Painted Ends

The finish wood for the windows arrived.

What a Christmas-y look.  No that's not snow.  I wonder what those colors mean?

The first occupant has moved in.  Not much luck on the fly hunting so far.

Tom is making really good progress on the trim.  Here's what the living room windows look like so far.

The tiling is moving ahead.  Here's the shower wall in the downstairs master bathroom.  They're doing a great job of working with the tile variation.  If you're trying to figure out what color the grout is, so are we (it's not in yet).  We think it'll be white with this tile.

The guest bath is a little more straightforward, and is looking really good.

All the bathroom vanities are in.  This is the upstairs master bath (like I said last entry, it's not nearly as big as it looks here, it's just a really wide angle lens).  The floor tiles are also all in, but you can't see them, because they're under that protective cover.

Meanwhile, there's a pile of decking laying outside, so we may have a deck soon.  The hardwood floor folks will be showing up on Thursday.  They'll lay the floor, and then let it acclimate for around 30 days before sanding and finishing it.  And, tiling will continue for a while yet.  As always, stay tuned...

Snowed Under

Snow on the beach!  How often does that happen?

It gave us an excuse to go for a walk and see how the house was progressing from that angle.

And from another angle.  This could go on and on.  The snow was so cool, though.

Meanwhile, on the inside, the drywall is finished and the house is starting to look real.  Here's the living room.

The upstairs bedroom.

And the attic.  Not bad for an attic, eh?

The tile guys are getting started.  Here's the downstairs bathroom.

And the upstairs bathroom.  It's not really that big, that's just the wonder of wide angle photography.  Notice the shape of the round pail.

A lot is happening now.  The tile squad is moving ahead, the cabinet guy is going to put in the bathroom vanities, and the floor folks will soon start laying the hardwood.  What a crowd!  Stay tuned...

Caution

The cement is all in!  It's not dry yet, but it's too late to leave hand prints.

Here's the rest of the concrete.  The raised part on the right side of the sidewalk will be a planter.  The fence posts are all in, too.  They're all tall because we're still figuring out how high the fence will be in various places, which is complicated, because the lot has a bit of slope in various directions.

Meanwhile indoors, the drywallers are nearly finished.  Probably a day to go.

Here's the kitchen, though you still have to use a lot of imagination.

The powder room...

...and the upstairs bedroom, with a sunset on its way.

The real stairs are getting closer.  These brackets will hold the steps up we hope.  That yellow wire is for one of the step lights.

Next up is the tiling, which should start this coming week.