Week 19 - Wednesday

Finished with the final grade and also got a top coat of gravel on the entire driveway.  Looks spiffy!

The electricians were back at it installing light fixtures and setting up outlets.

The painters were here doing prep work on all the trim and doors and also stained the front door its final color.

Looks good enough to move into

Front door stained

Master bedroom fan and light fixture.  It works!

Week 19 - Tuesday

They started on the final grade today.  Smoothed out the piles of dirt and also trucked in some dirt from the far corner of the field.  Almost done with it.  Looks a lot different without the weeds around it.  The mason man finished up his work (so he thinks) with building the block wall in the basement for Brian's command center and finished the fireplace.  I think he needs to pressure wash the brick some more, but we'll worry about that later.  Trim work continued throughout the house

Brian took off his tinfoil hat for the picture.  Remind anyone of Silence of the Lambs?

Final grade front of house.

Smooth back yard

Rodeo queen trying out her Bumbo

Have a nice day!

Week 19 - Monday

Bricklayer was out this weekend working on the posts, front and back.  He also continued pressure washing the brick.  The cabinets continued to go in the bathrooms and mudroom plus the countertops.  The end upper cabinet in the kitchen is still not up as they discovered an outlet and light switch were in the way.  The trench from Friday was inspected and filled in. 

Mudroom

Hall bath

Master vanity

Stone around posts in back

Anyone else sore from yesterday? 

Happy Father's Day!

Warrior Up!  Had a great time (injury free) at the Warrior Dash today.  Finished in a record 1 hr 5 min...

Before the race

Audrey cheering us on with devil horns

After the race

Audrey the Great

Flying high

It was a muddy mess, but everyone made it over, through and under all the obstacles. 

Happy Father's Day to everyone!

Week 18 - Friday Cabinets!!!!!

Big news!  We got our cabinets in today!  They got most installed in the kitchen.  Others are here but not installed.  They look awesome!  I see the bathroom sinks are here but still in the package, so didn't get a look at them. 

They also dug the trench to the septic system and it looks like a war zone.  Sidewalk right in front of the house is dug up and large hole when we walk out the door - so everyone needs to be sober when they come over.

kitchen cabinets

Master bath cabinets and sink.  Missing a door for some reason.

Bad picture but shows the very long, deep trench.

Week 18 - Thursday

The big project today was starting on the septic system.  Dug up near the house to bury some large tanks and will dig and bury the line to the existing septic tomorrow.  Also got the half-wall and column in the living room finished.  And Brian sweet-talked Borrelli's workers to do a side job and put up the metal on the garage so siding can go on - they are done with the house for the most part.  The rest will be done by specialists.  We also made an appointment to pick out our granite this weekend.  We are so close I can taste it!

front porch with sidewalk leading up to it

septic

column & half-wall

Lazy day for these two.  Audrey is 11 weeks old today.

Happy Birthday Lana!

Week 18 - Wednesday (the internet lives!)

So today they poured concrete for the sidewalk to the front door and in front of the side door to the garage.  We left our mark in the concrete - hoping we outlast it.  They also put up the ceiling on the back porch, continued putting up trim around windows and doors and framed in the pillar in the living room. 

Sidewalk and garage pad

back porch

trim