Author Topic: Help Steve Dave Build A House (NOW HELP HIM TAKE CARE OF IT) (Read 233568 times)

steve dave · « **Reply #800 on:** March 19, 2014, 02:41:26 PM »

drywall today

went with chamfered corners

steve dave · « **Reply #801 on:** March 19, 2014, 02:44:06 PM »

went with quartz for all countertops other than butlers pantry/bar which is a black'ish granite.

ShellShock · « **Reply #802 on:** March 19, 2014, 04:49:45 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on March 19, 2014, 02:44:06 PM

went with quartz for all countertops other than butlers pantry/bar which is a black'ish granite.

Good choice on the quartz! I had a couple of huge slabs put into my house a couple months ago and I couldn't be happier with them! Just don't drag rough ceramic over them or you'll scratch the crap out of the surface.

steve dave · « **Reply #803 on:** March 19, 2014, 07:13:47 PM »

Quote from: ShellShock on March 19, 2014, 04:49:45 PM

Quote from: steve dave on March 19, 2014, 02:44:06 PM
went with quartz for all countertops other than butlers pantry/bar which is a black'ish granite.

Good choice on the quartz! I had a couple of huge slabs put into my house a couple months ago and I couldn't be happier with them! Just don't drag rough ceramic over them or you'll scratch the crap out of the surface.

good protip. I have no idea what rough ceramic is, tho. Our island is the almost exact size (one one side) as a slab so we avoided a seam. otherwise we were going to go with granite to make sure we didn't have one.

CNS · « **Reply #804 on:** March 19, 2014, 07:25:40 PM »

I think the bottom of some plates, etc qualify as rough ceramic. Like, I am pretty sure my plates (dasnk (sp)) are.

steve dave · « **Reply #805 on:** April 15, 2014, 01:46:12 PM »

10'ish weeks until completion. painting interior today. pouring driveway this week. painting exterior next week. having a tough time picking exterior colors. have two cedar vertical beems on either side of the entrance we need to find a stain for. exterior is a mix of cement siding, shake siding (top) and this rock:

Thinking a really dark gray for the garage doors and front door and a lighter gray for the rest of the house. Curious if it will look weird with the stained beems if we go too gray though.

Tobias · « **Reply #806 on:** April 15, 2014, 01:46:47 PM »

do they not have limestone in omaha or what

CNS · « **Reply #807 on:** April 15, 2014, 01:53:08 PM »

Check out Rare Gray at Sherwin Williams. Love that for a gray. It changes a little in sunlight. Sometimes It looks greenish, other times gray. I really like it.

Asteriskhead · « **Reply #808 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:00:18 PM »

i'm late to the drawer microwave party, but canco that they are elite.

Benja · « **Reply #809 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:11:00 PM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 15, 2014, 01:46:12 PM

10'ish weeks until completion. painting interior today. pouring driveway this week. painting exterior next week. having a tough time picking exterior colors. have two cedar vertical beems on either side of the entrance we need to find a stain for. exterior is a mix of cement siding, shake siding (top) and this rock:

Thinking a really dark gray for the garage doors and front dor and a lighter gray for the rest of the house. Curious if it will look weird with the stained beems if we go too gray though.

That's beautiful. Seriously.

mocat · « **Reply #810 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:12:20 PM »

IMPACT PRO-TIP: "vertical beams" are called columns

Dugout DickStone · « **Reply #811 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:13:33 PM »

Then they pour driveway, make sure you get it the width of the 3 car garage, not some bump out

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #812 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:30:20 PM »

Quote from: mocat on April 15, 2014, 02:12:20 PM

IMPACT PRO-TIP: "vertical beams" are called columns

yup. and horizontal beams are called rows. look at excel if you get confused.

meow meow · « **Reply #813 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:35:49 PM »

when they pour the driveway, make sure you are there in time to press your hands into the cement

steve dave · « **Reply #814 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:56:16 PM »

Quote from: Limestone on April 15, 2014, 02:13:33 PM

Then they pour driveway, make sure you get it the width of the 3 car garage, not some bump out

yeah, this was actually one of mrs. dave's less weird deal breakers (most of her deal breakers were very weird). she said that if we ever had the bump out kind and she had to park a car in the third stall she hoped I had extra side mirror insurance on all of our vehicles.

steve dave · « **Reply #815 on:** April 15, 2014, 02:56:40 PM »

Quote from: mocat on April 15, 2014, 02:12:20 PM

IMPACT PRO-TIP: "vertical beams" are called columns

T-Y!

Skipper44 · « **Reply #816 on:** April 15, 2014, 03:07:29 PM »

Side or front entry?

steve dave · « **Reply #817 on:** April 15, 2014, 03:08:07 PM »

Quote from: Skipper44 on April 15, 2014, 03:07:29 PM

Side or front entry?

front

sys · « **Reply #818 on:** April 15, 2014, 11:17:22 PM »

i don't like that rock facing at all. rock that looks fake looks fake.

ednksu · « **Reply #819 on:** April 16, 2014, 05:41:15 AM »

Not sure how you may like this. Instead of gray, maybe consider going with a nice warm color like a dark red clay. It would pick up the tones in your stone and go well with the cedar if you go natural with it. Also I think it looks nice with the gray elsewhere making a nice color pairing without making too much of a splash.

ie: Sherman williams raven red, fire brick, or chinese red

The Tonya Harding of Twitter Users Creep · « **Reply #820 on:** April 16, 2014, 07:45:36 AM »

paint the baby room purple with pak head wall paper around the bottom half.

steve dave · « **Reply #821 on:** April 16, 2014, 07:49:24 AM »

Quote from: ednksu on April 16, 2014, 05:41:15 AM

Not sure how you may like this. Instead of gray, maybe consider going with a nice warm color like a dark red clay. It would pick up the tones in your stone and go well with the cedar if you go natural with it. Also I think it looks nice with the gray elsewhere making a nice color pairing without making too much of a splash.

ie: Sherman williams raven red, fire brick, or chinese red

good protip but I live in Nebraska and every house has red on it somewhere (usually front door if they can't sneak it in somehwere else) and it's awful.

dmartin · « **Reply #822 on:** April 16, 2014, 07:57:17 AM »

Quote from: Limestone on April 15, 2014, 02:13:33 PM

Then they pour driveway, make sure you get it the width of the 3 car garage, not some bump out

I wish I had known this was possible when we built our house. I hate the bump out....

mocat · « **Reply #823 on:** April 16, 2014, 08:39:31 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on April 16, 2014, 07:49:24 AM

Quote from: ednksu on April 16, 2014, 05:41:15 AM

Not sure how you may like this. Instead of gray, maybe consider going with a nice warm color like a dark red clay. It would pick up the tones in your stone and go well with the cedar if you go natural with it. Also I think it looks nice with the gray elsewhere making a nice color pairing without making too much of a splash.

ie: Sherman williams raven red, fire brick, or chinese red

good protip but I live in Nebraska and every house has red on it somewhere (usually front door if they can't sneak it in somehwere else) and it's awful.

do brown then. like a natural wood look? i mean cedar is beautiful. why don't you just stain it a natural wood brown color

steve dave · « **Reply #824 on:** April 16, 2014, 08:46:05 AM »

yeah, that's what we are prolly doing on the cedar COLUMNS. I think this is the stain we will use:

http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/stain-colors/details/SW3513/

Leaning towards this for the painted portion of the house:
http://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7025-backdrop/

This for the front door and garage doors:
https://www.sherwin-williams.com/homeowners/color/find-and-explore-colors/paint-colors-by-family/SW7020-black-fox/