Merry Christmas - Part III

Here are the pics of lighting & plumbing fixtures that you've been waiting for:

 

Our electricians, John and Nacho:

Dining Room:

Hallway Alcove

 

Master Bedroom:

 

Upstairs Bedrooms: 

 

1/2 Bath:

 

Prep sink and island - very very tight fit

 

 

Upstairs Bath, cultured marble top

 

Outside Front porch pendent and fan light in background:

 

 

Outdoor Shower

 

Close up of trim in guest shower:

 

Vent fan & light finally installed!

 

Cardboard is coming up, here is the fixed "N"

Foyer (looking into Living Room)

 

Looking out at front door

 

Guest Bedroom, door knobs and cabinet hardware going on

 

Guest Bath

More pics of Kitchen:

 

Study/Library:

 

Pantry:

Laundry Room:

 



 

Master Closet:

 

Stairwell Lights:

 

Upstairs Middle Room (Rachel's Room), seeded glass lights

 

Unfinished Room area:

 

Eternal Tankless Water Heater (just like in previous home)

Merry Christmas - Part II

It must be getting close to finishing because our dumpster that has been here since almost the beginning was picked up with a super heavy load.

 

After several months of workers bumping into our front door sidelights and trim, Rachel had to spend an entire day just getting the door ready to be stained and finished again.  But as you will later on, the time spent was well worth it, and we have a beautiful front door.

 

We now have a propane tank that is already getting used keeping the home a bit warmer than the outside.



Merry Christmas - Part I

Sorry about the lack of updates to our blog.  We have had a lot of things going on and I will try to catch everyone up at the ranch.  We have both noticed how much it is starting to feel like a home we could live in.  It helps having real lights, heat, water and all the other finishing touches.  All these finishing touches unfortuneatly demand a lot of our attention, since in the end, this is what you will see.  So we have spending the last few weeks on our days off, we have been here all day long, usually longer than the sub contractors.

 

 

We left off at the beginning of tile installation.  After some headaches with our builder insisting we chose some ugly yellow grout color, we showed the tile guy the correct white color that we had written down and given to him.  But in the end, it turned out looking good.  Here are some pics:

 

Before grout, Carrara Marble Tile:

 

Grouted:

 

 

Master bath sink

 

Guest Shower:

 

Master bath Vanities

Master bath Powder Room:

 



 

Looking in at Master Bath:

 

Heated Towel Rack, entrance to shower:

 

Master Shower - 1 rain head above (not seen), 2 body sprays, 2 handhelds all with one master temperature control.  (if you had seen our other shower, this one is very similar)

 

Stay tuned for more...



Painting, Countertops and Tile

We were out of town last week and when we arrived back home it was very cold outside.  Thank goodness the pipes have not frozen, since the heat has yet to be hooked up.

The painters finished the main portion of their painting.  According to our builder, they will be here up till close to do touch-ups.



Living Room

 

Master Bedroom

Study next 3 pictures

 

 

 

Laundry Room and Mudroom Area

 

 

 

The Cultured Marble was installed in the two upstairs bathrooms

The countertop installers showed up yesterday and installed our granite and quartz countertops.

 

The driveway was poured while we gone along with the sidewalk and pads for the air conditioner and generator.  However, after coming back from vacation, we noticed that the sidewalk nor the pads were done correctly, so they will be broken up and re-poured.

Also this week the tile installers showed up and started their work.  First with setting the shower bases and waterproofing membrane.  The last few days have been taken up with the Master bath and shower area, since this the most complex and biggest part of the job.  The other areas are the guest s
shower, Kitchen backsplash and upstairs tile floors in the bathrooms.