Is it normal to be this excited about a splash-back?

This last week has been full of excitement with the installation of the timber laminate flooring and the carpet. 

The carpet is a warm grey but it looks a different colour in every photo we take!

The mesh screens on the upper sliding windows (which are a compulsory safety feature) were also installed.

On top of that, they have also cut away the concrete gutter and excavated in preparation for laying our exposed aggregate driveway and crossover on Tuesday.

Quite a bit of the existing gutter was removed.

There will be a small path from the front porch across the front of the
house to the left side where the gate will be.

It's hard to inspect progress when you're locked out so we haven't been visiting the house as often of late, but Thursday night on a whim Andy and I headed around after work to find that the tiler had just arrived to do the splash-back tiles. They couldn't be done when the other tiling was done as they needed to be done after the bench top was installed.

We took the opportunity of the tiler being on site to go inside and get a closer look at the flooring and take a few more photos. We are delighted with how it is all coming together.

Downstairs Powder Room

Ensuite - plenty of storage!

Since we knew the tiler had been on Thursday night, we headed around on Friday to inspect the splash-back through the windows. OMG! It looks gorgeous! I did a little happy dance as I watched it sparkling and glinting in the sunlight. Its very hard to show it properly in a photo. This is the best we could do through the window in bright sunlight, but I can assure you..... it's delightful! 

Pendants are currently looped up out of harms way.
They will actually hang quite a bit lower.

Lovely and sparkly!!!!!!

We also decided after careful inspection that our timber dining setting is going to clash spectacularly with the flooring. We love the size and shape of the table so we are now looking at sanding it back and staining it a more suitable colour. Hopefully that does the trick.

I think they only have mirrors, shower screens and minor touch ups to go. We are distracting ourselves from the impatience by culling and packing. Ebay has worked pretty well for getting rid of some un-needed furniture, and the local op shop received a car load yesterday.

Only 11 sleeps to go!