Lights, Floors, Staircase!

I took some photos at the house today to show how things are coming along. The staircase is finished and looking great with two coats of poly on it. Joe was up last weekend to help with the upstairs hallway wide pine and I finished the rest of the closets yesterday! John has put the mantel together that he designed with our ideas in mind. It's looking pretty fancy. Oh yeah, check out those lights we got, too! The floors are being sanded this week and John and Tom will be putting the finish down shortly after.

Happy New Year!

Since our last post a lot of work has been done and it's getting close to being finished. Tile in the bathrooms has been installed. Joe and I have installed most of the wide pine floors that need to go down. We spent a lot of time on our knees, gluing and nailing these beautiful boards down, I can't wait to see them all sanded and finished! John and Tom have been cutting base boards to get painted and installed. John has also been creating a custom built-in shelving unit that takes up some space next to the chimney. You can see it in the stairway and in the master bedroom.


























Den doorway

Side entrance hallway

Kitchen area

Built-in shelving unit

Shelving unit in master bedroom

Probably the last time you'll find my tool belt in Katie's closet

Siding complete

The siding is complete and the inside is almost done being sanded and primed for painting.

The house gets a facelift!

The whole front of the house is done being sided! The Hardie Plank looks excellent, I think ;) The sheetrock guys are almost done mudding the second floor. The oil burner has been fired up and the house is now being heated with real heat instead of the kerosene burners.

A whole new side of the house

The insulation was sprayed in last week and drywall has begun to be put up. The plumber has been putting together the heating system and we should be firing it up later this week. John and Tom have been assembling the exterior window casing and applying it to the windows. They also started installing the Hardie Plank siding in Harris Cream. Check out the pictures.

 Downstairs bathroom

 Kitchen

 Living room

 Guest room

 Master bathroom

 Heating system

 Siding and Trim

Almost roughed-in

The plumber and electrician are almost complete roughing in. I helped John (our builder) rough-in the central vacuum on Saturday and Katie and I did some gardening today. We seeded most of the lawn to see if anything would grow before the snow falls and planted some bulbs for Spring blooming. The insulation installers are coming Thursday to blow in the closed cell foam. Here is a photo or our back steps (another one of my slick ideas!). These rocks came from excavating the hole for our foundation ;)

Lots to post about

Electricity has been brought to the house, water line has been brought to the house, there are lots of things to post about today! All of the windows are in, all of the interior wall partitions are done, and the chimney was finally done last week! The septic system was inspected and backfilled today so there isn't a field of stone in the backyard anymore. We've got the plumber coming in this week to start the rough-in and electrician next week. Check out the pics below!














Katie's closet


Mike's closet