or not we already had to make some decisiona that you would think would not have to be made until much later. I have if you can believe it, chosen every single plumbing fixture, my tub and we are working on floor outlets in the great room and study. I must say in not having chosen plumbing fixtures for over 5 years, I was surprised by two things- one is that my taste is essentially the same maybe with a slight transitional leaning (for this new house) and that things that are classic remain beautiful forever.

Last time around I used mostly Perrin and Rohl, sadly I was horribly disappointed in their quality and simply cannot recommend them. Since then they have been bought out and I am crossing my fingers, like Viking they will begin a resurrection to restore their good name. Their line is very expensive and they need to make a product that will stand up and warrant that price point.

I have really liked my Newport Brass items and did a lot of them in this new house, also used Watermark, a newer name to me. So today in case you haven’t already gathered, this is all about plumbing ! Included are many things I chose and some other beautiful items I found. I decided to go polished nickel across the board, I do love brass in certain rooms but didn’t want to tire of it unless I was 100% sure.  Polished nickel is timeless and classic in my book. So here we go-

 

So for my husbands bath how stunning and masculine is this gorgeous faucet from Newport Brasss, just love it ! I said it’s very “Ralph-y”, it is shown here in polished stainless but in polished nickel its showstopping!

For mine I went with this classic bridge look with white porcelain handles-

And here is the tub that was the very first decision we had to make! This is because they needed drainage locations for pouring the slab- (Barclay’s is  GREAT resource for free standing tubs, every design under the sun)!

With this tub decked mounted faucet (but same lever as above on sink)

 

For the powder room did another classic bridge, why change a good thing:) Want to do the classic pedestal sink (on either polished nickel tapered legs or polished nickel with lucite which is new). Palmer is a great resource for this-

How pretty is this? I am allowing myself a few “splurge” choices and the powder room and  kitchen are two of them!

I must say the brass is very tempting-

Here are some of what I did in the guest/boys bathrooms, did polished nickel across the board-

Didn’t do this but these are so pretty with the Lucite cross bar handles (from Kallista)-

Square or oval? I love the look of square and rectangular sinks, and did the rectangular/square in all the boys bathrooms-

Kitchen sink- big fan of Shaws and have had them for the last 15 years, there are newer options like decorative elements

But in the end I decided to go clean and simple….

With this faucet from Newport Brass in polished nickel-

It feels good to have gotten this out of the way. We are now working on the kitchen and all the bathroom cabinetry. Flooring is not far behind!  Once the framing starts, it really starts to feel like a “home”.

We are determined to keep this not only on schedule but ahead of schedule, the good thing is that we make quick decisions and for the  most part know what we want. So I look forward to sharing with you in the months ahead, every step of the way as we  move along. Thank you for stopping in, wishing you a wonderful day! Until next time….

PS Don’t forget there are two giveaways you can enter, one is for the blue and white ornaments (click here) and the other is the Horchow holiday guest towels (click here)

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