It's not perfect but we're in!!!

So we still have LOTS of work to do but we have moved in (10/30/09). No flooring and the place won't get sided until next season. It's time to nest for the winter :) Now taking reservations for Winter Carnival!





Paint, paint, paint!!

Stone work for wood stove back-drop. Don't have the stove yet.

A minimally finished mudroom. Tile still needs to be grouted, door needs to be stained, and the barn board for the perimeter has yet to be put up BUT - we're working on it!

Master bedroom with temporary guest bed. Obviously the color scheme is as relaxing as I had hoped ;)

Master bathroom. Still need countertop and sink (and trim is obviously needed everywhere).

Very sparsely furnished living room. But it's still cozy.

Like I said, it's sparse but I still have my comfy chair.

Temporary sink and countertops but I'm back in business and with a dishwasher for the first time in 4 years!! Everthing goes in!!!

The inaugeral bubble bath and it's so nice and deep. Yes that's wine and cheese!

View of the adequate room (not quite a great room) from the hall.

Nothing like bringing the outdoors in, ha! It's only temporary.

Guest bath. Not thrilled with the curtain but it will do for now.

Beautiful copper sink in guest bath.

And ...

I took some time out a few weeks ago to go catch some birds.

Red-tail we trapped and banded.




Educational barn owl. Didn't need to trap this one. She is housed by a falconer about an hour north of Loon Lake. She's sooooooo sweet.

We're in!! Pics to follow shortly. We still have a lot of work to do (i.e., no flooring throughout most of the house) but it really feels good to have moved in :)

Walls and tile :)

We finally have walls and something pretty to look at!!




Morning light - Always plenty of pretty stuff to look at outside, so peaceful.


Master bath floor




Guest bath floor, I am absolutely enlove!




Same tile but smaller above the guest shower. I'm painting the walls a copper color, awesome :)





Dan cutting more rock board; NOT one of his favorite jobs.




My brother Fred's back-breaking labor. Can't believe my Dad did it for so long.

Master bath tile. The border are different leaf prints.

Kitchen - The wires are for the under cabinet lighting.

Living room from the kitchen. The protective film is still on all of the windows so it's hard to appreciate the view.

Cathedral

COLOR AND FAUCETS COMING SOON ...

While you all were enjoying yourselves poolside, fishing, paddling, in the woods, and at the beach ...

We have a roof, fascia, soffit, lighting, lots of other stuff, and I'm just about done insulating the interior walls. Hopefully, they will begin putting sheetrock up next week!



It's really starting to look like something :)
The back view of the house showing the metal roof (it's a very dark green)





High efficiency modulating propane boiler, circulators, and expansion tank for the infloor radiant heat system.



Rock around the soaking tub ready for tile courtesy of my brother Fred




Up close look at the lovely cedar fascia and pine soffit I stained :)





View of the Dan's recessed lighting job from above/in the attic






Dan's simple but very smart idea for a system to transfer heat that accumulates in the peak of the cathedral over the wood stove to the back bedrooms - smart guy!







Porch with cedar fascia





Insulation system for the eves (blue board + pink board = system)



Dan's insulation work up top, mine below. As one of the carpenters said "you'll be able to light a candle in this place and stay warm!" but I'm not sure we'll be able to afford the matches or the candle by the time we're done.



... and more insulation.





Other side of the roof with wood stove chimney, fascinating I know.







View of roof from driveway






Workin' hard Mac or hardly workin'??? I tell Dan I'm union (AWA -Amalgamated Wives of America) so I get lots of breaks and happy juice.

Hope to post soon with ... dare I say it?!?!? ... WALLS!!!

We have water!

The well is finally done! 340 ft, not bad. The roof should be coming in about two weeks. Need to pick out all appliances - impossible. I think I'm going to be ecstatic when I finally see sheetrock. My friends husband is going to start making our cabinets. Wondering if we'll have flooring and coutertops by the time we move in. Oh, and the black flies are just getting started.

More pics...

Feels like it is taking forever but things are starting to come together a little bit. Septic is all done and the well has been the longest project known to man. I think we're at just over 400 feet.






Pressure tank and water heater





A small retaining wall




Awww, the trout lilly are blooming!





Ahhhhhhhh, soooon :)






Septic

From baby steps to a full out run ...

Well, we've been making a little progress here and there with the house and now we are in an all out runners stride to make it liveable before we move in this July. Not a lot to show but I thought I would post some pics to let everyone know where we're at.

We had most of the house insulated with spray foam in late January. That made it a lot easier to warm the place up and keep it warm enough to work in. Of course, I use the term warm loosely.

Well truck is in place and we hope to have water in the next few weeks.





Bryon the plumber (nothing a plumber loves more than having his picture taken while he works ;).




A lot of what Bryon has been doing for us in installing this infloor radiant heat system. We'll have toasty toes!!








Dan accomodating my wishes for a recessed vanity in the master bath. Just takes a little wall moving, that's all.






A wonderfully deep soaking tub for my bathroom :) Yes, I said my bathroom. His is down the hall.





His






Me staining cedar (for the fascia). Yes I'm in there, just can't see me in the respirator.


Pretty, pretty fascia~





Dan making "stickers" to stack the stained wood for drying. I don't know where they come up with the names for this stuff but he insists that I learn the "lingo"





... "stickered" wood (sounds silly)



Well, that's all for now. As I said, we plan to move in by the end of July so I will hopefully have a lot of progress shots to post in the coming weeks. Hopefully, or we'll be living in the camper with two cats - yay!