Things are cruising now!

Sept. 15- Here is the back deck finished. We are still waiting for our railing stuff to come in, but they were expecting it to come in this week.
It is a good thing we have a big garge because it is filled with all their tools all the time.

Basement level- The plastic for the hockey room walls is completed. Now if they will only get the lights hooked up in there we could actually see it. This picture was taken with my camera flash because it is a dark corner of the basement otherwise.
There was a shop light on for painting so the kids were making shadow puppets on their hockey walls. They are so excited for this room.
This is our sitting room looking at the doorway to the wine cellar. They still have another coat of paint to do in this room, but you get a pretty good idea what Tawny Port color looks like. We found this color at Home Depot and just asked Sherwin Williams to color match it for us.

Main level- The library paneling is on and ready for book shelves. It looks much better than the yellow foam insulation to say the least.
Here is more of the amber aging paint technique and it is done in our entryway.
I am standing in the kitchen and Jeff is walking into the office/library in this photo. Behind him is the red dining room. You can see the big window of our formal living room. The yellow part of the stairs will also be the amber stuff and Jeff said they finished that yesterday. They were working on it when I was out there, so I will get more pictures today of that.

Upper level- The guys started putting up our window trim this week. This is Declan's room. We went to a Parade of Homes in Fargo last spring with a list of things to look at for ideas. One main thing on our list was window trim and baseboard. Out of 15 houses that day, this was the only style we liked. So, we took a picture of it and gave it to our cabinet guy, Bruce.
The trim in Isaac's room.
I really like the wood trim with our cool leather finish paint in the upper level of the turret. The ugly plywood you see is the temporary railing for the open area to see into the office/library below.
Here is the master bathroom again with the floor finished and grouted. He stained the grout and it matches really well. I was talking to Tyler the other day and he said this is by far the best bathroom he has ever done. We were glad it was our bathroom that was his best. Most of the tiling designs were his idea and we liked it.

One water heater is also installed, but I spared you the photo of that. Also yesterday, the excavating guys started leveling out the lot. The house is going to look totally different without the ugly dirt piles in the front yard. I am taking pictures of that today.