Interior trim and tile day 2

More inside work today. Baseboards are mostly done. Swing doors are all trimmed; openings with casings haven't been done yet. Windows have started and look great. We are using simple, flat 1x4 legs and slightly thicker 1x6 tops on both windows and doors. Most windows also have a flat wooden stool at the bottom opening. The trim looks nice and substantial. It may seem like a weird thing to be pumped about but the trim is something I've been most excited about!  We are using a simple 5" cove molding for crown in all the rooms, except the study where we will have stained beams and the coffered ceilings which will have a smaller cove to trim out the coffers. Nothing fancy but suits our taste and we think it'll look great. It's hard to see in photos right now because of all the white mud from the drywall. Once rooms are painted it will stand out more.

Tile is down on the buddy bath, laundry room, and grandmas' bath floors. I am super happy with the tile we picked for these rooms. It's called Linden Point by DalTile and we got the Bianco color. We'll use a white grout with it. Same tile will be on the shower walls, too.  The basement shower will have a "bubble" tile floor (mosaic of all circles).  Master bath tile is also by DalTile called Avondale in "castle rock," which is a darker gray. That's still in boxes in the foyer but we look forward to seeing it installed.

There are piles of trim materials sitting around and new today is a stack of oak stair treads for the stairwells. Not sure how much work will get done tomorrow as we sit through a cold front+hurricane tomorrow. We're expecting somewhere around 5" of rain at last check. Since the house doesn't have HVAC running yet and still only using temp power/extension cords, it would be a damp, humid, gloomy work day. But we'll see.

Rusty was able to make it out with a load of gravel to top off the fresh grading in the driveway. That will at least help keep mud at bay.

Crown molding

Crown molding and some window trim in the mudroom

Powder room

Breakfast nook, look at the window trim!

More window trim of my dreams in the playroom

Mara checking in on her playroom in the
new shoes daddy got for her

Buddy bath from bedroom 1

Buddy bath from bedroom 2 (Mara's room)

Grandmas' bathroom

Grandmas' closet and bathroom door trim

Basement - really hard to get a good picture today

Basement - crown really blending in

the "billiards" area

Craft room has everything but window trim now

Inside the exercise room

Exercise room

Stairwell windows are fixed so they don't have a stool

I like they way they trimmed this out a little differently

Future steps

Fresh gravel

Rusty's been parking his big dozer in front of our photo stand

A clearer shot without any sun flare today.

Siding complete, interior trim started

Outside the house is looking good; finally got all the board & batten siding up plus some shakes up in the main gable. With that, the exterior siding is all done, now we just wait for paint. Good progress happening inside, too. The trim crew was busy installing doors and casings and baseboards today. They were moving fast so I won't be surprised if they move on to windows and crown by tomorrow, though it will probably still take a few days. We met with the lead trim guy to go over closets and other built-ins today so I expect most of that stuff will be in the near future as well.  The tile crew also started laying bathroom floors today (but no pictures of that yet, we didn't want to be in the way). Rusty, our grading contractor, was out there today smoothing topsoil and doing some more fine grading. Still a little ways to go with that but outside does look better.  Cabinets get delivered and install for those starts on Tuesday.  Lots of progress in a short window.

Hello, siding

The sun was beating down right at the roof peak, but
this is a slightly closer view of the new siding

View of the back yard from inside the basement

Cross-supports under the deck are gone now

Basement doors with trim and baseboards

Exercise room and under-stairs closet, plus a view of
the five-panel doors we picked

Exercise room

Craft room closet and door, basebaords.

Hardwoods laid, more materials arrive

Hardwoods on the main floor were more or less completed today.  Workers were hanging the board and batten on the front of the house.  We're hoping that will be complete by tomorrow.  Most of the trim and interior doors arrived as well.  Really looking forward to those going in!

Board and batten

Walkway to mudroom

Mudroom

Greatroom

Breakfast nook

Playroom

Dining room

Dining room

Crown, baseboard, and casings

Interior doors

Layin' Wood

Installation of the hardwood floors on the main level started today.  Looking good thus far!  Last picture is of a mommy deer and her two fawns.

Dining room

Great room

Kitchen

Deer

Front Door

Front door was installed on Friday.  Still needs to be stained, but we love it.  Second picture is a bat we found hanging out on the wall above the fireplace.  They're good at keeping the mosquitoes away so we left him alone.  Most of the other work done this past week was taping, mudding, and sanding.  Nothing too exciting or picture-worthy beyond what was already posted of the interior.  This upcoming week should be a bit more exciting with the installation of the hardwoods on the main floor and the completion of the siding on the front of the house.

Front door

Bat

The Pond

Finally had a chance to get someone out to mow around the pond and cut back some of the brush.  Pond water is looking much clearer after removing the clog in the drain pipe.  I put a cap on the top to reduce the likelihood of another clog.

One of many frogs