Green For St. Patrick's Day!

Okay, so we're a day late in posting, but you know, life...
While we didn't actually wear any green yesterday, suddenly, dramatically, thanks to the hard-working Capitol City Homes landscaping crew, the orange clay surrounding Quince Cottage was transformed into a beautiful, glossy green worthy of Ireland herself! Holy transformation, Batman!

BEFORE

Early March @Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

AFTER

Wearin' O' The Green © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

Remaining shutters still need to go up. The front door and the existing shutters were being painted when we drove by this afternoon.

You might notice a few other changes...
1. Siding is finished
2. Porch posts and steps are in
3. Driveway and walkway are complete

Bet you're wondering what's happening inside, huh? We'll show you more soon, but here's a photo to tide you over.

Front entry © Rhiann Wynn=Nolet

The actual wall color is somewhere between the two seen in the photo...

We're scheduled to close April 2nd. Woo boy, it's exciting!

Quince Cottage Design Mantra: Create a beautiful, comfortable home that reflects your unique style and personality. In our own place, patina is appreciated, rustic rubs shoulders with opulent, and you're sure to get a terrier-style welcome!

Here are Daisy & Buster, keeping watch for intruders, and visitors, and squirrels.

Was that a squirrel? © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

Foundation Is IN!

It's a blessing and a curse to live a mere five minutes away from the spot where your new home is being built. We get to go have a look at the progress any time we want, but when it's a rainy day or a weekend, we feel sort of empty inside because nothing changes. Not that we IN ANY WAY begrudge the crews their time off. It's just so EXCITING when stuff happens!

So, between the holiday and the rain we've had we're actually pleased and surprised by the progress. The site was graded, the foundation was dug, the concrete poured, and pilings are in, AND we even have some brick in place. We love that our foundation will have brick facing all the way around, such a great look!

There are also three other houses going up beside ours, so it's kind of like a race. We're currently in second place.

Foundation © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

Yes, the dirt really IS that orange around here. Full of clay. Lots and lots of clay. Watch your step in that stuff when it's wet, it's slippery as all get out. It also LOVES little white dogs...

And here's how things looked a few days later...

We have some brick! © Rhiann Wynn-Nolet

We're hoping the front will be low enough that the building code won't require a porch railing, but it's too soon to tell.

Soon, we'll post the Elevation Drawings!

Quince Cottage believes a vanilla subdivision house can be transformed into a beautiful home that reflects the unique taste and personality of its owner. 

In our own place, rustic, opulent, and exotic rub shoulders. 

Think gilded mirror, an embroidered velvet robe from Uzbekistan, and a weathered plank wall. 

Stick around, and we'll not only show you what we mean, we'll also give you tips on creating your own special style. 

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