Friday, January 18, 2013


Travertine counter top in the guest bath.  We have a vessel sink that is made from a solid chunk of tan travertine to go on this counter top.


Derek's bathroom and the granite he picked out


Kitchen granite


More kitchen granite


Carefully fitting the pieces together


Vanity granite in the master ensuite


Master shower


Meanwhile.... the guy sweat finishing our deck is still at it!


Marble counter top for Breanne's bathroom

Thursday, January 17, 2013


Today was a crazy day out at the house.  I received a frantic call from my wife telling me the kitchen and pass thru pendants that we just spend a week and a half waiting for to be delivered wouldn't work.   We also needed 70 light bulbs and some other items.  Ended up finding new pendants at Lowe's and a crazy deal on bulk packs of light bulbs.  Things are coming together real fast now.  Tile, hardwood and carpet is installed.  All of the cabinets and counter tops have been set.  Appliances are on site, trim work is done, door hardware and bathroom fixtures are in.  We have an occupancy inspection on the 25th, we are crossing our fingers that everything is good to go and we can move in next weekend!!!





The Schwing pumper truck has learned the way to our house.  Seems like we've had to use it 6 times so far.




The covered deck being poured on a chilly 15 F day



The mud is steaming


Kitchen cabinets and island


The Pantry


This was supposed to be an *E-space* but Angie has claimed it for her scrapbooking nook.  I just hope it's enough room


Cabinets in the utility room


Almost ready to *sweat* the deck


The kitchen sink in place before the granite counter tops are placed


This is how they do the *sweat* finish, I think it looks better than broomed.  The secret is to have the same person sweat the whole pad.

Wednesday, January 16, 2013

A lot has been going on at the house lately.  We are nearing the end of the project and the final push is on to get everything finished by the end of the month .



Kitchen tile


Floor tile


Ton working on the kitchen tile


Angie's Mom making sure Steve knows what he's doing


Kitchen looking towards the dining nook


Island base


Utility room


Kitchen cabinets


More kitchen cabinets


Pantry


Great Room built ins


Tile in the master shower


more tile


master bath tile


yet more bath tile


Front entry tile going down



Monday, January 7, 2013


Master looking towards the ensuite


Kitchen looking towards the master.  The walls are sprayed white before they texture.


Walnut flooring going down in the dining room


Interior walls are painted and the hardwood flooring is in.


Hardwood in the Great Room


Dining Room floor


Sunday, December 23, 2012


This is "Oreo" our new cat.  She showed up at work one day and turned out to be a very sweet cat.  I started feeding her and making a point of finding her every day to pet.  So, I decided to bring her home.


Front of the house with a fresh coat of snow


Great room taped and about ready to be textured.

We have more pictures to upload of the interior of the house which was painted Saturday.  I'll try to get to those later today.

We are quite relieved that the world didn't end Friday.  It would have been rather upsetting to get this close to having our house done, and then have the world end.....

Saturday, December 15, 2012


Front of the house with the windows trimmed out


Metal roof over the garage stick out.  It is supposed to look *aged* and we think it goes well with our rock.


We had a visitor across the road on the hill.  A rather large coyote laid down and was hanging out until Angie went out front with her camera.  As soon as he saw her he was off running.


Rock column on the front porch.


Chuck our mason working into the night to finish our rock work.


Great room with the drywall hung, taped and the first layer of mud on.



Tuesday, December 11, 2012


The finished rock on the gable that stick out in front of the office


Drywallers have been busy in our master bedroom


Phenomenal rock work, we absolutely love how it looks