Flooring has begun...

Finally, after weeks of waiting for the tile guy, we now have some flooring started.  Hopefully the cabinet guy will begin installing cabinets next week, and then the tile guy will finish.

Kitchen and dining area, with brick pavers.  They take old, salvaged bricks, and slice them into thin sections, to be laid as pavers.

Same brick pavers, in the master bathroom.

We also have the top section of exterior front stairs.  From the landing up to the house are permanent, but from the landing down is temporary, until we get the yard filled and graded.  The lower section of stairs will not be in front like the temp section.  There will be two lower sections, one going left and one going right.

More color, but no floors yet... ( grrrr)

As of 3-29, some more interior color, but no progress on floors.  The exterior stairs have been started.

Flooring should start this week, ( 4-4?) ( fingers crossed).

Master bedroom color...

Posts for stair landing are in the ground.

Interior Color and exterior arches

A few new views that our contractor sent us today.

A few new things, but not alot...

We had hoped to see some color on the walls, but sadly it was just white primer every where.  More color outside since the siding is finished, but the arches are not covered yet.

Good news is that columns were installed on the porch, and most interior doors are up.  Trim carpenter is complete, except for the few doors not hung, ( probably due to wrong door size being delivered).

Next steps should be interior paint, tile and brick floors, then cabinets and countertops, then plumbing and lighting fixtures, and somewhere the wood floors.

Other stuff, in parallel: Cover the arches with white material to dress them up, handrails, front stairs, plumbing/sewer hook ups, AC units and generator, electrical hook-up, final insulation under the house and close in that space.

From the outside:

The front porch is looking better:

A peek inside looks like this:

More siding, and some interior trim

I made a Friday trip to check progress in last 2 weeks, do some yard work to clean out overgrown brush, and maybe a little fishing.

Some progress has been made, but not as much as we'd like.  The trim carpenter trimmed the upstairs windows incorrectly, and then had to tear it out to start over.  The downstairs windows are trimmed, and the crown molding is in.  He was starting on closets when I was there.  Interior doors are due next week, so he can then install those and then do baseboards.

Some exterior views:

 ground floor storage room:

Window trim:

Views from the water:

looking through the boat dock

From the other side of the marsh:

More siding, but still a long way to go...

We visited the cabinet maker on Friday 2-1 to make final choices on color and hardware.  Then we headed to the house to check on progress.

Some progress has been made on siding, and I like the results so far.


The door from the dining room onto the screened porch.  ( the little white blocks are for mounting lights):

 Two views from the ground - note that not all the siding is up on the front yet.

View of window from the kitchen:

Oh yea, the bathtub has been set:

Sheetrock! Finally looks like a house inside, Yea!!

We made a trip today to see the house and see some subcontractors to choose a few more colors and materials.  When we arrived, no one was at the house working, which was disappointing.  But, we found all the sheetrock had been hung and floated, so the workers are likely waiting for the latest mud to dry before applying the next layer.

These pictures are really out of order, but its too much trouble to rearrange, so here we go....


The upstairs hallway and alcove area.  Likely to have a small computer table and reading chairs.  two views...

Kitchen.  Skinny windows will be above the cabinets.

Bedroom number 2:

Upstairs sitting room, attached to bedroom number 1:

bedroom number 3:

Bedroom number 1:

Living room and front door:

bedroom number 1:

view from kitchen into living room:

view from dining area into living room:

front door, living room, and the big boss-lady:

living room and entertainment area/bookshelves.  the doorway on the right goes into a hallway with laundrycloset and then the master bedroom

door into hallway, laundry and master bedroom.  The stairs going up are to the right, and the big boss is checking out the powder room.

Windows in the master bedroom:

 dining room, as viewed from the kitchen: