BentleyBlonde

hi beauties. It's been an exciting month at the future Bentley household. Things are really rolling now! It's finally starting to look like a real house now that the drywall is complete, so exciting!  I wanted to share updated progress photos with everyone. Obviously everything is still being worked on, the trim needs to be finished and painted, cabinet knobs installed etc ;)  This week has been ever more exciting with our kitchen "deliveries" finally being installed, cant wait to share more pics later this week!!  9/5 Living Room - Drywall & Trim Kitchen - Drywall Doors Installed Delivery! Sinks & Knobs Delivery! Kitchen Cabinetry Dining Room (trim not painted yet) Stairs started! Foyer Trim Master Bath Vanity 1 Cabinetry Master Bath Vanity 2 Cabinetry Guest Bath Fixtures Guest Bath Vanity Cabinet Did you see my last post?? I shared al...

hi beauties! Its been a busy few weeks at the future Bentley home! :) After a very rainy period, we are finally under roof (and shingled!) and things have been rolling since then. If you didn't see my last post with earlier progress pics and a few unfortunate setbacks, be sure to catch up  HERE . We are currently in the insulation/ drywall process as we near the end of August. I cant believe how fast the months are flying by! Can't wait to be in our new home in October, eek! :D Here are some updated progress photos for you all...  8.8 Under roof! windows & doors are in,  waiting on shingling French doors off the breakfast nook (upgrade) Half Moon Window in the Kitchen (upgrade) Living Room Kitchen Guest Bedroom/ Future Filming Room! :D Guest Bedroom Guest Bathroom Laundry Room (converted from 4th bedroom, upgrade) Master Bedroom Master Closet Master Shower (upgr...

 ❤   ♥   HI Beauties  ♥  ❤ Hope all of you have been well, I apologize for the lack of house updates! The weather here in Maryland has been less than ideal for the past couple of weeks, and things have been messy and slow going over at our homesite. Needless to say, we've all been a little stressed with the situation. The countdown to our closing date is on now! This weekend will mark exactly 2 months until the big day, and unfortunately I don't think we will be moving in on time at this point :( On a lighter note, I still have lots of exciting interior features to share with you beauties! Today I wanted to show you our flooring choices for our new home. I've only seen most of these finishes and colors in sample sizes at the design center thus far, so I'm really excited to see how they come together in the house! Just for reference, the hardwoods, thicker carpet padding and aruba tile in the master bath were all upgrades. Vinyl and carpeting were standa...

Hi Beauties! Just a few progress photos of our home construction. Last week they waterproofed the foundation walls, did the plumbing in the basement and backfilled. I was especially excited to see everything after the backfill, because we can finally get a sense of how big our house will be, and what size yard (or lack thereof haha) that we are looking at ;)  Early this week, our foundation was poured! Which means framing should begin sometime in the next week, so excited! The builders are running about a week behind at this time, so please cross your fingers for us that the weather stays nice and dry so that they are able to catch up and we can avoid crazy loan lock fees! 7/22 Waterproofing  7/26 Backfill, Support Beams & Rebar 7/26 Backfill, Support Beams & Rebar 7/29 Foundation Poured 7/29 Foundation Poured Also, I FINALLY uploaded a new video on my Youtube channel this week! It's a current "Hits and Mis...

Hi Beauties . Hope everyone's having a fabulous week! Thank you all for the love on my last "Building Our First Home: Exterior Color Choices" post! I'm flattered that you guys liked our selections! :) If you didn't have a chance to see them yet, be sure to check out my post  Here :  Building Our First House ~ Exterior Color Choices Today, I'm going to be sharing our interior and exterior lighting choices! We decided to upgrade the lighting on the first floor of the home where we will be entertaining our guests (foyer, dining, living, kitchen, powder room). On the second floor we opted for standard lighting. I actually much preferred the style of the standard lighting for both the master and hall bath vs. the pavilion collection, which I found a bit too "scrolly" for a less formal setting.  Our hallway lighting and exterior lighting are also standard, and I actually rather like them!   As far as additional upgrades, we added a recessed ...