Overdue Update

We were finally able to get the floor tile for the shower, so I finished up the floor tonight and also started on the bench.

This is the marble countertop we got for the guest bathroom which Travis installed today.

Here's the cabinet/countertop setup for the guest bathroom

We seemed to have problem after problem when trying to get the furnace hooked up so that we could at least have heat. The HVAC guy was out the other week to do some final hook ups, so here's what it looks like in our crawl space now.

This is some of the radiant system hookups. It's almost ready to be mounted to the wall and then we can hook up the pex tubes that were ran through the floor to these pipes.

Here's the bar face that we worked on a couple weeks ago. We are trimming out the corners with some trim that will be painted black.

The plumber has been working a little bit this week. The master sink faucets are installed, but not hooked up yet.

Here's proof that we do have heat! We had Northwestern Energy out last week to fire the gas and our plumber ran the wrong size pipe. The plumber got out to fix it, but we couldn't get Northwestern Energy back out until today. It is so nice to have heat upstairs...I'm hoping that helps out my motivation a little bit:) We have a lot to do before our tentative moving date...November 14th/15th!!!

The Jack and Jill sink faucets are also installed, but not hooked up.

The shower faucets are also installed as well as a toilet. Still no running water, but we are one step closer.

The kitchen faucet...

The upstairs powder room...with a toilet!

The trim guys came last Monday to do a little bit of work. The installed the bipass door for the pantry

and also did the crown moulding in the kitchen (don't mind how dirty our countertops already...it's impossible to keep it clean when the trim guys keep making cuts in the living room)

One Quick Picture

I only got one picture of the house progress this weekend, but a lot more happened. As you can see from the picture there was more skim coating and peak of the house has siding now.
I did some more tile in the master shower on Saturday and Trav and his dad started setting up the radiant system. I'll get some more pictures this week to show our progress and describe it a little better then.

This Week's Progress

The trim guys were out working on the Jack and Jill bathroom on Tuesday. They installed the 3 pocket doors and started trimming out all the doors. They promised to be out on Wednesday to finish the rest of the house, but haven't shown up since. Wait, I take that back, the stopped off at the house long enough to drop off their final bill.
I got some more done on the master shower and was able to get a good start on two more walls. Once more of our floor tile gets here, I can put that down and work my way towards the floor.

The HVAC guy still hasn't shown up, so we've been having to dress really warm, including Mocha. At this point, she was getting pretty cold and giving me the Please Pick Me Up Now look.

The granite guy dropped off our soap dishes for the shower. We had him make three of them for us.

The wall with all the shower heads was a pain. It took a lot longer to do and I got very messy.

This picture was from earlier in the week, but I wanted to show that the tub deck is complete, including the shower bench. The granite guy also installed a piece on the step into the shower.

On Trav's days off, he put up wire lathe around the garage face and the front entry columns. He almost finished skim coating the garage too. We weren't sure if it was going to dry with it being so cold outside, but it worked.

Today, we started working a little more on finishing the bar island. We used some of our leftover hardwoods and it's looking pretty good. The plumber made it out this afternoon to start hooking things up, so I may have a functioning bathroom soon. I would feel a lot better about it if the HVAC guy would come do his final hookups...

Rock Pictures

As promised, here are the pictures of the rock...The front of the house is starting to look a lot more finished!

I also managed to get a bit more tile done in the master bathroom.

More Granite and Tile

Today, I was almost able to complete the accent tiles in the master shower. Here's a close up. On the outside of the border the tiles are in a brick pattern. The accent tile consists of a chair rail, a small border, then the tiles on a diagonal with the small tile cut-out in the center.
There are a few pieces left to fill in and I need to get more chair rail, but not too bad of progress for one day!

We are still waiting on the trim guys to finish, but I haven't posted a picure of the trim over the window in the living room.

The granite installers finished the kitchen, minus a little polishing of the seams and we absolutely love how it turned out.

The laundry room...the backsplashes still need to be siliconed in

Jack and Jill with the backsplashes

More Jack and Jill

Travis stained the corbels (wood pieces holding up the granite overhang on the breakfast bar) to match the cabinets and painted the one strip black to match the chair rail

Quite a bit of the work was done on the rock on Friday between Trav and his dad, but in the midst of hurrying to my car to avoid being in the cold weather, I forgot to take pictures of the outside. I will try to post some of the outside tomorrow.

On another note, the plumber came out and tested the gas line and the electrician hooked up the furnace, so now we need to get the HVAC guy out to hook up all the heat. Once the heat is hooked up, the carpet go in and ideally we would like to have the plumber in before the carpet goes in. Hopefully he is able to make it this coming week.

Master Bathroom Update

It took me awhile to figure out how I wanted to lay out the tile in the master shower because I didn't want to have to rip up tiles like I did on the floor. We changed our mind on the accent piece (go figure!) and it will be framed inside where I have tiled. I don't want to spoil the accent piece too much and it's hard to explain, so I will just make you wait until I get it started before I explain it.
They also installed the coutertops in the master bathroom, but not the tub deck yet. There is a seam down the middle which is why there is all that equipment in the middle still.

Jack and Jill Granite

The granite in the Jack and Jill bathroom is the same Idaho granite that we put in the locker cabinets.

Kitchen Granite

I was beginning to think that no one besides Travis and I would be working at the house this week. I walked into the house and there was no granite in the laundry room. I was immediately angry that I almost walked through the kitchen without noticing that they had installed some granite! They completed the middle kitchen island, minus the holes for the faucets and they also did the little section between the wall oven and range. It turned out great! I love the edging and the curves at the end of the island and all the movement. I think the darkness of the granite really pulls out the black chair rail on the cabinets too. I took a ton of pictures, so I hope they do the granite justice!

(yes I did stand on a ladder to take a couple pictures!!!)