Mentally furnishing our home

My husband and I are less than two weeks from closing now, and we are so excited.  It is to the point where we talk about the house all the time, so I've started planning what furniture to buy after we close (and pinning like crazy).  Luckily, we close on May 18th shortly before Memorial Day weekend so we're hoping to get some really good deals.  As of right now here is what I'm thinking for each room.

Laundry Room
I'm currently leaning towards the Maytag Bravos XL set, but we'll see what is on sale then decide.

Rec Room
Since we went with such beautiful dark flooring, we want to add some color to our rec room.  Right now we really want to get these pieces from West Elm, but we'll wait until there's a sale.

Main Floor
We are using existing furniture on the main floor, but we are planning to get a new light fixture for the morning room (pictured below) and the living room.  We haven't decided on the fixture for the living room yet.  We also are going to get these new stools from Target for our island.

Master Bedroom
For our master bedroom we have been eyeing the West Elm Stria line.  We'll probably get a king bed, 2 night stands, and one long dresser.

That's all we've picked out for now but I'll update when I get more ideas.

Construction Update - Week 12

We received our weekly update from our PM this morning.  Everything is moving along great!  The crew is working on the siding and shutters for our block.  So far we don't have siding on the front of our house, but it's expected to be finished by the end of the week.  The plumber also came through and installed all of the toilets, fixtures, and faucets.  The crew also installed all of our towel bars, toilet paper holders, and the shower curtain rod in the guest bath.  Last but definitely not least, we have electricity!!  I can't wait to get better pictures of everything this weekend with the lights on!

Here's an updated picture of our block from our PM.  We're the house with partial brick and no siding yet.

Tiling is Complete (Update from Week 11)

We went to the house this Saturday to check on the progress.  All of the tiling in the bathrooms was complete, light fixtures were installed, and we had a second coat of paint inside.  They also started installing the siding on the back of the house.  It was really great to start seeing all of our selections come together.  So far we love everything we've chosen.

Here are some of our progress pictures.

Garage

Rec Room

Stairs in Rec Room

Rec Room

Heading up to the kitchen

Morning Room

Kitchen

Hutch

Living Room

Powder Room with our hardwood peaking through

Living Room

Guest Bathroom 

Close up of the Guest Bath tile

Light fixture in Master Bath

Master Bedroom

Soaking tub with tile

Shower

Master Bath Vanity and Tub together 

Railings

Panorama of community

Front of our house

Light Fixture by Garage

Light fixture for deck

Garage

Daydreaming about design (lighting)

I have been daydreaming about decorating our future home since the minute we walked into the model.  Lately, I have been mainly thinking about lighting options since this will be one of our first projects.  

Bedroom Lighting

We selected ceiling fan prewires in all three bedrooms.  Initially I thought we would put a ceiling fan there, but now I am debating whether we should put up a nice light fixture instead.  I admit that I have been watching too much HGTV, which is causing me to think more about this.  

What type of overhead lighting did you put in your bedrooms, especially the master bedroom?  Are you happy with it?

Main Floor Lighting

For our main floor we want the lighting to flow well since it's all open.  We added prewires in the morning room (our dining room area) and the living room.  We also plan to convert the two recessed lights above our island to pendants.  Here are some of the options we are currently leaning towards.

Morning room light fixture for above our table

Living room light fixture

Option 1 for the kitchen island

Option 2 for the kitchen island

I won't be buying any of these until after we close, so I could end up changing my mind.