I went by the house on my way home from work (like always) to see it and drop off the kitchen cabinet and drawer hardware that our project manager (PM) is so graciously allowing us to provide. RH is notorious for not allowing things like that, but our PM has really worked with us on a few things.
With RH (at least in our community), you are given the option of brushed nickel or oil rubbed bronze for ALL your knobs, hardware, faucets (except in the kitchen for some reason) and light fixtures. Whichever you decide applies to the entire house - you cannot mix and match between BN and ORB. I knew I wanted mostly ORB (especially door handles and bathroom faucets/fixtures), so it was the most economical choice to get "whole house" ORB, then switch out cabinet hardware later.
After some thought and Pinterest-ing, I decided I just could not live without cup pulls for the kitchen drawers...and I was leaning toward BN for the kitchen hardware. Our kitchen faucet is already BN and I think BN will just give the kitchen a cleaner look with the white cabinets and gray countertops. The problem with switching out the hardware later is that RH installs basic one-hole round knobs on all cabinets and drawers, so if we wanted to install cup pulls after closing, we would have to drill two more holes in the drawers and hope the pulls cover the original holes. I also really like the look of bar pulls for the cabinets. Again, all hopes would be lost if RH installed the one-hole round knobs since the bar pulls require two holes.
A few weeks ago, I asked our PM if we could supply different kitchen hardware or if he could leave the RH knobs off altogether and we could install our own after closing. He said he would check on it, but I never heard back from him about it. Yesterday, we met him at the house to go over a few things that need to be addressed and he said, "Are you going to bring me the kitchen hardware?" SCORE!!!! I had been waiting to buy it until I knew he would do it, so I went to Home Depot and got the hardware I really wanted. I dropped it off at the house today, so he will have it for tomorrow, which is when he said he needed it.
Here's what I got...
For all drawers, except the long drawer under the ovens:
For the long drawer under the ovens:
For the cabinets:
I also got these for all the bathrooms because I think the ORB will get lost against the dark cabinets, but we will swap these out ourselves:
As for the other things I took pictures of during today's visit...
Front steps brick fixed. They had made it too wide, so it looked weird and asymmetrical when the railings were installed. They still need to re-pour that section of concrete walkway.
Utility sink in the garage. This was there yesterday (actually installed two days ago), but I forgot to take a picture. I actually didn't take any pictures yesterday! So not like me!
Double ovens installed:
Beautiful stain on the stairs. I couldn't go upstairs today because the poly was still wet.
Well, that's all for today!
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