Fieldstone is our friend!

The stone looks amazing! I got to meet Frank and his crew today and they told me that fieldstone is always the best to use. We are truly lucky to have had so much of it on our property. Frank confirmed there is plenty for both chimneys and the facing on the wall leading down to the guest suite. The concrete is poured and sealed. Electric is hooked up and working - it was so neat to see our beautiful light from Tim's that we've had for at least three years finally on!! Ceiling fans are installed. The propane tank is buried, trench dug, and Maincare has been called to come hook it up. More finishing work is underway inside and Paul is coming back to finish the tiles on the bathroom walls. The appliances have all showed up too. Jim's also working on the design for the front stoop and I'm meeting with the glass door guy to choose and measure for the master bath shower. We'll still have the PODs delivered Saturday but it looks like we won't get the COO for another week. Mike still has to refinish the floors and everyone has to be out of there for him to do it. That's the way it goes I guess. At least the PODs are packed and ready to go.

Chimneys, Grout, Painting and more!

More great work the past few days! Lights were done up outside the bedroom. The chimney extension is going up in preparation for the stone mason. Kitchen faucet hardware was installed. Window frames were installed and stained. The top to the master bathroom vanity came back with the right edge finished and the guys got it installed today. And the bedroom is finally getting painted once we settled on the right blue ("Exhale") - and it looks beautiful!! This shot is an early one of David trying to cover all of the other samples. One coat did it - this Aura paint from Benjamin Moore with primer built right in is the best. More floors were tiled and grouted - this is a view looking towards the front door from the kitchen and you can see the laundry room on the right. We've been looking all over for the stacking kit for the washer dryer and finally just ordered a new one from Kenmore. Late today, they dug the spot for the new front entrance - the excavator and cement guy will be by tomorrow to finish that and pour the foundation for the garage and breezeway.

Stairway to Heaven

The stairway to the guest suite was cut this week and the custom windows in the great room have been put in. The excavation is in full swing as you can see - foundation will soon be poured for the garage and breezeway and it will be ready for whenever we can afford to build them. The electric inspection is set for early next week and then insulation and sheet rocking can begin. And the propane tank has been delivered looking nice and shiny. Since there's more project than budget left, we're making some tough decisions - we're going to defer the tongue and groove for the ceilings and sheet rock them over to start much to my dismay. But that will allow us to do the deck now so it will look more finished and a nicer place to hang out. Jim has assured us that it's easy to add that later when we build back up the savings. We've finalized the design and material for the tile floor and the wood floor estimate is in. They will start as soon as the sheet rocking is finished. Time to pick lighting and fans and bathroom furniture and fixtures. One of the exciting things that happened was the discovery of the remnants of a fieldstone wall in the backyard which they are going to be able to use for our stone chimneys. That will save us big bucks as the stone we had initially chosen turned out to be very pricey. Using rock from our own land would have been our first choice anyway had we known it was possible so we're thrilled!