House construction thread: Samples for cabinet fronts for the pantry. Just say no to graige!
The brightest red is an exact match to our coffee machine, but right now I think I'm feeling the marigold??!
Ye Olde McMansionne, as she will someday be built:

Get wrecked*!

*actually get slowly and methodically deconstructed, saving as much material as possible.

@steve Took me a while to accept that this is the _old_ house. It already looks more modern and in much better shape than any of the houses in Ithaca we have been looking at. (The last one had the most slanted floors I have ever seen and would have to have its foundation essentially replaced.)
@ekiwi it’s a mixed bag. Not that old, but it was built on spec and the developer cut a lot of corners such that fixing all the little issues would end up being similarly expensive and more time-consuming than just doing it right.
@steve I assume that zoning board approval was not an issue. Because that is what prevents a lot of tear down and rebuild projects in other places.
@ekiwi since we’re rebuilding essentially in the same footprint, there’s not much zoning could object to.
@steve I guess the biggest fear is always something like "this setback was grandfathered in, but if you are going to build this today, no way you can get this close to the property line"
@ekiwi that’s us exactly, hence building in the same footprint.