railings and bannisters

We went square-ish



Going up!


Going down!

to stand upon

The floors are in.

(front hall)

(kitchen)

(powder room)

(back stairs)

(master bath)


The stairs are in


and there's a balcony off the master bedroom



oh, and they moved the dumpster off to the side!

i am a porch person

I love sitting on porches. I'm looking forward to a swing, rockers, glasses of iced tea- the whole porch experience.

Here's the birth of our porch:





And viola'

curb appeal

Tom trimmed the tree, so the house is now visible from the street.



As you can see, all of the siding is finally up.





Also, we now have garage doors.

hello mudder...hello fodder

The mudders (gentlemen whom I've learned fill in the nail holes and gaps in between the sheets of drywall with some sort of, well, mud) have done their job and the walls await sanding and paint.

thank you sir, may i have another?

Remember that gable trim accent I was so excited about?

Check out the porch:

drywall!

kitchen


family room


loft



view from dining area out to the back deck

our porch

One of the aspects of the house that I'm most excited about is the porch.
Here's what the ceiling looks like:







It's called a "beaded ceiling." I have no idea why, but I like it.

clark? ann of green?

I didn't really know what a gable was until I asked my architect what this cool element was on the front of the house. I learned that it's a gable trim accent. I dig it.

we are

insulated



wired for sound



and almost fully sided