Monday, October 29, 2012

The last week of construction

The crews are putting the finishing touches on our house so that we will be ready to move in on Nov. 6. This will include the installation of carpet and granite countertops.


The finished front of the house




The entertainment center


The island installation


The crown moulding in the kitchen


The crown moulding over the entertainment center

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Exterior doors and shelves

The carpenters installed the exterior doors in the house, and shelves for the bedrooms and master closets.


The basement door with the glass still masked


The guest room closet


The shelves in the pantry


The door to the deck


Shelves in the master closet

Friday, October 19, 2012

More lights today!

The lighting guys continued installing interior lights, and completed all of the exterior lights as well. Hopefully, our cabinets will be completed and installed this weekend, so that the rest of the painting and wood floors can be finished.



The lights over the island

The guest room fan


The master bedroom fan


A worker installing the fan in the man cave


The lights outside the basement door


The basement lights





The deck lights


View north from the deck


The porch light


The garage lights

Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Let there be light!

Today, the electricians began installing the lights, fans, and outlet/switch covers. Our cabinet guy is holding up work on cove mouldings and final painting. We will soon finalize dates for countertop installation, and the finish coat on the wood floors, Looking toward a moving date of Nov. 2.


Painters finish the cap on the half-wall in the basement


The finished rails on the deck


The ceiling fan in Rita's sewing room


The lights over Rita's sewing table


The finished painting in the basement

Thursday, October 11, 2012

Finish painting

The painters have completed the basement and about half of the main floor rooms. Hopefully, the cabinets will be installed soon, so the painters can finish their job and the electricians can install the lights.




The finished master bedroom


Looking through the master bath toward the master closet


Completed guest bedroom

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Posts and deck

John and his crew built the front porch posts by covering the existing posts with white wood, with trim top and bottom. They also installed railings on the deck. They will return this week to finish the deck stair rail, and the porch railings.


The front porch posts completed


The crew installing the deck rails


The completed deck rails

Monday, October 1, 2012

SOD TODAY!

Bob and his landscape crew laid the sod today, and it looks beautiful! We watered twice today, which is the standard for new sod. Supposedly, next week is going to be cool and rainy, which will make our job easier.





North side  looking downslope



North side upslope


Installing sod on the east side


West side sod


Sod on north side of the driveway