A Little Shopping

Last Friday on the way out for our anniversary trip to Eureka Springs (you can read about that here) we met up with our builder, Jason, to do a little shopping.  We spent the next few hours going around to different spots in Springfield so he could show us places he recommends for getting ideas for our home.  The first stop  was Acme Brick to take a look at our multitude of brick options.  I actually think between the stop at Acme and then some sightseeing we did through some area neighborhoods throughout the weekend we've actually settled on Old Towne for our color.  There's one decision out of the way.

From there we moved on to Mussino Tile to look at some tile options and Herrman Lumber to look at doors, windows, and siding.  Jason reassured us that none of these choices had to be made right now but he wanted to show us some of the options we had for looking once we got some free time.

After a quick stop back by our "temporary housing" (we managed to forget Ezra's pacifier in our rush out the door which is not a good thing when you're heading out of town for the weekend) we swung by Ozark Marble for counter top and bathroom options and then on to Creative Associates.  Creative is a place that I've heard a lot about from people who have been doing remodeling.  It's kind of a catch all warehouse with everything from flooring to fixtures at really good prices.  They even have slot machines.  If it's as good as everyone says it is I'm sure I'll be writing about it more.

All in all it was a very good and very informative trip.  Plus we got to spend a bunch of time with Jason talking over a lot of different things.  It's really exciting and more than a little overwhelming getting to see all the decisions we have to make over the next five months.  Hopefully we can get the majority made way ahead of time and not elevate the anxiety level any more than necessary.