Day 384 -- Entry, Laundry Room & Bathroom Tile Work Completed

Our tile guy finished up today. He will be back later to do the kitchen backsplash and the fireplace, but for now he is done. It all looks beautiful.

Thanks!

Day 380 - Stone Fireplace Installation

Today the stone was put on the fireplace.

Who knew you could get stone boxes for your light switches!?

And the completion looks beautiful. Exactly as I imagined.

muchas gracias

Day 378 - Staining the Concrete Floor

Last week we had the basement floor stained. That is a process that takes several days. The prep work took quite awhile and I don't have any pictures of that but then it was stained and has three coats of sealer on it. It looks really good.

Thanks for a great looking floor!

The painters finished last week. It looks great. They left before I could get out there and get their picture taken so I'll have to catch them when they come back for touch up.

Hopefully this week we have the hardwood floor company get started on finishing the hardwood floors.

A little clean up. . .

followed by a little football!

DAY 365 -- ONE YEAR INTO THE PROJECT

One year ago this week  [it was a Wednesday, July 13, 2011] we broke ground on this house.  I was sure we would be in by now but as you can see, we are not. Things are progressing steadily but we won’t be moving in this week. Or next.

It has been quite a year.  Quite an adventure. We have learned a lot. About building a house, about people, about ourselves.  And in the end I have no doubt it will be worth the wait and the work.  We have had some fun along the way and we have met many interesting people.  And there is no question, the house is beautiful.

In the last week:

We celebrated the Fourth of July.

The painters have been working and they hope to finish up this week.

The garage doors were installed.

The tile installer has been very busy and has most of the tile installed and ready to grout.

Bryan started installing the deck boards on the porch.

The girls and I helped Bryan paint the basement ceiling and walls. I ordered more light fixtures. The template for the countertops was made.  And we had record high temperatures.

This is the thermostat on my dashboard.

July 2 - Day 356 - Working on a Little Bit of Everything

The woodwork is pretty much done. Stained and lacquered. It looks so good. There is some painted woodwork upstairs that they are working on now and then they will paint the walls. I am so anxious to see color on the walls.

It has been triple digit heat many days out here already, so working early in the morning and in the evenings is the best answer.  We are trying to work later in the evenings as well.  I don’t do too well in the heat.  Bryan can handle it better than I. He and the girls and Dylan all worked until after midnight painting the garage one night. I went home shortly after 11pm.  

We have also been working on getting the basement clean because we'd like to have the concrete floor stained. It is quite a chore getting all the drywall mud cleaned up.

Our tile guy started working this past week. He laid backer board and made the shower pans.

The tile should be delivered this week. I have spent many, many hours lately getting tile picked out.  I think I lugged home two dozen tile samples.

We have also spent time getting the counter tops picked out. We had a tour of a place here in town than makes granite counter tops.

I have also been working on getting all my light fixtures and fans here and ready to install. My living room is full of boxes.

And every few days I have some more cabinet hardware and door knobs to go pick up.

I still have a lot of things on my To Do List.  So I keep chipping away at it . . .

Sunrise this morning at Robinhood Lane.