We Are In!

Two Men and a Truck (actualy it was 4 men and 2 trucks but we only used 1 truck) arrived on time at 9:15 this morning.  Very personable, careful and respectful.  They had up loaded up and on the road by noon, unpacked and on their way by 3pm. Whew!  Even the dog is tired!

Moving along!!!

Movers come next Thursday.  We have so much to pack, ugh!  We'll have the movers move the big, heavy furniture to the Mountain House.  We'll also have them move the furniture from a guest room at the Lake up to the Master bedroom.  We're leaving some things here at the Lake so we can be comfortable when we are here.  Current plan is to divide our time between the two and slowly move only the things we use/need to the Mountain. 
I'm exhausted already, LOL!

Tired of Waiting

Well, a CO (Certificate of Occupancy) has been issued but we have not come to a financial conclusion with the builder.  We have a final figure and they have a figure, it's just getting those numbers to match up.  We got tired of waiting over a week for them to get back to us and decided to moved a bed set up there anyway.

It was windy and drizzly when we got there.

(Photo taken through window)

But we got a guest bedroom all set up and ready for us to use when we need to.

We did last Saturday night.  Rained cats & dogs, wind blowing up the mountain like a wind tunnel but we were snug and warm and woke to this spectacular view!

Almost There

The floor protection has been removed and the floors have been swept.

All the contractors have removed their miscellaneous stuff.  It's almost ready for some furniture.

More cleaning needs to be done but it's pretty close to being done.

Landscaping will be minimal and will start with some native trees.

Oh and we had a visitor...

Slowly but Surely

Lots of Wildlife in the area.  One of the workers had his work-van broken into by a bear who stole his lunch, Haha!

Jeff and I were on the upper deck just talking and looking at the view when this happened....

And then we found this guy/gal while inspecting the shower downstairs.  It was at least 3 inches across!  Jeff scooped it up on a piece of paper and returned it to the wild.

Brown Fishing Spider

 We are not pleased with the hook up for the generator.

What kind of Mickey Mouse crap work is this!?

The appliances are installed and they work, yea!  Beams are stained. Lights are working.

Appliances!!

Interior doors are stained and knobs are installed.

We have started attending functions... Thursday Night Bourbon and Bocce Ball Tournament

Bocce Ball

Little Details

Stone Columns

Deck post Corbels

Stair Railing

Wood Header Beams

Kitchen Wood Header Beams

Fireplace Mantle

Laundry Room Barn Door

Backyard Wildlife

Some Progress

Sorry it's been a while.  Things at the house were slow in June but have picked up recently.

The microwave and oven have been installed.

Kitchen and foyer pendents are hung.  Ceiling beams have been stained.

Fireplace stone and mantle (not yet stained)

Front stone columns have been started.

 Back-splashes are up

Shower doors installed

 Jeff's  reloading work space is close to completion.

 Closets have been shelved.

Driveway has been poured.

Counter Tops and Exterior Stone

All the counter tops have been installed

Gigantic Kitchen Island

Master Bath

Really bad photo of bath faucets

And the stone is coming along nicely :)

Front door was installed too.

Cabinets & Tile

Tile floors in the baths and laundry room have been installed.

I love it!  Grout will be done at a later date.

This is the kitchen sink area.  The cabinet color is a little redder than I remember but I think it will all workout in the end.

On the left will be microwave and electric oven, dishwasher, sink and on the far right the refrigerator.

Pivoting around from in the same spot as above will be the Coffee/Wine bar

We will set up the coffee maker and have some booze and appropriate glassware handy.

The far right cabinet will hold our printer/copier/office supplies.

In the far left cabinet are roll-out pantry shelves

The kitchen island.  The gas cook-top will be in the center.

It has a trash can cabinet on both ends, will have electric plugs on all sides and six stools.

This is the hardware we picked.

Crown!

Trim!!

Just a couple of quick pics of the trim detail :)