More of July

This is the chaos. We considered keeping the toilet in the
kitchen, but decided our guests might not like it there. 
Notice the slabs of maple leaning against the island.   Those
are the wrong drawer fronts we had just finished switching out
for the right drawer fronts.  Took all day.

This is one of the pieces of copper we used to
make the kitchen backsplash.  This is he back
waiting to be adhered to the hard board.

Here Rich is installing the range hood over the stove after the
copper backsplash was installed.

Here is the finished product.   The colors in the copper patina
"really bring the room together," for all you Labowski fans.



The kitchen is pretty much finished.  Notice the wall below the
windows is still raw.   The next project will be to intsall cedar
boards up there, like the ones on the ceiling. 

This is the window guy converting the fixed window in the
foyer to a window we can open.   We get a nice breeze
through there now.



The foyer is finished.

This is the rock garden in front of the house. 
"What drought?" you ask...

Oh yeah...This is the front yard.   We obviously didn't waste
any well water on that!   The weeds are nice and green, though.

We found a nice clear pine baseboard that stains well
to match the walnut flooring.   Don't tell anybody we're cheating.

Here's Master Crafstman Richie installing the stainless steel
railing around the steps to the basement.   We'll be putting the
same rails around the roof of the garage, too.

Finished product.

Here's the mud/laundry room in the rough.

Finished product...everything works!

Guest bath just waiting for guests.

We gain very little heat from the sun in summer thanks to the
southeast orientation, the overhang of the roof, and the trees.

This garden is along the property line.   The flowers were
transplanted from Laura's garden in Madison.   They love
their new home, and so will we.

Rich installing the walnut floor in the guest
room.  

The guest room is finished.    When we move
in, we'll use this room until the master bedrom
is done.

Current state of the master bathroom.   No
plumbing yet; this will be the last room
to be completed.   Lord knows when, we don't!

Laura's closet, ready for use.

What keeps us going....

July!!

Wow, once again, it's been a while.  A thankfully long summer, wish we had more rain though.  We're making lots of progress.  Our current mission is to completely complete what we call the annex, the low roof part of the house.  To date...
. Pantry is done
. Guest bedroom is done except for floor trim
. Guest bathroom is done
. Entryway is done except for floor trim
. Laundry is done except for utility sink
. Laura's closet is done except for floor trim
. Garage is done

Besides that, the kitchen should be done in the next couple of days.  After that, we'll install the big floor and be ready to more in (to the guest room...).

It's still fun, but it will be more fun to be living here.  Soon enough...

Some pics, may not make sense because they are wide, wide angle.... Cheers, Rich

Can you find the house?

 Laura's garden... still alive!

The guest bath

Laundry

Laura's sanctuary

Ahh, this is the life...              Snapping turtle laying eggs!