Now I want to live here!

         Mike and I left town for four days and when we returned, our house had such a nice, warm, homey feel.  Floyd and Dusty had installed lots of flooring and started placing kitchen cabinets.

Lower cabinets in place.

I will cook with a view.

We are using the same cabinet style in the bathroom.

I can now imagine the clawfoot tub sitting in this corner.

Shower tiles are almost done.  Just need the floor.

And the  floors are beautiful!

Beautiful in the bedrooms.

and beautiful in the dining/living area!

I can really see this being our home now.  It feels so warm and I just want to move in NOW!

Exciting progress!

The front of the house and wide stairs.

Now that most of the preparation work is done, exciting things are happening.  First, the deck is done except for sealing.  It is the most beautiful deck in all of Washington, I am sure.  And it includes a wide staircase that doesn't block the view when short people sit down.  During any warm weather, the deck will be our living room! Eventually we will get the surrounding mess cleaned up, but we are learning that progress takes patience.

View from the side of the house.

And the shower and bathroom are beautiful too!  Even though their are no fixtures.  There is a hole in that bathroom that one could use like a Chinese toilet.

Experts at work.

Growing shower.  The top will be covered with more tile and will not be green.

Bathroom lights.

The tiling is near completion, so next week we should have some fixtures!  The electricians have installed lights and switches and we have painted the walls.  It gives the house a wonderful warm homey feel that hasn't been in this house for a long time!

Dining lights in the yellow dining area.

This light has been called a female body part.

The gas fireplace has been installed in the uncompleted mantel, but it is covered so that we wouldn't paint all over it.  AND the floor is covered with boxes of hickory flooring.  It is acclimating.  We were told to keep it warm in at least 60 degree air.  We now also have bedroom heaters that help keep it warm.  I have asked it if it feels comfortable in the house, but I got no answer.  I asked it if it was warm enough.  Again no answer.  Maybe after it is acclimated, it will wake up and talk to me!

Don't bang your head on my wall!

     Now the walls are really up!  Lots of sheet rock screwed in, and lots of mud spread and sanded.  And sanded again!  And now, you cannot see the view :(  At all!  Plastic does not make good windows!

Can you see how the walls are deliciously smooth?

You can see the dust in the air!

Multicolored bathroom.

Where is the time capsule?

      Noah and Luke helped prepare a time capsule to go in the wall.  They drew pictures of themselves which they put in and then we added photographs of them and our other grandchildren.  When will it be found?  I hope not in my lifetime!

OK Mike, dust angels just aren't the same as snow angels!

Outside the view is still there.  I hope that it doesn't  wash away!

The grass loves the rain!  Grow grass grow!

Would you go to bed with this?

Burr! It's getting cold outside!

      The weather is turning cold and we realized that a home without insulation is probably not a good idea!  Oh, and by the way, it will not meet building code requirements! Oh, and by the way, it is in the plans we submitted to get our building permit. So we have added insulation.  Did you know that on some walls you need a different color of insulation?  Me neither!

It is such an attractive and convenient way to hold the ceiling up.

Living room

There is a lot of screwing around in the house.

Of course this is the bathroom.

Bedroom.

Other bedroom.

Getting ready for walls.

The addition of the insulation blocks views between rooms and defines the living spaces.  We wanted a small house, and we got a small house.

It must be August - the septic tank is here!