Doors & Siding

The work going on at the house today is building and installing window and door boxes inside and installing siding outside.

We chose 3-panel maple interior doors to coordinate with the Craftsman style influence of the house. They haven't yet been stained but will eventually be stained to match the cabinet color in the kitchen.

Upstairs closet doors. This is a storage closet off the upstairs hallway.

A door box

A window box

Siding going up on the west face

Cabinets & Counters

Cabinets and counters were installed last week and having those in makes everything look so much closer to complete! We are thrilled with how the cabinets look. And a neat note - the cabinet hardware is the same we used when we remodeled our kitchen in DC so we'll have a little reminder.

Kitchen

Lockers in mudroom

Butlers pantry (perhaps my favorite part of the house)

Desk

Downstairs half bath

Master bath

Upstairs main bath

Laundry room

Big Changes!

It's only been 2 days since the last batch of pictures but there have been huge changes since then!

The garage doors are in.

The mudroom lockers are framed in.

Cabinets have arrived and are being installed today.

Counters have arrived as well and will likely be installed tomorrow.

And siding has started to go up!

The Start of Flooring

Some of our flooring went in over the weekend and we love it! The rest of the hard flooring (everything except carpet) will be done by tomorrow. They work fast!

The living room, kitchen, and dinette area - white oak hardwood. This will also be used in the game room and first floor hallways. It's called EcoTimber and is a sustainably harvested green product.


The laundry room - ceramic tile. This will also be used in the kids' bath.

The master bath - bamboo, obviously a green product.

The only flooring not shown yet is the slate for the first floor mudroom and half bath and the carpet for the upstairs bedrooms.

Drywall, Plaster, and Paint

The interior walls are now all complete with drywall, plaster, and paint. We're looking forward to doing some painting on our own but to start we had to choose just one color for both walls and ceilings so this is a good base color.

The game room

The kitchen

The living room

The tray ceiling in the master bedroom

Masonry

We're really happy with the way the stonework on the front of the house turned out!

Whole front view

Close up

Our house number

Front porch pillars, soon to be topped with tapered square white columns

The garage steps even got a touch of stone!

Behind the Walls

A couple of weeks ago "stuff" was being put all over the house's exterior and interior walls.

Before the masonry was put on the house front

Before the garage was drywalled

Before the basement was drywalled

Before the interior walls were drywalled. This is some of the blow-in insulation.

After the insulation was blown in this top layer went on.

Doors

Finally, some privacy! Doors were added to the house this week in front and on the access to the garage. Garage doors will be a few more weeks. Also done this week:

- Yard & driveway were graded

- Fireplace installed

- Interior foam insulation started

I just got back from the "Behind the Walls" open house, and it looks like it was a success! Looking forward to next week's changes...