Wow!

What a day!  Concrete is in.  Most floors are uncovered.  More plumbing progress happened including the tub.  It's starting to look like a house.   And our missing exterior lights are supposed to arrive Friday.  Hooray!

Plumbing Wrap Up Day 1 & Other Stuff

We have kitchen faucets!  There's little areas of plumbing progress all through the house. 

 Drywall touch ups are flying.  They've already re-textured all repair spots.  

And the flooring guy finished the landing...finally!

Countertops Are In...Again

The new counters have been installed in the bathrooms.  I'm so focused on making sure the sinks are in the correct place and there's no cracks that I haven't taken in the new stone.  But I think it looks nice.  

Flooring is done for the most part.  The stair landing and bottom few steps can't be finished because they're waiting for materials.  But it isn't holding anything up for now.

Crown is up in the kitchen and a few other places.  It finishes it off nicely. 

We REALLY need dry weather so they can pour the concrete.  We also need the rest of our interior doors to arrive so the finish carpenter has what he needs to stay busy.  Let's hope things fall into place next week.

Late Night

Based on the photos I sent, the plan is to build an entirely new hood rather than try to fix this one.  So sad.  But we'll be put in the front of the production line and they'll try to get us a new hood as quickly as possible.  No firm timeline yet.  But the builder can work around not having the hood for now.  It's not ideal, but not a project stalling issue.  

The poor flooring guy is still there, and plans to stay until our floors are done tonight.  He has another job to go to tomorrow, so he's working late to finish ours.  Really nice guy.  

The finish carpenter worked on trim under cabinets today.  And our replacement vanity counters are being installed tomorrow.  Fingers crossed there's no cracking or drilling mishaps.  No more jobsite drama!

Flooring is Flying!

Evan's bedroom and closet are finished, and Vivian's bedroom is nearly finished.  Just a couple more rows plus her closet.  Then the upstairs hallway is all that's left!  I expect he'll be finished by Friday no problem.  

And a very heavy crate with our range hood inside is arriving tomorrow.  Fingers crossed it made it from Colorado intact.  And we can get it in the house!

Mason's Flooring

The flooring in the loft and Mason's room is finished.  That includes the edging on that part of the stair opening, and all the diagonal pieces in Mason's closet and doorway since the house bends in that area.  

I learned the rest of our interior doors will be arriving soon and install will begin shortly after.  Then trim!

Productive Monday

The movie room and most of the loft has flooring.  And we made decisions about how to handle the different angles of flooring coming together up there.  Can't wait to see what he does around the stairs tomorrow.  

We tested out the new exterior trim color and gave them the green light.  Not sure when they'll be back but at least there's a plan.  

  

And I finally took a moment to get a wood project off my list.  The metal work is from a shop on Etsy.  The background I made with Bruce's wood.  Seems fitting for our new mudroom.

"Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt."   - John Muir

When All Else Fails...Uhaul

I've been trying to get this bunch of 16' fence lumber to the land and it kept falling through.  Finally we rented a Uhaul and Jeremy grabbed it this morning.  Relief!

And the flooring continues today.  He's almost finished with the office.