My How Time Flies!

I have been bad. I have been VERY VERY bad. . .about posting and about choosing things and really we only have a week left until the final inspection (or so). I think I am all organized and then when it comes down to it, I cannot even commit to hardware.

Anyway, this week is a 'lost week' as the hardwoods are sanded, stained and sealed. Appliances go in next week and the final little things start hitting a 'to do; list! Here are pictures from the cabinetry install and wow I cannot believe I haven't posted the counters yet. . .September has just been too too busy. I will follow up with a mid-September Status report, but it's hard to believe that we are already close to the finish. We will probably not be 100% until the backsplash and the electric above gets finalized, but that may just have to be after the final appraisal for time's sake. Here are some pre-Labro Day Weekend pictures. . .

Family Room Built-Ins and Fireplace
Washer/Dryer area(and built-ins)

Cubbies and panelling(and entry to garage)

Our poweder room 'Shower/Tub'

Poweder Room Wainscotting (sink area)

Bathroom/Shower Area

View of Cabinetry for Double Oven and Sink area

View of the Island and built-in area

Walk-in Pantry

Island Bench (with drawers)

View of Island

View of the 'Bar Area' and Island

View of the Family Room Bay Window

View of the 'Great Room'

View from the Kitchen entrance to the Island and then Family Room area

View from the corner to the doors out

Keep on Truckin'. . . .

"Truckin', like the do-dah man. Once told me "You've got to play your hand"

Sometimes the cards ain't worth a damn, if you don't lay'em down,

Sometimes the light's all shinin' on me;Other times I can barely see.

Lately it occurs to me, What a long, strange trip it's been." -Grateful Dead

So we enter the final month (or thereabout hopefully) with the project now getting to being 'a simple remodel' (verses the structural and physically challenging things that go along with it being a renovation). My terminology could be wrong. At the end of August 7, 2009, here is what the house looked like. The insulation was in, and we were expecting a week of drywalling the week ahead.

Hardy Plank Siding on the Addition/Mudroom/window to the bath

View from the southwest corner of the kitchen into the family room (step down), bar area and door to the mudroom

View from the southeastern part of the kitchen and entrance from the house of the family room and door to the mudroom.

Our ingenious kitchen entrance turned pantry. We reused an old door and cut it in half. I love it!

I plan to keep it closed with an icebox lock.

View of the mudroom/cubbbies(right) and door to the garage.

View from the mudroom entrance to the family room, then step up to the kitchen.

View from the garage door to the garage. (anticipate putting a doggie door on the left, to the left of the window)

View of the storage/pooltable/entrance to mudroom and patio side of the garage.

All's well that ends well. . .

So in my last post, we had our first 'issue' come up. Now, I know working with GC can sometimes be a nightmare (I think most people have had this experience), so I feel fortunate that our GC has been kind enough to work with us on most everything, including the stairs, which we are quite happy with the new! Here they are: The original Architect's sketch

The first version of the stairs

the final version of the stairs. . .

One last view a little farther out!

So now that we've overcome that feat, I am definitely a happier camper with that decision. However we are now on fast forward, so I will post the last 2 progress pictures separately as they are 2 phases that moved faster than I was able to blog/update!