the Finish Line, or Finishes are Fun!, or suggest your own title

So Kelli and I just returned from the beach in Florida (amazingly relaxing time!) and we are getting very close with the house project now. This is a good thing, considering we are moving in less than seven days. We will actually be sleeping in our house in less than a week, that is a novel idea...

Doors, trim, tile, grout, cabinets, paint.

Master Bath vanity - beautiful.

nice time in the neighborhood

T-rev to the rescue

Trevor is here and the house is reaping the benefits.  He is helping our subcontractor that we love, Alfreddo, do lots of things inside the house, and also cleaning up the front door and porch which we thought we wouldn't get around to for a while.  Next weekend, Trev and Nick will build the back deck - please wish us luck!

This week the floors were refinished, sanded and stained, siding was almost completed on the garage and addition, tile prep work took place in the bathrooms, we built the raised beds out front, our gas line was unlocked and turned back on by the city (since it passed the pressure test), and Nick and Trevor put together the 5 base cabinets for the kitchen that will be installed Monday so that countertops can be templated on Weds.  We charge forth with plans to move in the last weekend of this month!

Siding & Floors - lookin' good!

Let the light shine in

We have drywall! Here are photos from Thursday after work, such nice lighting this time of day. Friday the drywallers sanded the walls smooth and I think finished up. Next onto the floors. . . and tile, and siding, and cabinetry, and painting, and trim and doors and when is this going to end.

Dining area bay window.

Entry.

Master Bedroom.

Master bath, shower.

Spring Snow

We had another storm roll into the region today, up-slope flow with lots of moisture and it has hammered the Front Range. Huge snow flakes, really slushy, wet snow. We have gotten over half a foot on the ground and a lot more than that really if you count what has melted and came in as rain too. Estes Park has gotten 4 ft! The flakes were so big, some seemed to be the size of ping pong balls. The roads are a mess, highways closed and abandoned cars on the streets.

There was still progress on the house before and during the storm. It's coming along.

View of the front room of the house, that is the big front window you see.

View towards teh back of the house, the french doors in the kitchen have drywall leaning against them. The large doorway from the dining/living area into the kitchen keeps it feeling open in this space.

Jake standing in the kitchen, the living/dining area is seen in the background.

You can see the front door here and the doorway into the front guest bedroom.

This is the back corner of the kitchen, where the cedar is on the outside, where our kitchen desk will go : )

The Fast and the Furious (drywall installers)

Today, lots of insulation went up (it's going to be warm in this house in winter), some drywall was installed on the ceilings, and some cedar siding went up on the corner of the house too.