We selected our lighting, interior doors and door hardware, laundry room counters and cabinets, media room counters and cabinets, foyer flooring, powder room flooring, balusters, stair trim stain, outdoor lighting today, trim color and wall colors. Whew!! I was exhausted by the end of the 3 hour appointment and on top of that we had to revisit previous selections. We actually had the nerve to change some of our previous selections!
Foyer
Despite the costs associated with it, we decided on marble tile floors in the foyer with marble tile insets. Surprisingly this was the most difficult area of the house to make a decision on mainly due to the cost of flooring in that large area. We considered hardwood, but with hardwood in the great room, kitchen, breakfast room, dining room and back hall - that would be a bit much. We also looked at tumbled travertine in a Versailles pattern because it was in the foyer in the model, but the design center no longer carries the same color as in the model and the other colors looked dull. After looking on websites such as Houzz, I found that marble tile foyers with inserts are traditional and that is my design style. And not to mention...it's gorgeous.
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| Our foyer tile and the accent tiles Tile: Marble 12 x 12 - Milano Accent: Marble Mosaic (12x12 mesh) 1/2x1/2 Emperador Dark (will be 4"x4") |
Our media room will have a wet bar and we chose counters and cabinets today. The laundry room actually has an island with a granite countertop, a sink with cabinets and a granite countertop and two cabinets over the washer and dryer. We made those selections today as well.
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| Wet bar counter and cabinets Countertop: 3cm Granite - Ubatuba Cabinet: Poplar Midnight Venice Arlington |
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| Laundry Room countertops, island cabinets, and overhead cabinets Countertop: 3cm Granite - Almond Cabinets: Poplar Midnight Venice Arlington |
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| Laundry room countertop and tile flooring Countertop: 3cm Granite - Almond Tile: Venus 13x13 - Grey |
Balusters
The husband and I disagreed on the the balusters. I wanted something understated that would not take away from the rest of the elements in the foyer. He, however, wanted a baluster with those 'swirly things.' Needless to say, I won - okay, we compromised. I chose the balusters for the front staircase and he chose the balusters for the second staircase. It's all about compromise. lol
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| My choice - Front staircase |
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| His choice - the second staircase |
The house came with the Torino package from Progress Lighting. We upgraded the foyer lighting (2 chandeliers) and chose the dining room, breakfast room, bathroom and exterior lights.
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| Foyer chandelier - Oil rubbed bronze finish |
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| Outdoor lights - upgrades to larger size for lights at front door |
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| Bathroom lighting (middle) |
There were several to choose from but since our front doors have an arched detail, as well as our upper cabinets in the kitchen, we went with these...
There really weren't many neutral wall and trim colors to choose from. Toll Brothers paints all the walls and ceiling the same colors. Because of the National Sales event we were able to choose custom paint for one room and we chose the media room. I wanted a trim color that was off-white because that way when I paint rooms at a later date, the trim will not need to be altered at all. Off white goes with everything.
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| Wall color throughout: Kwal paint - Keratin Trim color throughout: Kwal paint - Edelweiss Seen here with hardwood flooring |
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| Wall color throughout: Kwal paint - Keratin Trim color throughout: Kwal paint - Edelweiss Seen here with patterned carpet by Shaw |
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| Wall color throughout: Kwal paint - Keratin Trim color throughout: Kwal paint - Edelweiss Seen here with marble tile from entry |
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| Wall color in media room: Kwal paint - Captiva Trim color throughout: Kwal paint - Edelweiss Seen here with patterned carpet by Shaw |
We chose the hardware for the front door for which we received a free upgrade as part of the National Sales Event. We stuck with the included interior hardware in oil-rubbed bronze.
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| Front door hardware |
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| Interior door hardware (center) |
Here's the arch theme again...my cabinets will be slightly darker. The second picture shows the "bump up and out" option where some cabinets are taller than others. Totally worth the money. This is not the layout of my kitchen, it's one of the kitchens in the design center.
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| Bump up and out example |
Completing our final design center appointment was bittersweet. Three hours of doing anything is pretty much exhausting, especially when it deals with making choices. It was such a blessing to have the opportunity to choose the elements in our next home, and for that we are grateful.
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| Amateur panoramic picture of the design center |
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