I have some older photos that I meant to post earlier, so here are a couple...



The above image is the front of our house, showing the stonework we chose. It was a little difficult choosing the stonework because Bay West had a colour brochure, but that's it. The best thing we found was to actually drive around the neighbourhood and look at what other houses had done - that gave us a feel for what sorts of stonework we liked and didn't like. Once we knew what different styles looked like in "real life", looking at the brochure and picking one was easier.



This is an image of the house from further away - it was taken in December 23rd, but things have remained essentially unchanged on the outside of the house since then (because it's done, more or less).



Our lovely cupboards! We were immensely pleased when we chose these and found out that they weren't an upgrade! I can't tell you how often we looked at something, decided we liked it, and then found out it was an upgrade. Most of the suppliers we talked to said Bay West had good building allowances (meaning they offered decent quality selections) but with the vision we had for our house, it was very rare to be able to select something that wasn't an upgrade. I wish the builders and suppliers would offer a wider selection of products at the basic level - we don't all want to be rustic, early 19th century houses, but the selection offered at most places seemed to think we did.



We were really excited to see our wrought iron rails going in! We had a few options for the rails, but opted for a straight, flat look instead of any complicated swirls. Once everything is painted, I think it's going to look incredibly nice.



Picking the right counter top was very difficult, because there were so many options. This is what it looks like installed, and once there's a sink in there and we clean off the counters, I think it will look nice.