3 Beautiful Days Let Us Get A Lot Done.

Sometimes it is had to believe that just over 5 months ago we were just digging the hole for the house.

From one perspective it seems so long ago, but from another the 5 months have just screamed by.

As we get closer to the end of the build it seems that there is never enough time to get things done, but this weekend much was accomplished.

M. M., "The Rainmaker" did not visit this weekend, so the weather was beeeautiful ;>

Marlys, finished the sealing of the deck. Yahoo!

And a project I have been putting off since July was finally taken off the to do list and added to the to done list...sealing the exterior glulams.

I wished I had done it sooner as the they look great. You can probably see the the paint is a little light on the fascia. Since this will be re-painted Essex Green to match the rest of the trim I didn't worry about the coverage.




The exterior stone work is also well underway.
Besides the Bodega style stone veneer we have selected a "dry stack" application. This means that all of the stone is placed "in contact" and there will be no tuckpointing between the stone. This gives the rustic look we wanted.

The fireplace stoop and cap will also be veneered in the same way.

At the top of the veneer will be a ledger stone with the drip cap above that and tucked behind the siding. This seems to be one of the few color selection we have made that works great.

I won't even go into the interior paint that the painter (yes, we have decided to bring in a professional) tested on the wall and said we may want to do something different. Luckily, I didn't take any pictures of the experiment as I don't think the camera would have survived.

The interior went through a few small changes this week. First was the completion of the installation of the hardwood floor. Which Marlys and I immediately covered in rosin paper to protect. So these pictures are the first and last time the floor will be seen until we are near completion. It turned out great, thanks to Paul and his crew.


They were also able to complete almost all of the tile setting. The only area remaining is the lower entry door and the top row of the master bath shower. They will complete the tile setting when they return to tile the backsplash in the kitchen. That will be sometime the third week of October.













Much of what happened this weekend was getting the interior pine ceiling ready to be installed next weekend.

This was a real production and with the weather cooperating, so we did it all outside.

We had a sanding station.












We had a spraying station.












And we had pine boards drying everywhere.

Of course, Dusty signed the house by walking across some of the boards leaving paw prints. I haven't figured out how to explain those...if any one even notices.








We finished the finishing on Saturday, so I had time to set a couple of doors on Sunday morning. These were the first doors I have ever installed. I read a number of books, researched it on the net and finally consulted a professional. They turned out ok.







We even had time to inaugurate the patio.