We met with Brad at the job site this afternoon. On his board, he had a list of items we need to focus on, including:

• Kitchen cabinets
• Tiles
• Garage door
• Wood floors
  
• Stairway and lightwell iron railings
• Exterior paint colors (body & trim)
• Shutters
  

While we were there, Phil, the painter, came to take a look at the job site. We asked him to suggest a white paint color for the exterior trim so he fetched his box of paint strips and selected a color that best matches our windows. He chose a Kelly-Moore color called Frost.

Brad's flooring contractors, Tony and Paul, also showed up. We told them we like the look of walnut (Brad has a sample of it in his job trailer), but in a lighter color. Unfortunately that sample is not stained -- walnut is naturally dark. Paul suggested we use hickory because it is less expensive, stains nicely to almost any color and is readily available. He's going to get us a sample so we can see what it looks like.