Here are samples of what our bathroom floors will look like. We have gone through a myriad of possibilities with this. After checking prices and reviews and specs on several options, VCT seems to be the best fit for us. We went with an alternating pattern to avoid that school cafeteria look. I love what we picked. We priced several places, and we ended up going with a flooring outlet here in town that sold it to us at a fraction of what other retailers told us, for the same product. One full bath and the downstairs half bath will have the green and white, while the other full bath has the violet and white.
Here's our kitchen with cabinets! We have never installed cabinets before on our own, so we were fairly edgy about this and not sure how to make it all come together, especially considering the beams and braces on some of the walls. My dad, however, put our minds at ease as he looked at it with the eyes of years of experience and remarked, "...shouldn't be a problem." Within one day, he and my husband made some exchanges and additional purchases at Surplus Warehouse and got these up. I have had no cabinets here in the barn, just a few open shelves, and about a yard of counter space, so this kitchen seems just luxurious to me! We went with Surplus Warehouse on the cabinets partly because these don't have particle board in the sides. I want to paint them a deep slate blue. Next, we take the stove to a guy we've found to go through it and get it all up to date.
My dad came and spent most of the week with us last week and they got so much done with two really good carpenters instead of one really good carpenter and a helper who is also the mom.
You can see the louvered doors we chose for in front of the washer and dryer downstairs. The house has tons of natural light, but not in this particular spot, so we wanted some kind of door that would allow light to filter into the hall. These did the trick just fine. After talking to Home Depot and not wanting to pay $100+ in shipping, we went with a local lumber company who was able to get the doors in one unit for about the same as the base price from Home Depot. They had them ready in about a day. We also bought the rest of our interior doors from a local company. They framed them for us, too, which made installation so much easier. They are solid pine, and I want to stain them, as well as much of the wood, too. The whole paint/stain issue is really a tough one. I love the look of the wood, but in some rooms, I think I do want to paint the walls, but still just stain the beams, braces, and baseboards. It's hard to think of covering those boards with paint until I see a picture of a timberframe home with painted walls, and then I think it should be done in moderation.
Here's a shot of our baseboards. We ran the wiring along the base of the wall, so this thick baseboard conceals that as well as complements the beam at the top of the wall really well. The electrician we used was really good about wanting to work with our wood to conceal his wires as much as possible. This baseboard really gives each wall a picture-frame effect with the beams running horizontally and vertically.
And a final pic of the kitchen. We are almost done!!!!!!!