And the changes just keep on a-coming!

There were quite a few changes at the house when we drove out there tonight.
The garage doors have arrived...
and the stone (El Dorado Meseta Fieldledge) is going up on the chimney...
and on the fireplace...(there will be verde butterfly granite over the black fireplace box that is still showing)
The tile has been laid in the guest bathroom (still needs to be grouted)...
The wiring is on our master bathroom floor, which will heat the tile...

The tile is also down in the kids' bathroom (also yet to be grouted)...
Stone is going up on the pillars that will support the covered patio area off the back of the garage. There will be wood pillars on top of these stone bases...
Here is a photo of the brick on the back of the house that is now finished (I remembered to take my boots with me tonight!)...
And DH used the tractor to pick up some broken concrete blocks to use to keep the tractor attachments off the ground to help prevent rust. I didn't get to drive the tractor because I injured my back at Boot Camp yesterday morning. I figured there isn't any hurry - I'll probably be driving it more than I want to once we get ready to attack the brush on the property!
The painting never got finished before the tile was started. It seems like it would have been a lot easier to paint without the need to provide protection for the floors.

Thursday doesn't look good for the kitchen cabinets to go in. The kitchen tile is there, but there were only 4 tiles laying on the kitchen floor. Even if they get the kitchen tile down tomorrow, they have to let the tiles set and then grout them. My guess is the kitchen won't be installed until next week.

The Brazilian teak for the family room, great room, and office is in the house so it can acclimate to the temperature and humidity conditions in the house. No sign of the bamboo flooring for my sewing studio, 2nd floor hall, and laundry room though.

I think we'll need to start going out to the house more often now, as the projects being done now make a really big difference in how the house looks. It's really amazing how fast everything is coming together now!

Let's go Pens!!!

Not much done on the house, but the Pens won!!!

The painters were supposed to start on the interior of the house this week, so we were surprised and a bit disappointed to see that they hadn't even started. We also figured that the brick would be finished, but they still have quite a bit of work to do.

The fireplace is in, however, and they ran the pipe up the chimney.

They had to cut into the drywall in order to put in the chimney pipe - curious that they didn't work on the chimney before the drywall went in. This hole was cut in DH's closet...
And these holes were cut in DD's bedroom walls...
DD still has a view of the river from her bedroom, but it is quickly becoming blocked by the leaves on the trees.
It looks like work was done on the roof over the front door this week and that will hopefully stop the leaks that had developed inside the house.
Here is the office/guest room end of the house. The outside is actually coming along nicely...
The back still isn't finished. The area over the garage and the upper 2 floors of the angled wall still need to have brick added...
The patio side of the house and the back of the garage are done...
And here is a shot from the end of the garage looking toward the patio area...
We've been working our tails off on this house so that we can get it on the market. I finished DS's room, the guest room, all the bathrooms, the dining room, and the laundry room. I still need to dust and make sure the beds are made and dishes all done in the morning before our realtor brings the other agents from her office here on their "caravan". On Thursday, she will have an open house for agents from other real estate offices. The only room that still needs work is the playroom in the basement. There are some bookshelves and game shelves down there that really need to be straightened up and packed up, but that can wait a couple of days.

I haven't figured out yet where we'll go when someone wants to show our house. Perhaps for a walk? Or maybe to hang out at Ice Cream World? Hmmmm....maybe both of those!

I just finished baking chocolate chip cookies to mail to DD for finals week - can you smell them?