24th Week

So close.

So, so close to being done.

Can't wait to post pictures of moving day, but for now here is where the house stands….

Brent has done a beautiful job with the mantle and cabinet doors!!

Counters were installed this week

Nice stairs were built-still need painting and staining

The tile for our shower was started

Still left to be done is: touch up repairs and painting, screens and stairs for porch, plumbing finished, inspections, carpet, closets….  like I said, so close!

Cabinets

The end of another week….

Sorry about the late afternoon sun on these next pictures.

There will stacked crown molding on all the upper cabinets

Another small cabinet goes on top of wall oven

Laundry Room

Final weeks

We have reached the end stage of our building project and while everything is looking really good there is definitely a slowing down in the pace.  I am not complaining because I absolutely love how beautiful all these finishing touches are!  The past few weeks have been about crown molding, base molding, flooring, mantels, door/window caulking and book shelves.

Upstairs hallway bookcase

Mantel! With corbels excellently placed!!

Flooring started yesterday!

Cabinets delivered...

Kitchen cabinet

My Fireplace!!

And the week's not even over

This week has been busy.  A second coat of paint was applied throughout the house.

Laundry

Master Bedroom

Boys Room

Windows were trimmed.

Living Room

Interior doors hung.

Boy's Closet

Electrician hooked up lights (as many as I had already purchased, anyway), outlets and switches.

Living Room

Dining Room

The mason started on the fireplace.

And the heat and air guys finished their hookup, which means there is heat upstairs now too.

Color!

These bandits sprayed primer on the walls and painted the ceilings!

Between the end of last week and this week; the walls and ceilings got a coat of primer, the ceilings and closets received 2 coats of paint, and the walls received 1 coat of color!  Needless to say I am grinning this weekend!

Trim work

I love how deep the window sills are!

Another week of spackling has passed.

Along with finishing the spackling and sanding this week; the ceiling insulation was put in, the downstairs heat was turned on, the muddy swamp was turned into a crush-and-run driveway (paving will come later) and I finally made a decision on the paint colors!




Yesterday, the interior doors arrived, trim work began and our good friend Brent joined the work fray!  Hurray!!

Spackling

I forgot to post at the end of last week, so here is what took place…..

Spackling, spackling, spackling, spackling.

The fireplace was also delivered and installed.  And they began work for framing in around the fireplace to accommodate a recessed tv cabinet.

Safehold

I knew that I was pleased with how our house was coming along, but I had no idea that Rick was building us a castle, complete with our own moat!

It has been a treacherous trip across the divide since Thanksgiving and really should only be attempted with a good pair of wellies.  We have even had three trucks get stuck!


Please be sure to call ahead when visiting so that we can lower the drawbridge.  

Our 'bridge'

That was fast!

The truck dropped off the drywall on Thursday.

Saturday by lunch time all of it was hung! (Except for the fireplace because that will get installed on Tuesday.)

Next step, spackling.

Garage Door

Living Room

Kitchen

Master Bath

Master Bedroom